# Hugo: fast static site generator written in Go, README overview

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- updated: 2026-11-07T22:44:22.231Z
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The README presents Hugo as a fast static site generator for documentation, blogs and portfolios.

Source: https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo

What it supplies: The README presents Hugo as a fast static site generator for documentation, blogs and portfolios.

Useful for: - Build documentation or marketing sites from Markdown and templates.
- Process CSS, images, JavaScript and Sass in the build.
- Share themes and content between projects with Hugo Modules.

First action: - Install a prebuilt binary or package for your operating system.
- Or build from source with go install.

Prerequisites and limits: Building from source needs Git and Go 1.27.0 or later; the deploy edition adds the withdeploy tag.

- Direct cloud deployment needs the deploy edition.
- The README does not state the source licence terms itself.

The README points to the LICENSE file for the source code and names bundled third-party libraries; read both before redistributing.

Written from the README text only. Statements are as the README gives them; nothing was installed or run.
Based on overview, editions, installation, build and licence README text; other sections were not read. Nothing was installed or run.

Source inspected: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gohugoio/hugo/7ff95e046daa1bc6b132ac582c9517ff9f24b204/README.md ; 7652 bytes ; sha256 996bd8ce6847f66a45646b4f40c3f331ac392b6d41366db2ec11c4e911599be3 ; 8 exact pinned excerpts in the draft pin map

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