Hanami
Ranked 32 of 63 web frameworks by recommenders
Ruby web framework that people praise for explicit, well-engineered architecture and maintainable apps; critics say it adds little new in its latest release.
Ruby web framework that people praise for explicit, well-engineered architecture and maintainable apps; critics say it adds little new in its latest release.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Intentional, well-engineered architecture
“an intentional and well-reasoned architecture that supports building maintainable applications”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Hanami 3.0: In Full Bloom” “It was one of the best-engineered apps I've worked on”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Hanami 3.0: In Full Bloom” Enthusiasm for the project and its direction
“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.”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Hanami 3.0: In Full Bloom” “it deserves a look and we need to get behind projects like this”
Comment from 27 Dec 2025 in “Mruby: Ruby for Embedded Systems” “having beautifully crafted options like Hanami around is a joy”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Hanami 3.0: In Full Bloom” - Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Hanami 3.0: In Full Bloom”
Improves ecosystem and developer experience
“This release indeed does not bring a lot in that matter, rather fills the gaps in the ecosystem and DX.”
Comment from 2 Jul 2026 in “Hanami 3.0: In Full Bloom” “the Hanakai ecosystem looks really, really interesting”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Hanami 3.0: In Full Bloom”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Little new in latest release
“This release indeed does not bring a lot in that matter, rather fills the gaps in the ecosystem and DX.”
Comment from 2 Jul 2026 in “Hanami 3.0: In Full Bloom” “Hanami doesn't seem to bring much to the table.”
Comment from 1 Jul 2026 in “Hanami 3.0: In Full Bloom”
Other web frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other web frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby on Rails | 337 | 145 | 70% | 12 | 14 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Django | 277 | 97 | 74% | 12 | 15 yrs38 owners | Approved |
| Next.js | 127 | 256 | 33% | 12 | 3 yrs6 owners | — |
| Phoenix Framework | 85 | 11 | 89% | 12 | 8 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| HanamiThis page | 9 | 3 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
15 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It was one of the best-engineered apps I've worked on”
“another go in the opposite direction: explicit, functional, no magicks (hanami)”
“This release indeed does not bring a lot in that matter, rather fills the gaps in the ecosystem and DX.”
“Hanami's DB layer was completely rewritten for Hanami 2 (based on Rom, and we've since merged teams)”
“I found Hanami (then called Lotus) shortly after and I never looked back.”
“nudging you toward a design where you drown in an explosion of tiny classes that do nothing but hide the actual behaviour from you”
“the Hanakai ecosystem looks really, really interesting”
“to translate concepts they know from Rails into our approach in Hanami.”
“We prefer small, narrowly focused classes over large ones with many responsibilities.”
“was unpleasantly surprised when Rails' ActiveRecord ended up being much faster, despite "speed" being advertised”
“an intentional and well-reasoned architecture that supports building maintainable applications”
“Hanami doesn't seem to bring much to the table.”
“having beautifully crafted options like Hanami around is a joy”
“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.”
“it deserves a look and we need to get behind projects like this”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.