Hugo
Fast static site generator for building websites with Go
- Also known as
- hugo
Available worldwide
What is Hugo?
An open-source static site generator written in Go, designed for speed and flexibility. Supports multiple content types, templating, image optimization, and multilingual sites, making it suitable for documentation, corporate websites, blogs, and various other web projects.
Hugo pricing
We don't have Hugo's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free and open source under Apache 2.0 License
What Hugo does
The capabilities that matter for documentation tools, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Tool kind
- Static-site generator
- Engine / language
- Go
- Authoring format
- Markdown
- API reference from OpenAPI / code
- ✓
- Multi-version docs
- ✓
- Internationalisation
- ✓
- Search
- -
- Theming / custom design
- ✓
- Edit-in-Git / WYSIWYG round-trip
- ✓
- Self-hostable
- ✓
- Official managed host
- ✗
- Built-in usage analytics
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Linux
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (6)
Independently observed- PostCSS
- Tailwind CSS
- Dart Sass
- Chroma
- esbuild
- LibSass
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 11 (8 in the last 12 months), max severity HIGH sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
Hugo FAQ
Common questions about Hugo, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Hugo?
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. It is indexed under Documentation Tools.
Source: https://gohugo.io
Is Hugo free to use?
Hugo is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://gohugo.io
What platforms does Hugo support?
Hugo supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://gohugo.io
Can Hugo be self-hosted?
Yes. Hugo can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://gohugo.io
What does Hugo integrate with?
We have confirmed 6 integrations for Hugo, including PostCSS, Tailwind CSS, Dart Sass, Chroma, esbuild and LibSass. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://gohugo.io
Is Hugo open source?
Yes. Hugo is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
Source: https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo
Hugo alternatives
Other documentation tools we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- DocusaurusA static site generator for building and maintaining documentation websites, particularly for open-source projectshigh · 80%
- GitBookDocumentation platform combining AI assistance with automated accuracy checksmedium · 72%
- VitePressDocumentation and site building tool for Vue projectsmedium · 69%
- MintlifyDocumentation platform that automatically updates content for developers and AI agentsmedium · 73%
- SphinxA tool for generating technical documentation from structured markuphigh · 77%
- Read the DocsA platform that hosts and publishes project documentation onlinelow · 43%
Compare Hugo
Side by side against other documentation tools, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Hugo, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 96 | 0.08 | 8.0 | ✓ |
| Development activity | 60 | 0.12 | 7.1 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 96 | 0.07 | 6.4 | ✓ |
| Stars | 94 | 0.03 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 39 | 0.08 | 3.1 | ✓ |
| Security score | 55 | 0.05 | 2.9 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 24 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.09 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 77 | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | I18n: Yes · Kind: static_generator · Engine: Go · Runtime: go · Git sync: Yes · Authoring: markdown | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 6 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Go | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 95% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
Pricing
Release
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
| Scorecard | 5.5 | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90% |
| 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 | highsource · 2026-10-15 · 90% |
| Trust center | https://gohugo.io/about/security/ | mediumsource · 2026-10-15 · 60% |
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