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# Kohana Reviews
**Vendor:** Kohana  
**Category:** [PHP Web Frameworks](https://www.g2.com/categories/php-web-frameworks)  
**Average Rating:** 3.5/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 11
## About Kohana
Kohana is a HMVC PHP5 framework that provides a set of components for building web applications.




## Kohana Reviews
  ### 1. Worked in Kohana for 3 years from 2016-2019 as a Software Engineer for a OTT platform

**Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Mazhar S. | Freelance Software Engineer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 04, 2021

**What do you like best about Kohana?**

The architecture, file structure, DB connectivity, routing and creating new pages are efficient and good

**What do you dislike about Kohana?**

We had issues on upgrading to latest PHP versions, deprecated packages, not much reactive even though we have ajax it's not that great

**Recommendations to others considering Kohana:**

It was good in 2016s but now in 2020s I don't recommend starting a project from scratch with Kohana unless it's the only option. We faced a lot of outdated packages and very less support.

**What problems is Kohana solving and how is that benefiting you?**

A stable web app and it's CMS. Since both are in kohana we can develop it with minimum effort in a shorter timeframe.


## Kohana Discussions
  - [What is Kohana used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-kohana-used-for)
  - [How to contribute to kohana Open Source project?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-to-contribute-to-kohana-open-source-project) - 1 upvote

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