Kohana is a lean and swift legacy php framework that provides a solid foundation for php projects with a good routing engine, basic utilities and clean coding style. it does not enforce the user to follow any particular pattern and provides its own basic mvc logic. it also supports pluggable modules that can extend functionality, e.g using twig ot bladr templates for views, or using an alternate routing engine. its also allows overriding particular framework logic cleany by creating new files in its cascading file system, allowing simple extension of logic without modifying the core functionalty Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The framework is a bit complex but once you learn it, you get hands-on with the framework, you may enjoy several advantages mentioned above Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The architecture, file structure, DB connectivity, routing and creating new pages are efficient and good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We had issues on upgrading to latest PHP versions, deprecated packages, not much reactive even though we have ajax it's not that great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the built in security that were ready to use and the framework is usable and light Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It supports only object oriented structure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the best MVC framwork built strictly on OOP concept. It's easy to configure, quick and easy to develop Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lack of community support and limited documentation which ends up to not have any examples to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the easiest open source framework to use for a project. The upside of kohana is that it is swift, secure, configuring Kohana is easy and scalable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kohana community and forums are very limited. More features needed to be updated for enterprise development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I liked its adaptation of HMVC and its emphasis to write clean code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I used it on projects, and it got discontinued then. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MVC structure

simple to use

good documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The support system is not effective. The latest patch for PHP is not available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Structure of the framework is very good. Good setup Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Less support available. Can't find good article if stucked Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MVC architecture well maintained & efficient model binding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Complex code scaffolding, difficulty creating new module in existing applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to start, even for non programmers. Even without knowledge of php it is easy to build site Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing. Everything was as needed for my needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.