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Hugo

gohugo.io
Open source

Hugo is a lightning-fast, open-source static site generator written in Go. Known for its incredible speed and flexibility, Hugo can build most websites in seconds, making it one of the most efficient tools in its category. It supports unlimited content types, taxonomies, menus, dynamic API-driven content, and more, all without the need for plugins. Hugo's simplicity in setup and use, combined with its powerful features like shortcodes, customizable outputs, and multilingual capabilities, make it a favorite among developers for creating everything from simple blogs to complex documentation sites.

Hugo belongs toStatic site generatorcategory.

6websites

use it — 0.2% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months

#5of 8

tools in its category seen in our scans (we recognize 33)

5public pages

on UptimeCard — open any of them to see how that site is doing

0.36% of all websites we track run Hugo▼ 0.01 points since 20 Sep

At a glance

UptimeCard's own scans and tests of 2,555 websites · refreshed weekly

How Hugo sites scoreout of 100 · hover or tap a score for details

65PerformanceFairaverage site: 5088AccessibilityGoodaverage site: 89100Best practicesGoodaverage site: 9392SEOGoodaverage site: 92

Page load time

Loads about 26% faster than the average site

Hugo sites
3.2 s
All sites
4.3 s

Most Hugo sites load in 1.4–4.7 s. Home page weight: 2.6 MB vs 3.3 MB for all sites. 5 public sites measured.

Who uses it?

Technology and Software is the biggest group

Technology and Software60%
Educational Resources40%

Share of 5 classified public sites. “× average” compares with all 961 public sites.

Similar tools in its category

Static site generator: 33 tools known, 8 seen in our scans

Next.js375 sitesAlternativeNuxt.js47 sitesAlternativeAstro30 sitesAlternativeGatsby29 sitesAlternativeJekyll2 sitesAlternativeDocusaurus1 sitesAlternativeSurge1 sitesAlternativeEleventy0 sitesAlternative

How websites combine Hugo with other tools

Relationships found on the websites that use it, from the same map status pages show.

Needs another tool 6Integrates with another 4Built on a platform 2Complements another tool 2

Websites using Hugo

6 websites use Hugo: 0.2% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months. A selection is shown below.

Scores are out of 100: P Performance · A Accessibility · B Best practices · S SEO. Green 80+, yellow 65–79, orange 50–64, red below 50. The dot shows whether our last scan found the site failing (red) or not (green); Red, amber or blue: an active incident on the site's status page (outage, degraded, maintenance) or a failing scan; amber also means a certificate ending within 30 days. Hover the dot for details.

Questions about Hugo

How many websites use Hugo?
We found Hugo on 6 of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months (0.2%). 5 of them have a public status page.
What is Hugo often used with?
Among the websites we scan, Hugo is often found alongside Linkedin Insight Tag (50% of its sites), Algolia (33.3% of its sites), Alpine.js (33.3% of its sites).
What are the alternatives to Hugo?
Other static site generator tools we recognize include Next.js, Nuxt.js, Astro, Gatsby.

Is your website built with Hugo?

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