Hugo

static site and RSS generator written in Go

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Summary

Hugo is a free software^[1]. Hugo ranks in the top 7% of free software entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (906 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

Creator: Steve Francia^[3]
Instance of: static site generator^[4], blog software^[5]
Developer: Bjorn Erik Pedersen^[6], Steve Francia^[7]
Copyright license: Apache Software License 2.0^[8]
Programmed in: Go^[9]
Operating system: GNU/Linux^[10], Microsoft Windows^[11], macOS^[12], Berkeley Software Distribution^[13], Unix-like operating system^[14]
Software version identifier: 0.7^[15], 0.8^[16], 0.9^[17], 0.10^[18], 0.11^[19], 0.12^[20], 0.13^[21], 0.14^[22], 0.15^[23], 0.16^[24], 0.17^[25], 0.18^[26], 0.19^[27], 0.20^[28]

Why It Matters

Hugo has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Hugo is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

⭐ Popularity Graph

26/100 established

🌐 Wiki Languages

14 / 427 langs

📈 Wikipedia Views · last 226h

906/mo 3.8K/yr

🔗 Readers Also Explored · clickstream

static site generator

Quick Facts

Instance of free software, static site generator, blog software

Inception 2013

Official website gohugo.io

Has use blog, website

Properties

Creator Steve Francia

Described by source Scholarly Communication Technology Catalogue

Developer Bjorn Erik Pedersen, Steve Francia

Operating system GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Berkeley Software Distribution, Unix-like operating system

Platform X86, x86-64, ARM architecture

Programmed in Go

Reply to Jekyll

Significant event software release

Social media followers 14k (11k–14k, n=3)

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Source code repository url github.com

User manual url gohugo.io

External References (23)

Alternativeto software id hugo

Arch linux package hugo

Aur package hugo-git

Chocolatey community package id hugo

Debian stable package hugo

Freebsd port www/gohugo

Gentoo package www-apps/hugo

Gentoo wiki article Hugo

Github account gohugoio

Gitlab topic id hugo

Google knowledge graph id /g/11bz0zv6h4

Homebrew formula name hugo

Lemmy community id hugo@lemmy.world

Mastodon address gohugoio@fosstodon.org

Netbsd package id www/hugo

Open hub id hugo

Openbsd port www/hugo

Pro-linux.de dbapp id 21024

Repology project name hugo-sitegen

Slackbuilds package development/hugo

Snap package hugo

Ubuntu package hugo

X (twitter) username GoHugoIO

🌐 Available in 11 languages

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🏷️ Also known as

en gohugo en gohugoio en Hugo en Hugo software fi Hugo (ohjelmisto) ko 휴고

🔗 Connections

Operating system 4

Microsoft Windows, macOS, Berkeley Software Distribution, Unix-like operating system

Instance of 3

free software, blog software, static site generator

Has use 2

website, blog

Apache Software License 2.0

Platform 1

ARM architecture

Programmed in 1

Reply to 1

Jekyll

← Reply to 1

Zola

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Hugo. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hugo-q24415127

MLA “Hugo.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hugo-q24415127.

BibTeX

@misc{4ortxyz_hugo-q24415127_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Hugo}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hugo-q24415127}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}

LLM prompt

According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Hugo — https://4ort.xyz/entity/hugo-q24415127 (retrieved 2026-10-14)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/hugo-q24415127 · Last refreshed: October 14, 2026

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

1d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 +381

Claims rich → —

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/ab0aba4f480a|details]])"
16d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Wikipedia languages → ['az', 'bg', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'id', 'ja', 'ko', 'lmo', 'tr',

Software version identifier → 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 +381

Claims rich → —

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bc19f2395d96|details]])"
5w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 +381

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/ff5295540c9c|details]])"
9w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 +381

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/8e683d2fc3c3|details]])"
14w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 +381

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/3b9438df05d8|details]])"
16w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 +381

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/90348e8bfeff|details]])"
17w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 +381

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/9ee17eac9cdf|details]])"
17w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 +381

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/98b418a15de5|details]])"
18w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 +381

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/c06c90887b45|details]])"
19w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 +381

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/29315ebae732|details]])"
20w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 +381

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/dad7588506a7|details]])"
24w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Software version identifier → 0.7, 0.8, 0.9 +381

"/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bff13ffb1111|details]])"

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Hugo

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