Windows

Editions

Hugo is available in two editions: standard and extended. With the extended edition you can:

• Encode WebP images (you can decode WebP images with both editions)
• Transpile Sass to CSS using the embedded LibSass transpiler

We recommend that you install the extended edition.

Prerequisites

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

Git is required to:

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

Go is required to:

• Use the Hugo Modules feature
• Build Hugo from source

Please refer to the Git and Go documentation for installation instructions.

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

Chocolatey

Chocolatey is a free and open source package manager for Windows. This will install the extended edition of Hugo:

choco install hugo-extended

Scoop

Scoop is a free and open source package manager for Windows. This will install the extended edition of Hugo:

scoop install hugo-extended

Docker

Erlend Klakegg Bergheim graciously maintains Docker images based on images for Alpine Linux, Busybox, Debian, and Ubuntu.

docker pull klakegg/hugo

Build from source

To build Hugo from source you must:

1. Install Git
2. Install Go version 1.18 or later
3. 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).

Then build and test:

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