Hugo — Run and Build

Requirements:

• Install Hugo (Extended) and Git
• Optional: Go (for some themes/tools)

Install Hugo:

Windows (Chocolatey):

choco install hugo-extended -y

macOS (Homebrew):

brew install hugo

Verify:

hugo version

Create a new site:

hugo new site my-hugo-site
cd my-hugo-site
git init

Add a theme (example: PaperMod):

git submodule add https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod themes/PaperMod
echo 'theme = "PaperMod"' >> hugo.toml

Add your first page:

hugo new posts/hello-world.md

Run locally (dev server with live reload):

hugo server -D

Visit http://localhost:1313

Build static site (output to public/):

hugo

Deploy public/ to your static host (e.g., Netlify, GitHub Pages, S3).