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- Clarify that Hugo may be built wherever Go is available;
- Add links to Git, Mercurial and Go;
- Unlist Bazaar: No libraries that Hugo depends on use it any more;
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# Hugo
A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with love by [spf13](http://spf13.com/) and [friends](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/graphs/contributors) in Go.
A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with love by [spf13](http://spf13.com/) and [friends](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/graphs/contributors) in [Go][].

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/hugo.png)](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/hugo) [![wercker status](https://app.wercker.com/status/1a0de7d703ce3b80527f00f675e1eb32 "wercker status")](https://app.wercker.com/project/bykey/1a0de7d703ce3b80527f00f675e1eb32) [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/n2mo912b8s2505e8/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/spf13/hugo/branch/master)

## Overview

Hugo is a static site generator written in Go. It is optimized for speed, easy use and configurability. Hugo takes a directory with content and templates and renders them into a full HTML website.
Hugo is a static site generator written in [Go][]. It is optimized for speed, easy use and configurability. Hugo takes a directory with content and templates and renders them into a full HTML website.

Hugo relies on Markdown files with front matter for meta data. And you can run Hugo from any directory. This works well for shared hosts and other systems where you don't have a privileged account.
Hugo relies on Markdown files with front matter for meta data. And you can run Hugo from any directory. This works well for shared hosts and other systems where you dont have a privileged account.

Hugo renders a typical website of moderate size in a fraction of a second. A good rule of thumb is that each piece of content renders in around 1 millisecond.

Hugo is meant to work well for any kind of website including blogs, tumbles and docs.

#### Supported Architectures

Currently Hugo exists for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OS X for x64 and i386 architectures.
Currently, we provide pre-built Hugo binaries for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OS X for x64 and i386 architectures.

Hugo may also be compiled from source wherever the Go compiler tool chain can run, e.g. for ARM architecture and for other operating systems including DragonFly BSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Plan 9 and Solaris.

**Complete documentation is available at [Hugo Documentation](http://gohugo.io/).**

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Finally, you can install the Hugo source code with `go`, build the binaries yourself, and run Hugo that way. Building the binaries is an easy task for an experienced `go` getter.

### Install Hugo as Your Site Generator (Binary Install)

Use the [installation instructions in the Hugo documentation](http://gohugo.io/overview/installing/).

### Clone the Hugo Project (Contributor)

1. Make sure your local environment has the following software installed:
* Git
* Go 1.3+ (Go 1.4+ on Windows, see Go [Issue #8090](https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=8090))
* Mercurial
* Bazaar
2. Fork the Hugo project on Github.
3. Clone your fork.

`git clone https://github.com/YOURNAME/hugo`
4. Change into the `hugo` directory.
* [Git](http://git-scm.com/)
* [Mercurial](http://mercurial.selenic.com/)
* [Go][] 1.3+ (Go 1.4+ on Windows, see Go [Issue #8090](https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=8090))

2. Fork the [Hugo project on GitHub](https://github.com/spf13/hugo).

3. Clone your fork:

git clone https://github.com/YOURNAME/hugo

`cd hugo`
5. Install the Hugo project’s package dependencies.
4. Change into the `hugo` directory:

`go get`
6. Use a symbolic link to add Hugo to your `$GOPATH`.
cd hugo

`ln -s /path/to/your/hugo $GOPATH/src/github.com/spf13/hugo`
5. Install the Hugo project’s package dependencies:

Go expects all of your libraries to be found in`$GOPATH`.
go get -u -v github.com/spf13/hugo

6. Use a symbolic link to add your locally cloned Hugo repository to your `$GOPATH`, assuming you prefer doing development work outside of `$GOPATH`:

rm -rf "$GOPATH/src/github.com/spf13/hugo"
ln -s `pwd` "$GOPATH/src/github.com/spf13/hugo"

Go expects all of your libraries to be found in`$GOPATH`.

