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---
aliases:
- /doc/installing/
date: 2013-07-01
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main:
parent: getting started
next: /overview/usage
prev: /overview/quickstart
title: Installing Hugo
weight: 20
---
Hugo is written in Go with support for multiple platforms.
The latest release can be found at [Hugo Releases](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases).
We currently build for <i class="fa fa-windows"></i> Windows, <i class="fa fa-linux"></i> Linux, FreeBSD and <i class="fa fa-apple"></i> OS&nbsp;X for x64
and i386 architectures.
## Installing Hugo (binary)
Installation is very easy. Simply download the appropriate version for your
platform from [Hugo Releases](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases).
Once downloaded it can be run from anywhere. You don't need to install
it into a global location. This works well for shared hosts and other systems
where you don't have a privileged account.
Ideally, you should install it somewhere in your `PATH` for easy use.
`/usr/local/bin` is the most probable location.
On OS&nbsp;X, if you have [Homebrew](http://brew.sh), installation is even
easier: just run `brew install hugo`.
### Installing Pygments (optional)
The Hugo executable has one *optional* external dependency for source code highlighting (Pygments).
If you want to have source code highlighting using the [highlight shortcode](/extras/highlighting),
you need to install the Python-based Pygments program. The procedure is outlined on the [Pygments home page](http://pygments.org).
## Upgrading Hugo
Upgrading Hugo is as easy as downloading and replacing the executable youve
placed in your `PATH`.
## Installing from source
### Dependencies
* Git
* Go 1.1+ (Go 1.4+ on Windows, see Go [Issue #8090](https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=8090))
* Mercurial
* Bazaar
### Get directly from GitHub
$ export GOPATH=$HOME/go
$ go get -v github.com/spf13/hugo
`go get` will then fetch Hugo and all its dependent libraries to your
`$GOPATH/src` directory, and compile everything into the final `hugo`
(or `hugo.exe`) executable, which you will find sitting in the
`$GOPATH/bin/hugo` directory, all ready to go!
## Contributing
Please see the [contributing guide](/doc/contributing).