Hugo
A fast static site generator that builds content-heavy sites from Markdown and templates.
Overview
Hugo compiles Markdown content and templates into static HTML. It is designed for sites with many pages, building the whole output without a database or application server.
Where it fits
- Documentation and content sites
- Blogs with large archives
- Static sites deployed to object storage or a CDN
Key capabilities
- Single binary with no runtime dependencies
- Template and shortcode system
- Asset pipeline for CSS and images
- Multilingual content support
Repository metadata
- Stars (snapshot)
- 90,380
- Main language
- Go
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Topics
- blog-engine, cms, content-management-system, documentation-tool, go, hugo, static-site-generator
- Category
- Developer tools
- Last push
- 2026-11-03T09:47:53Z
Repository description from GitHub metadata: The world’s fastest framework for building websites.
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- Official repository
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