Hugo
The fastest static site generator — builds markdown sites in milliseconds.
Hugo is an open-source static site generator written in Go, known for build speed measured in milliseconds even on sites with thousands of pages. Every page starts as a markdown file with front matter.
It ships as a single binary with no dependencies, offers hundreds of community themes, and powers blogs, documentation, and company sites. Write markdown, run one command, deploy plain HTML anywhere.
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Try markdown before you install anything
The free online markdown editor gives you a live side-by-side preview in the browser — a quick way to test the syntax Hugo uses, with nothing to download or sign up for.
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