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The world's fastest framework for building websites.

From hugo 0.169.0-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running hugo --help (exit 0). permalink

Also provided by 2 other package versions
hugo is the main command, used to build your Hugo project.

Hugo is a Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator
built with love by spf13 and friends in Go.

Complete documentation is available at https://gohugo.io/.

Usage:
  hugo [flags]
  hugo [command]

Available Commands:
  build       Build your project
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  config      Display project configuration
  convert     Convert front matter to another format
  env         Display version and environment info
  gen         Generate documentation and syntax highlighting styles
  help        Help about any command
  import      Import a project from another system
  list        List content
  mod         Manage modules
  new         Create new content
  server      Start the embedded web server
  version     Display version

Flags:
  -b, --baseURL string             hostname (and path) to the root, e.g. https://spf13.com/
  -D, --buildDrafts                include content marked as draft
  -E, --buildExpired               include expired content
  -F, --buildFuture                include content with publishdate in the future
      --cacheDir string            filesystem path to cache directory
      --cleanDestinationDir        remove stale files from destination
      --clock string               set the clock used by Hugo, e.g. --clock 2021-11-06T22:30:00.00+09:00
      --config string              config file (default is hugo.yaml|json|toml)
      --configDir string           config dir (default "config")
  -c, --contentDir string          filesystem path to content directory
  -d, --destination string         filesystem path to write files to
      --disableKinds strings       disable different kind of pages (home, RSS etc.)
      --enableGitInfo              add Git revision, date, author, and CODEOWNERS info to the pages
  -e, --environment string         build environment
      --forceSyncStatic            copy all files when static is changed.
      --gc                         enable to run some cleanup tasks (remove unused cache files) after the build
  -h, --help                       help for hugo
      --ignoreCache                ignore the configured file caches
      --ignoreVendorPaths string   ignores any _vendor for module paths matching the given Glob pattern
  -l, --layoutDir string           filesystem path to layout directory
      --logLevel string            log level (debug|info|warn|error)
      --minify                     minify any supported output format (HTML, XML etc.)
      --noBuildLock                don't create .hugo_build.lock file
      --noChmod                    don't sync permission mode of files
      --noTimes                    don't sync modification time of files
      --panicOnWarning             panic on first WARNING log
      --poll string                set this to a poll interval, e.g --poll 700ms, to use a poll based approach to watch for file system changes
      --printI18nWarnings          print missing translations
      --printMemoryUsage           print memory usage to screen at intervals
      --printPathWarnings          print warnings on duplicate target paths etc.
      --printUnusedTemplates       print warnings on unused templates.
      --quiet                      build in quiet mode
      --renderSegments strings     named segments to render (configured in the segments config)
  -M, --renderToMemory             render to memory (mostly useful when running the server)
  -s, --source string              filesystem path to read files relative from
      --templateMetrics            display metrics about template executions
      --templateMetricsHints       calculate some improvement hints when combined with --templateMetrics
  -t, --theme strings              themes to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)
      --themesDir string           filesystem path to themes directory
      --trace file                 write trace to file (not useful in general)
  -w, --watch                      watch filesystem for changes and recreate as needed

Use "hugo [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Options (41)
OptionDescriptionSource
-b, --baseURL stringhostname (and path) to the root, e.g. https://spf13.com/help
-D, --buildDraftsinclude content marked as drafthelp
-E, --buildExpiredinclude expired contenthelp
-F, --buildFutureinclude content with publishdate in the futurehelp
--cacheDir stringfilesystem path to cache directoryhelp
--cleanDestinationDirremove stale files from destinationhelp
--clock stringset the clock used by Hugo, e.g. --clock 2021-11-06T22:30:00.00+09:00help
--config stringconfig file (default is hugo.yaml|json|toml)help
--configDir stringconfig dir (default "config")help
-c, --contentDir stringfilesystem path to content directoryhelp
-d, --destination stringfilesystem path to write files tohelp
--disableKinds stringsdisable different kind of pages (home, RSS etc.)help
--enableGitInfoadd Git revision, date, author, and CODEOWNERS info to the pageshelp
-e, --environment stringbuild environmenthelp
--forceSyncStaticcopy all files when static is changed.help
--gcenable to run some cleanup tasks (remove unused cache files) after the buildhelp
-h, --helphelp for hugohelp
--ignoreCacheignore the configured file cacheshelp
--ignoreVendorPaths stringignores any _vendor for module paths matching the given Glob patternhelp
-l, --layoutDir stringfilesystem path to layout directoryhelp
--logLevel stringlog level (debug|info|warn|error)help
--minifyminify any supported output format (HTML, XML etc.)help
--noBuildLockdon't create .hugo_build.lock filehelp
--noChmoddon't sync permission mode of fileshelp
--noTimesdon't sync modification time of fileshelp
--panicOnWarningpanic on first WARNING loghelp
--poll stringset this to a poll interval, e.g --poll 700ms, to use a poll based approach to watch for file system changeshelp
--printI18nWarningsprint missing translationshelp
--printMemoryUsageprint memory usage to screen at intervalshelp
--printPathWarningsprint warnings on duplicate target paths etc.help
--printUnusedTemplatesprint warnings on unused templates.help
--quietbuild in quiet modehelp
--renderSegments stringsnamed segments to render (configured in the segments config)help
-M, --renderToMemoryrender to memory (mostly useful when running the server)help
-s, --source stringfilesystem path to read files relative fromhelp
--templateMetricsdisplay metrics about template executionshelp
--templateMetricsHintscalculate some improvement hints when combined with --templateMetricshelp
-t, --theme stringsthemes to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)help
--themesDir stringfilesystem path to themes directoryhelp
--trace filewrite trace to file (not useful in general)help
-w, --watchwatch filesystem for changes and recreate as neededhelp

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