# Docsify vs Hugo

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Hugo

| Attribute | Docsify | Hugo |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 51.1 (77% (high)) | 60.7 (49% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 12 | 39 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 2,469 | 210 |
| adoption.github_stars | 31,476 | 89,554 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 72,977 | - |
| deployment.options | - | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | - | An open-source static site generator that renders content to HTML files using templates, supporting multiple content formats, multilingual projects, and comprehensive asset pipelines for CSS, JavaScript, and images. |
| features.capabilities | `{"i18n":true,"kind":"static_generator","engine":"JavaScript","search":"built_in","git_sync":false,"analytics":false,"authoring":"markdown","themeable":true,"versioning":true,"api_reference":false,"self_hostable":true,"hosted_offering":false}` | `{"i18n":true,"kind":"static_generator","engine":"Go","git_sync":true,"authoring":"markdown","themeable":true,"versioning":true,"api_reference":true,"self_hostable":true,"hosted_offering":false}` |
| integrations.count | 3 | 6 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Google Analytics"},{"name":"Carbon"},{"name":"Prism"}]` | `[{"name":"PostCSS"},{"name":"Tailwind CSS"},{"name":"Dart Sass"},{"name":"Chroma"},{"name":"esbuild"},{"name":"LibSass"}]` |
| language.primary | JavaScript | Go |
| license.spdx | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://docsify.js.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:20:22.345Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source under Apache 2.0 License","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://gohugo.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T09:23:05.179Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | - | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 134 | 6 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v5.0.0","date":"2026-07-23T04:03:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v5.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.4","date":"2026-03-11T04:00:32Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.0.0-rc.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.3","date":"2025-09-05T04:32:19Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.0.0-rc.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v5.0.0-rc.1","date":"2025-05-27T02:43:19Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v5.0.0-rc.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.13.1","date":"2023-06-24T07:36:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.13.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.13.0","date":"2022-10-26T14:40:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.12.2","date":"2022-01-06T09:40:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.12.1","date":"2021-03-07T03:14:40Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.12.0","date":"2021-02-08T01:39:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.11.6","date":"2020-08-22T11:43:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.11.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.11.5","date":"2020-08-21T12:06:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.11.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.11.4","date":"2020-06-22T08:12:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.11.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.8.3","date":"2018-11-01T11:12:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.8.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.8.2","date":"2018-11-01T06:31:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.8.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.8.1","date":"2018-10-31T14:09:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.8.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.8.0","date":"2018-10-31T14:09:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.8.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.6.8","date":"2018-03-06T04:02:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.6.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/docsifyjs/docsify/releases/tag/v4.6.0","date":"2018-02-11T14:30:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v4.6.0"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.165.0","date":"2026-08-12T15:39:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.165.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.164.0","date":"2026-07-06T17:48:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.164.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.163.3","date":"2026-06-18T16:41:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.163.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.163.2","date":"2026-06-15T15:27:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.163.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.163.1","date":"2026-06-11T17:19:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.163.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.163.0","date":"2026-06-08T14:36:18Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.163.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.162.1","date":"2026-05-28T18:06:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.162.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.162.0","date":"2026-05-26T14:16:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.162.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.161.1","date":"2026-04-29T14:38:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.161.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.161.0","date":"2026-04-28T13:55:11Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.161.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.160.1","date":"2026-04-08T14:23:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.160.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.160.0","date":"2026-04-04T14:17:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.160.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.159.2","date":"2026-04-01T14:42:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.159.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.159.1","date":"2026-03-26T10:18:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.159.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.159.0","date":"2026-03-23T18:36:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.159.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.158.0","date":"2026-03-16T18:07:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.158.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.157.0","date":"2026-02-25T17:00:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.157.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.156.0","date":"2026-02-18T17:21:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.156.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.155.3","date":"2026-02-08T17:06:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.155.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.155.2","date":"2026-02-02T10:41:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.155.2"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 6 | 5.6 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":3,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=docsify&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"MODERATE"}` | `{"count":11,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgohugoio%2Fhugo&per_page=100","last_12m":8,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Documentation Tools)

| Capability | Docsify | Hugo |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool kind | Static-site generator | Static-site generator |
| Engine / language | JavaScript | Go |
| **Authoring** |  |  |
| Authoring format | Markdown | Markdown |
| **API docs** |  |  |
| API reference from OpenAPI / code | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Content** |  |  |
| Multi-version docs | ✓ | ✓ |
| Internationalisation | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Discovery** |  |  |
| Search | Built-in | - |
| **Design** |  |  |
| Theming / custom design | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Workflow** |  |  |
| Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip | ✗ | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Self-hostable | ✓ | ✓ |
| Official managed host | ✗ | ✗ |
| **Insight** |  |  |
| Built-in usage analytics | ✗ | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:31:38.726Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*