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## Why did you write Hugo? ## Why did you write Hugo?
I wrote Hugo ultimately for a few reasons. First, I was disappointed with I wrote Hugo ultimately for a few reasons. First, I was disappointed with
WordPress, my then website solution. It rendered slowly. I couldn't create WordPress, my then website solution. With it, I couldn't create
content as efficiently as I wanted to and needed to be online to write content as efficiently as I wanted to.
posts. The constant security updates and the horror stories of people's It rendered slowly. It required me to be online to write
hacked blogs. I hated how content was written in HTML instead of the much posts: plus its constant security updates and the horror stories of people's
simpler Markdown. Overall, I felt like it got in my way more than it helped hacked blogs! I hated how content for it was written only in HTML, instead of the much
simpler Markdown. Overall, I felt like WordPress got in my way
much more than it helped me. It kept
me from writing great content. me from writing great content.
I looked at existing static site generators like [Jekyll][], [Middleman][] and [nanoc][]. I looked at the existing static site generators
All had complicated dependencies to install and took far longer to render like [Jekyll][], [Middleman][] and [Nanoc][].
my blog with hundreds of posts than I felt was acceptable. I wanted All had complicated installation dependencies and took far longer to render
a framework to be able to get rapid feedback while making changes to the my blog with its hundreds of posts than I felt was acceptable. I wanted
templates, and the 5+-minute render times was just too slow. In general, a framework to be able to give me rapid feedback while making changes to the
they were also very blog minded and didn't have the ability to have templates, and the 5+-minute render times were just too slow. In general,
different content types and flexible URLs. they were also very blog minded and didn't have the ability to provide
other content types and flexible URLs.
[Jekyll]: http://jekyllrb.com/ [Jekyll]: http://jekyllrb.com/
[Middleman]: https://middlemanapp.com/ [Middleman]: https://middlemanapp.com/
[nanoc]: http://nanoc.ws/ [Nanoc]: http://nanoc.ws/
I wanted to develop a fast and full-featured website framework without I wanted to develop a fast and full-featured website framework without any
dependencies. The [Go language][] seemed to have all of the features I needed dependencies. The [Go language][] seemed to have all the features I needed
in a language. I began developing Hugo in Go and fell in love with the in a language. I began developing Hugo in Go and fell in love with the
language. I hope you will enjoy using (and contributing to) Hugo as much language. I hope you will enjoy using Hugo (and contributing to it) as much
as I have writing it. as I have writing it.
—Steve Francia (@spf13)
[Go language]: http://golang.org/ "The Go Programming Language" [Go language]: http://golang.org/ "The Go Programming Language"
## Next Steps ## Next Steps