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# Hugo
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A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with love by [spf13 ](http://spf13.com )
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and [friends ](http://github.com/spf13/hugo/graphs/contributors ) in Go.
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[![Build Status ](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/hugo.png )](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/hugo)
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## Overview
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Hugo is a static site generator written in Go. It is optimized for
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speed, easy use and configurability. Hugo takes a directory with content and
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templates and renders them into a full HTML website.
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Hugo makes use of Markdown files with front matter for meta data.
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A typical website of moderate size can be
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rendered in a fraction of a second. A good rule of thumb is that Hugo
takes around 1 millisecond for each piece of content.
It is written to work well with any
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kind of website including blogs, tumbles and docs.
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**Complete documentation is available at [Hugo Documentation ](http://gohugo.io ).**
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# Getting Started
## Installing Hugo
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Hugo is written in Go with support for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OS X.
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The latest release can be found at [hugo releases ](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases ).
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We currently build for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OS X for x64
and i386 architectures.
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### Installing Hugo (binary)
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Installation is very easy. Simply download the appropriate version for your
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platform from [Hugo Releases ](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases ).
Once downloaded, it can be run from anywhere. You don't need to install
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it into a global location. This works well for shared hosts and other systems
where you don't have a privileged account.
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Ideally, you should install it somewhere in your path for easy use. `/usr/local/bin`
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is the most probable location.
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*The Hugo executable has no external dependencies.*
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### Installing from source
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#### Dependencies
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* Git
* Go 1.1+
* Mercurial
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* Bazaar
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#### Clone locally (for contributors):
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git clone https://github.com/spf13/hugo
cd hugo
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go get
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Because Go expects all of your libraries to be found in either $GOROOT or $GOPATH,
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it's helpful to symlink the project to one of the following paths:
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* `ln -s /path/to/your/hugo $GOPATH/src/github.com/spf13/hugo`
* `ln -s /path/to/your/hugo $GOROOT/src/pkg/github.com/spf13/hugo`
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#### Get directly from GitHub:
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If you only want to build from source, it's even easier.
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go get -v github.com/spf13/hugo
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#### Building Hugo
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cd /path/to/hugo
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go build -o hugo main.go
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mv hugo /usr/local/bin/
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#### Running Hugo
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cd /path/to/hugo
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go install github.com/spf13/hugo/hugolib
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go run main.go
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#### Contribution Guidelines
We welcome your contributions. To make the process as seamless as possible, we ask for the following:
* Go ahead and fork the project and make your changes. We encourage pull requests to discuss code changes.
* When you're ready to create a pull request, be sure to:
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* Have test cases for the new code. If you have questions about how to do it, please ask in your pull request.
* Run `go fmt`
* Squash your commits into a single commit. `git rebase -i` . It's okay to force update your pull request.
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* Make sure `go test ./...` passes, and go build completes. Our Travis CI loop will catch most things that are missing. The exception: Windows. We run on Windows from time to time, but if you have access, please check on a Windows machine too.
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**Complete documentation is available at [Hugo Documentation ](http://gohugo.io ).**
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