Top 10 Kohana Alternatives & Competitors

(11)3.5 out of 5

Research alternative solutions to Kohana on G2, with real user reviews on competing tools. Other important factors to consider when researching alternatives to Kohana include security and features. The best overall Kohana alternative is Laravel. Other similar apps like Kohana are Angular, CodeIgniter, Laravel Development Services, and CakePHP. Kohana alternatives can be found in PHP Web Frameworks but may also be in JavaScript Web Frameworks.

Best Paid & Free Alternatives to Kohana

  • Laravel
  • Angular
  • CodeIgniter

Top 10 Alternatives to Kohana Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

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  1. Laravel

    (142)4.7 out of 5
  2. The PHP Framework For Web Artisans

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    Reviewers say compared to Kohana, Laravel is:

    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements
    #2
  3. Angular

    (155)4.5 out of 5
  4. Angular is a development platform for creating applications using modern web standards. Angular includes a wealth of essential features such as mobile gestures, animations, filtering, routing, data binding, security, internationalization, and beautiful UI components. It's extremely modular, lightweight, and easy to learn. 2.0 is in Beta!

    Categories in common with Kohana:

    Reviewers say compared to Kohana, Angular is:

    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements
    #3
  5. CodeIgniter

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    (57)4.3 out of 5
  6. CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for developers who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications.

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    Reviewers say compared to Kohana, CodeIgniter is:

    Better at support
    More usable
    Better at meeting requirements
    #4
  7. Laravel Development Services

    (44)4.4 out of 5
  8. Laravel, an MVC based PHP framework is equipped with strong web development features and best practices like amazing ORM, simple routing, powerful queue library, and simple authentication; it makes itself a first choice for PHP web development. A highly efficient MVC framework for PHP that makes your code simple, beautiful and sustainable as well as scalable.

    Categories in common with Kohana:

    Reviewers say compared to Kohana, Laravel Development Services is:

    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements
    #5
  9. CakePHP

    (42)3.9 out of 5
  10. The Most Popular PHP Framework

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    Reviewers say compared to Kohana, CakePHP is:

    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements
    #6
  11. Laminas Project (formerly Zend Framework)

    (35)4.2 out of 5
  12. The most popular framework for modern, high-performing PHP applications

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    Reviewers say compared to Kohana, Laminas Project (formerly Zend Framework) is:

    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements
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  13. Symfony

    (28)4.3 out of 5
  14. Symfony is a set of reusable PHP components

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    Reviewers say compared to Kohana, Symfony is:

    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements
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  15. Phalcon

    (26)4.4 out of 5
  16. A full-stack PHP framework delivered as a C-extension

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    Reviewers say compared to Kohana, Phalcon is:

    Better at support
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  17. Yii

    (24)4.2 out of 5
  18. The Fast, Secure and Professional PHP Framework

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    Reviewers say compared to Kohana, Yii is:

    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements
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  19. Silex

    (16)3.7 out of 5
  20. The PHP micro-framework based on the Symfony2 Components

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    Reviewers say compared to Kohana, Silex is:

    Better at support
    Better at meeting requirements