hugo/content/en/tools/editors.md

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title: Editor plugins for Hugo
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description: The Hugo community uses a wide range of preferred tools and has developed plug-ins for some of the most popular text editors to help automate parts of your workflow.
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## Sublime Text

* [Hugofy](https://github.com/akmittal/Hugofy). Hugofy is a plugin for Sublime Text 3 to make life easier to use Hugo static site generator.
* [Hugo Snippets](https://packagecontrol.io/packages/Hugo%20Snippets). Hugo Snippets is a useful plugin for adding automatic snippets to Sublime Text 3.

## Visual Studio Code

* [Front Matter](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eliostruyf.vscode-front-matter). Once you go for a static site, you need to think about how you are going to manage your articles. Front matter is a tool that helps you maintain the metadata/front matter of your articles like: creation date, modified date, slug, tile, SEO check, and many more...
* [Hugo Helper](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rusnasonov.vscode-hugo). Hugo Helper is a plugin for Visual Studio Code that has some useful commands for Hugo. The source code can be found [here](https://github.com/rusnasonov/vscode-hugo).
* [Hugo Language and Syntax Support](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=budparr.language-hugo-vscode). Hugo Language and Syntax Support is a Visual Studio Code plugin for Hugo syntax highlighting and snippets. The source code can be found [here](https://github.com/budparr/language-hugo-vscode).
* [Hugo Themer](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eliostruyf.vscode-hugo-themer). Hugo Themer is an extension to help you while developing themes. It allows you to easily navigate through your theme files.
* [Hugofy](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=akmittal.hugofy). Hugofy is a plugin for Visual Studio Code to "make life easier" when developing with Hugo. The source code can be found [here](https://github.com/akmittal/hugofy-vscode).
* [Prettier Plugin for Go Templates](https://github.com/NiklasPor/prettier-plugin-go-template). Format Hugo templates using this [Prettier](https://prettier.io/) plugin. See [installation instructions](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/38403).
* [Syntax Highlighting for Hugo Shortcodes](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kaellarkin.hugo-shortcode-syntax). This extension adds some syntax highlighting for Shortcodes, making visual identification of individual pieces easier.

Front Matter
Hugo Helper
Hugo Language and Syntax Support
Hugo Themer
Hugofy
Syntax Highlighting for Hugo Shortcodes

## Emacs

* [emacs-easy-hugo](https://github.com/masasam/emacs-easy-hugo). Emacs major mode for managing hugo blogs. Note that Hugo also supports [Org-mode][formats].
* [ox-hugo.el](https://ox-hugo.scripter.co). Native Org-mode exporter that exports to Blackfriday Markdown with Hugo front-matter. `ox-hugo` supports two common Org blogging flows --- exporting multiple Org subtrees in a single file to multiple Hugo posts, and exporting a single Org file to a single Hugo post. It also leverages the Org tag and property inheritance features. See [*Why ox-hugo?*](https://ox-hugo.scripter.co/doc/why-ox-hugo/) for more.

## Vim

* [Vim Hugo Helper](https://github.com/robertbasic/vim-hugo-helper). A small Vim plugin that facilitates authoring pages and blog posts with Hugo.
* [vim-hugo](https://github.com/phelipetls/vim-hugo). A Vim plugin with syntax highlighting for templates and a few other features.

[formats]: /content-management/formats/