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# Hugo
A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with love by [spf13](http://spf13.com)
and [friends](http://github.com/spf13/hugo/graphs/contributors) in Go.
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[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/hugo.png)](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/hugo)
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## Overview
Hugo is a static site generator written in GoLang. It is optimized for
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speed, easy use and configurability. Hugo takes a directory with content and
templates and renders them into a full html website.
Hugo makes use of markdown files with front matter for meta data.
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A typical website of moderate size can be
rendered in a fraction of a second. A good rule of thumb is that Hugo
takes around 1 millisecond for each piece of content.
It is written to work well with any
kind of website including blogs, tumbles and docs.
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**Complete documentation is available at [Hugo Documentation](http://hugo.spf13.com).**
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# Getting Started
## Installing Hugo
Hugo is written in GoLang with support for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OSX.
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The latest release can be found at [hugo releases](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases).
We currently build for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OS X for x64
and 386 architectures.
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### Installing Hugo (binary)
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Installation is very easy. Simply download the appropriate version for your
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platform from [hugo releases](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases).
Once downloaded it can be run from anywhere. You don't need to install
it into a global location. This works well for shared hosts and other systems
where you don't have a privileged account.
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Ideally you should install it somewhere in your path for easy use. `/usr/local/bin`
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is the most probable location.
*The Hugo executible has no external dependencies.*
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### Installing from source
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#### Dependencies
* Git
* Go 1.1+
* Mercurial
* Bazaar
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#### Clone locally (for contributors):
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git clone https://github.com/spf13/hugo
cd hugo
go get
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Because go expects all of your libraries to be found in either $GOROOT or $GOPATH,
it's helpful to symlink the project to one of the following paths:
* ln -s /path/to/your/hugo $GOPATH/src/github.com/spf13/hugo
* ln -s /path/to/your/hugo $GOROOT/src/pkg/github.com/spf13/hugo
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#### Get directly from Github:
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If you only want to build from source, it's even easier.
go get github.com/spf13/hugo
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#### Building Hugo
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cd /path/to/hugo
go build -o hugo main.go
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mv hugo /usr/local/bin/
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#### Running Hugo
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cd /path/to/hugo
go install github.com/spf13/hugo/hugolibs
go run main.go
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**Complete documentation is available at [Hugo Documentation](http://hugo.spf13.com).**