* Ready to use modules like a forum, photo album, weblog, poll and a guestbook will save web developers work when creating a new website. Libraries for e-mail, pagination, HTTP requests, database management, images, cryptography and many more are also included. * Banshee is more of a hybrid, a framework with CMS functionality and ready-to-use modules. * An earlier version of Banshee has been audited by a Dutch IT security company. No issues were found.

* It is fun to use and easy to setup. * It is an open source framework that supports Python programming. * It has no database abstraction layer because it is a micro framework. * Contains development server and debugger * Integrated support for unit testing