My MVC is Class::DBI(M), TemplateToolit(V), CGI::Application(C). The advantage is that CGI::Application is relatively simple, it really only does one thing: dispatch (you can even use CGI::Application::Dispatch). I personally don't like frameworks that try to do too much for me, because I inevitably find them miss the 2% that makes my life difficult. The other two are general tools which are useful for many other things. I routinely use TT2 to generate all kinds of stuff: txt, csv, even java classes. And Class::DBI is just wonderful for most purposes. From what I gather, Catalyst looks like a good direction (well, it's perl's answer to RubyOnRails?). And dont' forget merly's CGI::Prototype.