# Hugo vs VitePress

| Attribute | Hugo | VitePress |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 60.7 (49% (low)) | 60.2 (71% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 39 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 210 | 2 |
| adoption.github_stars | 89,554 | 18,245 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 1,043,743 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"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. | A documentation site generator that transforms markdown files into fast static websites. Powered by Vite and Vue, it enables developers to embed Vue components directly in markdown and build custom themes. |
| features.capabilities | `{"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}` | `{"kind":"static_generator","engine":"Vite + Vue","authoring":"markdown","themeable":true,"self_hostable":true,"hosted_offering":false}` |
| integrations.count | 6 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"PostCSS"},{"name":"Tailwind CSS"},{"name":"Dart Sass"},{"name":"Chroma"},{"name":"esbuild"},{"name":"LibSass"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Go | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"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"}` | `{"type":"open_source","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","description":"MIT Licensed","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free, MIT Licensed","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://vitepress.dev","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:02:51.439Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | open_source | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 6 | 15 |
| release.history | 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| `[{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.19","date":"2026-08-02T00:44:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.18","date":"2026-07-06T19:31:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.17","date":"2026-03-19T17:06:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.16","date":"2026-01-31T14:19:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.15","date":"2025-11-22T08:16:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.14","date":"2025-11-21T04:20:45Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.13","date":"2025-11-13T04:28:30Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.12","date":"2025-08-20T16:01:22Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.11","date":"2025-08-14T05:11:38Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.10","date":"2025-08-11T09:06:50Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.9","date":"2025-07-26T21:30:54Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.8","date":"2025-07-08T07:59:31Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.7","date":"2025-06-24T10:13:46Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.6","date":"2025-06-12T07:02:09Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.5","date":"2025-04-21T12:21:16Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.4","date":"2025-03-09T07:27:13Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.3","date":"2025-02-24T20:22:06Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.2","date":"2025-01-23T15:53:07Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha.1","date":"2025-01-22T07:39:17Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.0.0-alpha.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/vuejs/vitepress/releases/tag/v1.6.3","date":"2025-01-22T15:30:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.6.3"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"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"}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=doc-theme-323&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Documentation Tools)

| Capability | Hugo | VitePress |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Tool kind | Static-site generator | Static-site generator |
| Engine / language | Go | Vite + Vue |
| **Authoring** |  |  |
| Authoring format | Markdown | Markdown |
| **API docs** |  |  |
| API reference from OpenAPI / code | ✓ | - |
| **Content** |  |  |
| Multi-version docs | ✓ | - |
| Internationalisation | ✓ | - |
| **Discovery** |  |  |
| Search | - | - |
| **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 2026-09-01T17:07:07.280Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*