When comparing Limonade vs Kohana, the Slant community recommends Kohana for most people. In the question“What are the best PHP frameworks?” Kohana is ranked 20th while Limonade is ranked 25th. The most important reason people chose Kohana is:
With no PECL extensions or PEAR libraries to increase it's bloat, Kohana is extremely lightweight and massive libraries are avoided for more consistency and speed.
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Pros
Pro Single file
All the Limonade framework is in a single file. Which means that it's extremely minimalistic and lightweight.
Pro Lightweight
With no PECL extensions or PEAR libraries to increase it's bloat, Kohana is extremely lightweight and massive libraries are avoided for more consistency and speed.
Pro OOP framework that is extremely DRY
Kohana follows the OOP software paradigm and it strictly enforces the DRY principle, which makes it easier for developers to write clean and maintainable code.
Pro Tools for quick development
Includes tools that help developers to make applications quickly and efficiently. Some of these tools include:
- Translation libraries
- Code profiling
- Form validation
etc...
Pro Open source
Kohana is open source and is released under the BSD license, this means that it can be modified even for commercial purposes.
Pro Low RAM usage
It is as fast as any popular framework, but the RAM usage is really low in comparison.
Cons
Con Relies on global functions
Since Lemonade's single file application does not contain any class, but instead defines a number of functions which can be used for developing an application means that it has to rely too much on global functions. This can get messy and may raise questions regarding the design of the framework itself.
Con Poorly documented
Kohana has always been criticized for the poor documentation it has. Some things are not explained with details and some other things are not explained at all.