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Iris

The fastest HTTP/2 Go Web Framework. New, modern and easy to learn. Fast development with Code you control. Unbeatable cost-performance ratio :rocket:

Iris is an open-source web framework project on GitHub under the BSD-3-Clause license (permissive), with 26k stars. It is built with Go, V8 and Redis. Its last push was 3 months ago.

Stars
26k
License
BSD-3-Clause
Activity
Slowing
Latest release
v12.2.11

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Framework or platform
What it does
A Go web framework with MVC, dependency injection, sessions, websockets and HTTP/2 support.
Adopt it when
You want a batteries-included Go framework and accept a single-maintainer project.
Watch out
Effectively one maintainer, a history of community controversy, and a large v14 rewrite announced.
Ready for
Usable
Runs as
Library
Built with
Go
How established
Established: started 10 years ago, latest release v12.2.11.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

GoV8Redis

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