News
Iris version 12.2.0 has been released! As always, the latest version of Iris comes with the promise of lifetime active maintenance.
Try the official Iris Command Line Interface today!
Iris Web Framework 
Iris is a fast, simple yet fully featured and very efficient web framework for Go.
It provides a beautifully expressive and easy to use foundation for your next website or API.
package main
import "github.com/kataras/iris/v12"
func main() {
app := iris.New()
app.Use(iris.Compression)
app.Get("/", func(ctx iris.Context) {
ctx.HTML("Hello <strong>%s</strong>!", "World")
})
app.Listen(":8080")
}As one Go developer once said, Iris got you covered all-round and standing strong over the years.
Some of the features Iris offers:
- HTTP/2 (Push, even Embedded data)
- Middleware (Accesslog, Basicauth, CORS, gRPC, Anti-Bot hCaptcha, JWT, MethodOverride, ModRevision, Monitor, PPROF, Ratelimit, Anti-Bot reCaptcha, Recovery, RequestID, Rewrite)
- API Versioning
- Model-View-Controller
- Websockets
- gRPC
- Auto-HTTPS
- Builtin support for ngrok to put your app on the internet, the fastest way
- Unique Router with dynamic path as parameter with standard types like :uuid, :string, :int... and the ability to create your own
- Compression
- View Engines (HTML, Django, Handlebars, Pug/Jade and more)
- Create your own File Server and host your own WebDAV server
- Cache
- Localization (i18n, sitemap)
- Sessions
- Rich Responses (HTML, Text, Markdown, XML, YAML, Binary, JSON, JSONP, Protocol Buffers, MessagePack, Content Negotiation, Streaming, Server-Sent Events and more)
- Response Compression (gzip, deflate, brotli, snappy, s2)
- Rich Requests (Bind URL Query, Headers, Form, Text, XML, YAML, Binary, JSON, Validation, Protocol Buffers, MessagePack and more)
- Dependency Injection (MVC, Handlers, API Routers)
- Testing Suite
- And the most important... you get fast answers and support from the 1st day until now - that's six full years!
Learn what others saying about Iris and star this open-source project to support its potentials.
👑 Supporters
With your help, we can improve Open Source web development for everyone!
📖 Learning Iris
Installation
The only requirement is the Go Programming Language.
Create a new project
$ mkdir myapp
$ cd myapp
$ go mod init myapp
$ go get github.com/kataras/iris/v12@latest # or @v12.2.0Install on existing project
$ cd myapp
$ go get github.com/kataras/iris/v12@latestRun
$ go mod tidy -compat=1.20 # -compat="1.20" for windows.
$ go run .
Iris contains extensive and thorough documentation making it easy to get started with the framework.
For a more detailed technical documentation you can head over to our godocs. And for executable code you can always visit the ./_examples repository's subdirectory.
Do you like to read while traveling?
You can request a PDF and online access of the Iris E-Book (New Edition, future v12.2.0+) today and be participated in the development of Iris.
🙌 Contributing
We'd love to see your contribution to the Iris Web Framework! For more information about contributing to the Iris project please check the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
🛡 Security Vulnerabilities
If you discover a security vulnerability within Iris, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. All security vulnerabilities will be promptly addressed.
📝 License
This project is licensed under the BSD 3-clause license, just like the Go project itself.
The project name "Iris" was inspired by the Greek mythology.
