What is Hugo?
Hugo is the world's fastest framework for building websites. One of the most popular open-source static site generators. With its amazing speed and flexibility, Hugo makes building websites fun again. Written in Go for blazing-fast build times. 86,000+ GitHub stars. Open source and free under Apache 2.0 License. Extensive theme library. Active community on Discourse forums.
Key Features
- ✓Fastest builds
- ✓Open source
- ✓Go-based
- ✓Theme library
- ✓Shortcodes
- ✓Taxonomy
- ✓Multilingual
- ✓Content management
- ✓Live reload
- ✓TOML/YAML/JSON
- ✓86K+ stars
- ✓Apache 2.0
🔒 Privacy & Data Protection
Hugo is fully open-source with no external dependencies. Static output can be hosted anywhere with complete control. For developers wanting Jekyll alternatives with speed, Hugo delivers.
Best For
Static websitesBlogsDocumentation sitesMarketing pagesJAMstackDeveloper portfolios
💰 Pricing
Hugo is completely free and open-source under Apache 2.0 License.
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