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Editions

Hugo is available in three editions: standard, extended, and extended/deploy. While the standard edition provides core functionality, the extended and extended/deploy editions offer advanced features.

Unless your specific deployment needs require the extended/deploy edition, we recommend the extended edition.

Prerequisites

Although not required in all cases, Git, Go, and Dart Sass are commonly used when working with Hugo.

Git is required to:

• Build Hugo from source
• Use the Hugo Modules feature
• Install a theme as a Git submodule
• Access commit information from a local Git repository
• Host your site with services such as CloudCannon, Cloudflare Pages, GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, and Netlify

Go is required to:

• Build Hugo from source
• Use the Hugo Modules feature

Dart Sass is required to transpile Sass to CSS when using the latest features of the Sass language.

Please refer to the relevant documentation for installation instructions:

• Git
• Go
• Dart Sass

Prebuilt binaries

Prebuilt binaries are available for a variety of operating systems and architectures. Visit the latest release page, and scroll down to the Assets section.

1. Download the archive for the desired edition, operating system, and architecture
2. Extract the archive
3. Move the executable to the desired directory
4. Add this directory to the PATH environment variable
5. Verify that you have execute permission on the file

Please consult your operating system documentation if you need help setting file permissions or modifying your PATH environment variable.

If you do not see a prebuilt binary for the desired edition, operating system, and architecture, install Hugo using one of the methods described below.

Package managers

Homebrew

Homebrew is a free and open-source package manager for macOS and Linux. To install the extended edition of Hugo:

brew install hugo

MacPorts

MacPorts is a free and open-source package manager for macOS. To install the extended edition of Hugo:

sudo port install hugo

Build from source

To build the extended or extended/deploy edition from source you must:

1. Install Git
2. Install Go version 1.23.0 or later
3. Install a C compiler, either GCC or Clang
4. Update your PATH environment variable as described in the Go documentation

The install directory is controlled by the GOPATH and GOBIN environment variables. If GOBIN is set, binaries are installed to that directory. If GOPATH is set, binaries are installed to the bin subdirectory of the first directory in the GOPATH list. Otherwise, binaries are installed to the bin subdirectory of the default GOPATH ($HOME/go or %USERPROFILE%\go).

To build the standard edition:

go install github.com/gohugoio/hugo@latest

To build the extended edition:

CGO_ENABLED=1 go install -tags extended github.com/gohugoio/hugo@latest

To build the extended/deploy edition:

CGO_ENABLED=1 go install -tags extended,withdeploy github.com/gohugoio/hugo@latest

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