* Build applications quickly: Many common components are included: translation tools, database access, code profiling, encryption, validation, and more. * Use specific libraries and tools: Extending existing components and adding new libraries is very easy. * Write commercial applications: Uses the BSD license, so you can use and modify it for commercial purposes. * A very fast framework: Benchmarking a framework is hard and rarely reflects the real world, but Kohana is very efficient and carefully optimized for real world usage. * Good debugging and profiling tools: Simple and effective tools help identify and solve performance issues quickly. * Know what the framework is doing: Very well commented code and a simple routing structure makes it easy to understand what is happening. * Work with objects and classes: This is an OOP framework that is extremely DRY. Everything is built using strict PHP 5 classes and objects. * Write your own code: There are no code generators and endless configuration files, so setting up is fast and easy. * Community support: A very active community forum and IRC channel means that most questions are answered very quickly.

Simple & fast routing engine: All Laravel routes are defined in your route files, which are located in the routes directory. These files are automatically loaded by the framework. Powerful dependency injection container: The Laravel service container is a powerful tool for managing class dependencies and performing dependency injection. Multiple back-ends for session and cache storage: Laravel ships with a variety of session backends that are accessed through an expressive, unified API which is also used for various caching backends. Expressive & intuitive database ORM: The Eloquent ORM included with Laravel provides a beautiful, simple ActiveRecord implementation for working with your database. Database agnostic schema migrations: Migrations are typically paired with Laravel's schema builder to easily build your application's database schema. Robust background job processing: Laravel queues provide a unified API across a variety of different queue backends that allow you to defer the processing of a time consuming task, drastically speeding up web requests to your application. Real-time event broadcasting: Laravel makes it easy to "broadcast" your events over a WebSocket connection. Broadcasting your Laravel events allows you to share the same event names between your server-side code and your client-side JavaScript application.