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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

  • βœ“Fastest builds
  • βœ“Open source
  • βœ“Go-based
  • βœ“Theme library
  • βœ“Shortcodes
  • βœ“Taxonomy
  • βœ“Multilingual
  • βœ“Content management
  • βœ“Live reload
  • βœ“TOML/YAML/JSON
  • βœ“86K+ stars
  • βœ“Apache 2.0

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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

πŸ’° Pricing

Hugo is completely free and open-source under Apache 2.0 License.

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