# Hanami

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Hanami and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Ruby web framework that people praise for explicit, well-engineered architecture and maintainable apps; critics say it adds little new in its latest release.

## Why people recommend it

- Intentional, well-engineered architecture (2 comments): "an intentional and well-reasoned architecture that supports building maintainable applications" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48751379)) "It was one of the best-engineered apps I've worked on" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48783485))
- Enthusiasm for the project and its direction (4 comments): "Hanami is quite nice. I haven't had the opportunity to use it in anger but I have had a crush on it for a while now." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48751250)) "it deserves a look and we need to get behind projects like this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46401626)) "having beautifully crafted options like Hanami around is a joy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48751315))
- Improves ecosystem and developer experience (2 comments): "This release indeed does not bring a lot in that matter, rather fills the gaps in the ecosystem and DX." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48767146)) "the Hanakai ecosystem looks really, really interesting" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48754048))

## What people warn about

- Little new in latest release (2 comments): "This release indeed does not bring a lot in that matter, rather fills the gaps in the ecosystem and DX." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48767146)) "Hanami doesn't seem to bring much to the table." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48751319))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ruby on Rails](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ruby-on-rails.md): 337 recommend
- [Django](https://hackerapproved.com/p/django.md): 277 recommend
- [Next.js](https://hackerapproved.com/p/next-js.md): 127 recommend
- [Phoenix Framework](https://hackerapproved.com/p/phoenix.md): 85 recommend
- [Laravel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/laravel.md): 71 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hanami", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hanami/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).