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It provides a beautifully expressive and easy to use foundation for your next website or API.

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## 📖 Learning Iris

```sh
$ mkdir myapp
$ go mod init myapp
$ go get github.com/kataras/iris/v12@master
```

![](https://www.iris-go.com/images/gifs/install-create-iris.gif)

Iris contains extensive and thorough **[documentation](https://www.iris-go.com/docs)** 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.

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You can [request](https://www.iris-go.com/#ebookDonateForm) 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](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

This project is licensed under the [BSD 3-clause license](LICENSE), just like the Go project itself.

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