---
title: "Hugo"
category: "Languages and runtimes"
tagline: "A fast static site generator that turns Markdown into a complete website."
source: "pacman"
package: "hugo"
command: "hugo"
website: "https://gohugo.io/"
code: "https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo"
---

## What it is

Hugo builds websites from Markdown files and templates. You write pages as plain text, choose or write a theme, and Hugo generates a folder of HTML, CSS and images you can host anywhere, with no database or server code. It builds even large sites in seconds, and its development server reloads the page in your browser as you edit.

## Why it's here

- **Fast.** Builds take milliseconds to seconds.
- **Simple hosting.** The output is static files, cheap to host and hard to break.
- **One binary.** No runtime or dependency tree to manage.

## On CoreDesktop

Hugo is installed from pacman, along with [Dart Sass](/software/dart-sass/), which Hugo can use to compile Sass stylesheets. `update` keeps it current with the rest of the pacman packages. Preview a site with:

```
hugo server
```