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+# ![](https://iris-go.com/images/santa.png) Merry Christmas everyone!
 
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+![](https://iris-go.com/images/release.png) Iris version 12.1.2 has been [released](HISTORY.md#th-19-december-2019--v1212)!
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+![](https://iris-go.com/images/cli.png) The official Iris Command Line Interface will soon be near you in 2020!
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+![](https://iris-go.com/images/sponsor.png) Support your favorite web framework through [Github Sponsors Program](https://github.com/sponsors/kataras)!
 
 # Iris Web Framework <a href="README_ZH.md"><img width="20px" src="https://iris-go.com/images/flag-china.svg?v=10" /></a> <a href="README_GR.md"><img width="20px" src="https://iris-go.com/images/flag-greece.svg?v=10" /></a> <a href="README_ES.md"><img width="20px" src="https://iris-go.com/images/flag-spain.png" /></a> <a href="README_KO.md"><img width="20px" src="https://iris-go.com/images/flag-south-korea.svg" /></a> <a href="README_FA.md"><img width="20px" src="https://iris-go.com/images/flag-iran.svg" /></a>
 
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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.
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-> **NEW:** Iris version 12.1.0 has been released. Follow [this link](HISTORY.md#fr-13-december-2019--v1210) to discover more
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 ## Learning Iris
 
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 Iris contains extensive and thorough **[wiki](https://github.com/kataras/iris/wiki)** making it easy to get started with the framework.
 
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 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.