# Iris

Go web framework for building web applications and APIs, with routing, middleware, MVC controllers and template engines.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/iris/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-26
Listed since: 2026-10-26

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.iris-go.com
- repository: https://github.com/kataras/iris
- docs: https://www.iris-go.com/docs/
- x: https://twitter.com/iris_framework
- forum: https://github.com/kataras/iris/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Gerasimos (Makis) Maropoulos
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: Hellenic Development
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: html, django, pug
- i18n: yes

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: go get github.com/kataras/iris/v12@latest

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: BSD-3-Clause

### Releases

- currentMajor: 12
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-04-24

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 25558
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 104
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.iris-go.com/ (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/kataras/iris (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://www.iris-go.com/docs/ (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kataras/iris/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- parent: https://www.iris-go.com/about.html (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/kataras/iris (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kataras/iris/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://www.iris-go.com/docs/getting-started/installation (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kataras/iris/main/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/kataras/iris (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kataras/iris/main/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://www.iris-go.com/about.html (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://www.iris-go.com/docs/view/view (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://www.iris-go.com/docs/view/view (read 2026-10-26)
- templating: https://www.iris-go.com/docs/view/view (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://www.iris-go.com/docs/getting-started/quick-start (read 2026-10-26)
- i18n: https://www.iris-go.com/docs/i18n/i18n (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://www.iris-go.com/about.html (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/kataras/iris/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/kataras/iris/releases (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/kataras/iris (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/kataras/iris/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Iris is a web framework for Go. A project adds it with `go get` and writes its routes and handlers in Go code. Views can be rendered with the HTML, Django or Pug template engines, which are registered on the application.

An Iris app runs as a Go program that listens on a port, so a deployed app is a long-running process rather than a set of static files. The [documentation](https://www.iris-go.com/docs/) covers the getting-started steps and the view engines. The maintainer is Gerasimos (Makis) Maropoulos, and the company Hellenic Development created and maintains the framework.

## Worth knowing

The README announces a major version 14 on a new import path and says version 12 keeps working and keeps getting fixes.

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