# iron-io/functions

IronFunctions - the serverless microservices platform by

Repository: https://github.com/iron-io/functions
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/functions
Homepage: https://iron.io
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: serverless, faas, docker, lambda
Last push: 2023-09-15T01:37:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3724, "days_push": 1084, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3214, forks 222 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:49.578009+00:00)

## What it is
IronFunctions is an open source Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) platform written in Go that you can run anywhere, on public, private, or hybrid cloud. It supports any language via Docker containers and can import and run AWS Lambda functions directly.

## Use cases
- self-host a serverless functions platform
- run AWS Lambda functions on my own infrastructure
- deploy functions as a service in a private cloud
- run event-driven microservices without managing servers
- migrate lambda functions to a cloud-agnostic platform

## When to choose
- you want a self-hosted, cloud-agnostic Lambda alternative
- you need to run functions in any language via Docker containers
- you want to import existing AWS Lambda functions and run them elsewhere

## When to avoid
- you want a fully managed serverless offering with minimal operations
- you need a platform with a large active community and frequent updates
- you only target AWS and are happy with native Lambda

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: serverless, microservices, deployment, container-runtime, http-server
- domain: cloud-computing, microservices, self-hosted
- platform: go, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: faas, aws-lambda-compatible, functions-as-a-service, cloud-agnostic, devops, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- iron-io/functions (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:49.578009+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:24:41.364404+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/iron-io/functions (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:49.578009+00:00, sha 923b410e73c6)
  - homepage: https://iron.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:09.146824+00:00, sha d5bbe7e48da8)
  - site_page: http://dev.iron.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:38:09.156366+00:00, sha f350e11a1b82)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.