### Build and Install the Binaries from Source (Advanced Install)

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go get -u -v github.com/spf13/hugo

## Contributing Code

Contributors should build Hugo and test their changes before submitting a code change.

### Building Hugo with Your Changes
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Hugo Static Site Generator v0.13-DEV-8042E77 buildDate: 2014-12-25T03:25:57-07:00

The format of the date is configurable via the `Params.DateFormat` setting. `DateFormat` is a string value representing the Go time layout that should be used to format the date output. If `Params.DateFormat` is not set, `time.RFC3339` will be used as the default format. See Go's ["time" package documentation](http://golang.org/pkg/time/#pkg-constants) for more information.
The format of the date is configurable via the `Params.DateFormat` setting. `DateFormat` is a string value representing the Go time layout that should be used to format the date output. If `Params.DateFormat` is not set, `time.RFC3339` will be used as the default format. See Gos ["time" package documentation](http://golang.org/pkg/time/#pkg-constants) for more information.

Configuration setting using config.yaml as example:

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Hugo Static Site Generator v0.13-DEV buildDate: 2014-10-16
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.13-DEV-24BBFE7 buildDate: 2014-10-16

Alternatively, just run `make` — all the “magic” above is already in the `Makefile`. :wink:

### Running Hugo

cd /path/to/hugo
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We welcome your contributions. To make the process as seamless as possible, we ask for the following:

* Go ahead and fork the project and make your changes. We encourage pull requests to discuss code changes.
* When you're ready to create a pull request, be sure to:
* When youre ready to create a pull request, be sure to:
* Have test cases for the new code. If you have questions about how to do it, please ask in your pull request.
* Run `go fmt`
* Squash your commits into a single commit. `git rebase -i`. It's okay to force update your pull request.
* Make sure `go test ./...` passes, and `go build` completes. Our Travis CI loop will catch most things that are missing. The exception: Windows. We run on Windows from time to time, but if you have access, please check on a Windows machine too.
* Squash your commits into a single commit. `git rebase -i`. Its okay to force update your pull request.
* Make sure `go test ./...` passes, and `go build` completes. Our [Travis CI loop](https://travis-ci.org/spf13/hugo) will catch most things that are missing. The exception: Windows. We run on Windows from time to time, but if you have access, please check on a Windows machine too.

**Complete documentation is available at [Hugo Documentation](http://gohugo.io/).**

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[Go]: http://golang.org/
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Hugo is written in Go with support for multiple platforms.
Hugo is written in [Go][] with support for multiple platforms.

The latest release can be found at [Hugo Releases](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases).
We currently build for <i class="fa fa-windows"></i>&nbsp;Windows,
We currently provide pre-built binaries for
<i class="fa fa-windows"></i>&nbsp;Windows,
<i class="fa fa-linux"></i>&nbsp;Linux,
<i class="fa freebsd-19px"></i>&nbsp;FreeBSD
and <i class="fa fa-apple"></i>&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X
for x64 and i386 architectures.

Hugo may also be compiled from source wherever the Go compiler tool chain can run, e.g. for ARM architecture and for other operating systems including DragonFly BSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Plan&nbsp;9 and Solaris. See http://golang.org/doc/install/source for the full set of supported combinations of target operating systems and compilation architectures.

## Installing Hugo (binary)

Installation is very easy. Simply download the appropriate version for your
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## Installing from source

### Dependencies
### Prerequisite tools for downloading and building source code

* Git
* Go 1.1+ (Go 1.4+ on Windows, see Go [Issue #8090](https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=8090))
* Mercurial
* Bazaar
* [Git](http://git-scm.com/)
* [Mercurial](http://mercurial.selenic.com/)
* [Go][] 1.3+ (Go 1.4+ on Windows, see Go [Issue #8090](https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=8090))

### Get directly from GitHub

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## Contributing

Please see the [contributing guide](/doc/contributing/).

[Go]: http://golang.org/

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