# Iron

High-level Rust web framework built on hyper, for extensible web applications.

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

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/iron/iron
- docs: https://docs.rs/iron

### Identity

- status: stub
- maintainer: Jonathan Reem
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2014
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: cargo dependency

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2019-08-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 6106
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 130
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/iron/iron (read 2026-10-26)
- urls: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iron/iron/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iron/iron/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/iron/iron (read 2026-10-26)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iron/iron/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iron/iron/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- installMethod: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iron/iron/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/iron/iron (read 2026-10-26)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iron/iron/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-26)
- runsAs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iron/iron/master/README.md (read 2026-10-26)
- firstRelease: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/iron (read 2026-10-26)
- currentMajor: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/iron (read 2026-10-26)
- latestReleaseDate: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/iron (read 2026-10-26)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/iron/iron (read 2026-10-26)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/iron/iron/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-26)

## Notes

Iron is a high-level web framework built in and for Rust, on top of the hyper HTTP library. A project adds it as a Cargo dependency and writes its handlers and middleware in Rust. The README describes it as scaling horizontally behind a load balancer, so an Iron app is a running Rust process.

The [API documentation](https://docs.rs/iron) is generated for each crate release. The README names Jonathan Reem as the core maintainer and author, and the LICENSE file gives the copyright to the Iron Core Team.

## Worth knowing

The README says no plugins or middleware are bundled with Iron. Routing, mounting, static file serving and logging are separate repositories.

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