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---
title: "hugo"
slug: hugo
url: /commands/hugo/
---
## hugo
hugo builds your site
### Synopsis
hugo is the main command, used to build your Hugo site.
Hugo is a Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator
built with love by spf13 and friends in Go.
Complete documentation is available at https://gohugo.io/.
```
hugo [flags]
```
### Options
```
-b, --baseURL string hostname (and path) to the root, e.g. https://spf13.com/
-D, --buildDrafts include content marked as draft
-E, --buildExpired include expired content
-F, --buildFuture include content with publishdate in the future
--cacheDir string filesystem path to cache directory. Defaults: $TMPDIR/hugo_cache/
--cleanDestinationDir remove files from destination not found in static directories
--config string config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)
--configDir string config dir (default "config")
-c, --contentDir string filesystem path to content directory
--debug debug output
-d, --destination string filesystem path to write files to
--disableKinds strings disable different kind of pages (home, RSS etc.)
--enableGitInfo add Git revision, date, author, and CODEOWNERS info to the pages
-e, --environment string build environment
--forceSyncStatic copy all files when static is changed.
--gc enable to run some cleanup tasks (remove unused cache files) after the build
-h, --help help for hugo
--ignoreCache ignores the cache directory
--ignoreVendorPaths string ignores any _vendor for module paths matching the given Glob pattern
-l, --layoutDir string filesystem path to layout directory
--log enable Logging
--logFile string log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
--minify minify any supported output format (HTML, XML etc.)
--noChmod don't sync permission mode of files
--noTimes don't sync modification time of files
--panicOnWarning panic on first WARNING log
--poll string set this to a poll interval, e.g --poll 700ms, to use a poll based approach to watch for file system changes
--printI18nWarnings print missing translations
--printMemoryUsage print memory usage to screen at intervals
--printPathWarnings print warnings on duplicate target paths etc.
--printUnusedTemplates print warnings on unused templates.
--quiet build in quiet mode
--renderToMemory render to memory (only useful for benchmark testing)
-s, --source string filesystem path to read files relative from
--templateMetrics display metrics about template executions
--templateMetricsHints calculate some improvement hints when combined with --templateMetrics
-t, --theme strings themes to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)
--themesDir string filesystem path to themes directory
--trace file write trace to file (not useful in general)
-v, --verbose verbose output
--verboseLog verbose logging
-w, --watch watch filesystem for changes and recreate as needed
```
### SEE ALSO
* [hugo completion](/commands/hugo_completion/) - Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
* [hugo config](/commands/hugo_config/) - Print the site configuration
* [hugo convert](/commands/hugo_convert/) - Convert your content to different formats
* [hugo deploy](/commands/hugo_deploy/) - Deploy your site to a Cloud provider.
* [hugo env](/commands/hugo_env/) - Print Hugo version and environment info
* [hugo gen](/commands/hugo_gen/) - A collection of several useful generators.
* [hugo import](/commands/hugo_import/) - Import your site from others.
* [hugo list](/commands/hugo_list/) - Listing out various types of content
* [hugo mod](/commands/hugo_mod/) - Various Hugo Modules helpers.
* [hugo new](/commands/hugo_new/) - Create new content for your site
* [hugo server](/commands/hugo_server/) - A high performance webserver
* [hugo version](/commands/hugo_version/) - Print the version number of Hugo