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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 say about Iris](https://iris-go.com/testimonials/) and **star** this github repository.


Iris **version 12 released**. Read more [here](HISTORY.md#sa-26-october-2019--v1200).

## Learning Iris

<details>
<summary>Quick start</summary>

```sh
# assume the following code in example.go file
$ cat example.go
```

```go
package main

import "github.com/kataras/iris/v12"

func main() {
    app := iris.Default()
    app.Get("/ping", func(ctx iris.Context) {
        ctx.JSON(iris.Map{
            "message": "pong",
        })
    })

    app.Run(iris.Addr(":8080"))
}
```

```sh
# run example.go and
# visit http://localhost:8080/ping on browser
$ go run example.go
```

> Routing is powered by [muxie](https://github.com/kataras/muxie), the most powerful and fastest trie-based software written in Go.

</details>

Iris contains extensive and thorough **[wiki](https://github.com/kataras/iris/wiki)** making it easy to get started with the framework.

For a more detailed technical documentation you can head over to our [godocs](https://godoc.org/github.com/kataras/iris). And for executable code you can always visit the [_examples](_examples/) repository's subdirectory.

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## 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](CONTRIBUTING.md) file.

[List of all Contributors](https://github.com/kataras/iris/graphs/contributors)

## Security Vulnerabilities

If you discover a security vulnerability within Iris, please send an e-mail to [iris-go@outlook.com](mailto:iris-go@outlook.com). All security vulnerabilities will be promptly addressed.

## License

The project name "Iris" was inspired by the Greek mythology.

Iris Web Framework is free and open-source software licensed under the [3-Clause BSD License](LICENSE).