Project Update: Iris is Evolving 🌱

Dear Iris Community,

You might have noticed a recent lull in activity on the Iris repository. I want to assure you that this silence is not without reason. For the past 3-4 months, I’ve been diligently working on the next major release of Iris.

This upcoming version is poised to be a significant leap forward, fully embracing the Generics feature introduced in Go. We’re not just stopping at Generics, though. Expect a suite of new features, enhancements, and optimizations that will elevate your development experience to new heights.

My journey with Go spans over 8 years, and with each year, my expertise and understanding of the language deepen. This accumulated knowledge is being poured into Iris, ensuring that the framework not only evolves with the language but also with the community’s growing needs.

Stay tuned for more updates, and thank you for your continued support and patience. The wait will be worth it.

Warm regards,
Gerasimos (Makis) Maropoulos

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.

Learn what others saying about Iris and star this open-source project to support its potentials.

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!

👑 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 @v12.2.11

Install on existing project

$ cd myapp
$ go get github.com/kataras/iris/v12@latest

Run

$ go mod tidy -compat=1.22 # -compat="1.22" 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.

List of all Contributors

🛡 Security Vulnerabilities

If you discover a security vulnerability within Iris, please send an e-mail to iris-go@outlook.com. 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.