Hugo is a fast static site generator written in Go. This guide walks you through getting it running locally.

Prerequisites

• macOS, Linux, or Windows
• A terminal

Installation

On macOS with Homebrew:

brew install hugo

Verify the install:

hugo version

Scaffold a new site

hugo new site mysite --format toml
cd mysite

Start the dev server

hugo server --buildDrafts

Open http://localhost:1313 in your browser. Hugo rebuilds in milliseconds on every file save.