Iris is 3 months baby which has succeeded to be the fastest go web framework that exists, so far, while providing a robust set of features for building web applications.
- [why v3 has 1 commit ?](https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/162)
[](#benchmarks)
```sh
$ cat main.go
```
```go
package main
import "github.com/kataras/iris"
func main() {
iris.Get("/hi_json", func(c *iris.Context) {
c.JSON(200, iris.Map{
"Name": "Iris",
"Age": 2,
})
})
iris.Listen(":8080")
}
```
> Learn about [configuration](https://kataras.gitbooks.io/iris/content/configuration.html) and [render](https://kataras.gitbooks.io/iris/content/render.html).
Installation
------------
The only requirement is Go 1.6
`$ go get -u github.com/kataras/iris/iris`
>If you are connected to the Internet through China [click here](https://kataras.gitbooks.io/iris/content/install.html)
Features
------------
- Focus on high performance
- Robust routing & subdomains
- View system supporting [5+](https://kataras.gitbooks.io/iris/content/render_templates.html) template engines
- Highly scalable Websocket API with custom events
- Sessions support with GC, memory & redis providers
- Read the [book](https://www.gitbook.com/book/kataras/iris/details) or [wiki](https://github.com/kataras/iris/wiki)
- Take a look at the [examples](https://github.com/iris-contrib/examples)
If you'd like to discuss this package, or ask questions about it, feel free to
* Post an issue or idea [here](https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues)
* [Chat]( https://gitter.im/kataras/iris) with us
Open debates
- [E-book Cover - Which one you suggest?](https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/67)
**TIP** Be sure to read the [history](HISTORY.md) for Migrating from 2.x to 3.x.
Philosophy
------------
The Iris philosophy is to provide robust tooling for HTTP, making it a great solution for single page applications, web sites, hybrids, or public HTTP APIs.
Iris does not force you to use any specific ORM or template engine. With support for the most used template engines, you can quickly craft the perfect application.
Benchmarks
------------
[This Benchmark suite](https://github.com/smallnest/go-web-framework-benchmark) aims to compare the whole HTTP request processing between Go web frameworks.
[Please click here to view all detailed benchmarks.](https://github.com/smallnest/go-web-framework-benchmark)
Testing
------------
Iris suggests you to use [this](https://github.com/gavv/httpexpect) new suite to test your API.
[Httpexpect](https://github.com/gavv/httpexpect) supports fasthttp & Iris after [recommandation](https://github.com/gavv/httpexpect/issues/2). Its author is very active so I believe its a promising library. You can view examples [here](https://github.com/gavv/httpexpect/blob/master/example/iris_test.go) and [here](https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/master/tests/router_test.go).
