Hugo (software)

Hugo
ReleaseJuly 5, 2013 (2013-07-05)
Stable release
0.166.0Edit this on Wikidata / 9 September 2026 (9 September 2026)
Written inGo
Operating systemWindows, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, macOS, Android
Platformx86, x86-64, ARM
TypeStatic site generator
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitegohugo.io Edit this on Wikidata
Repository

Hugo is a static site generator written in Go. Steve Francia originally created Hugo as an open source project in 2013. Since v0.14 in 2015, Hugo has continued development under the lead of Bjørn Erik Pedersen with other contributors. Hugo is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

Hugo is particularly noted for its speed, and Hugo's official website states it is "the world's fastest framework for building websites". Notable adopters are Smashing Magazine, which migrated from WordPress to a Jamstack solution with Hugo in 2017, and Cloudflare, which switched its Developer Docs from Gatsby to Hugo in 2022.