features.md (2992B)
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2 title: Hugo Features
3 linktitle: Hugo Features
4 description: Hugo boasts blistering speed, robust content management, and a powerful templating language making it a great fit for all kinds of static websites.
5 date: 2017-02-01
6 publishdate: 2017-02-01
7 lastmod: 2017-02-01
8 menu:
9 docs:
10 parent: "about"
11 weight: 20
12 weight: 20
13 sections_weight: 20
14 draft: false
15 toc: true
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17
18 ## General
19
20 * [Extremely fast][] build times (< 1 ms per page)
21 * Completely cross platform, with [easy installation][install] on macOS, Linux, Windows, and more
22 * Renders changes on the fly with [LiveReload][] as you develop
23 * [Powerful theming][]
24 * [Host your site anywhere][hostanywhere]
25
26 ## Organization
27
28 * Straightforward [organization for your projects][], including website sections
29 * Customizable [URLs][]
30 * Support for configurable [taxonomies][], including categories and tags
31 * [Sort content][] as you desire through powerful template [functions][]
32 * Automatic [table of contents][] generation
33 * [Dynamic menu][] creation
34 * [Pretty URLs][] support
35 * [Permalink][] pattern support
36 * Redirects via [aliases][]
37
38 ## Content
39
40 * Native Markdown and Emacs Org-Mode support, as well as other languages via *external helpers* (see [supported formats][])
41 * TOML, YAML, and JSON metadata support in [front matter][]
42 * Customizable [homepage][]
43 * Multiple [content types][]
44 * Automatic and user defined [content summaries][]
45 * [Shortcodes][] to enable rich content inside of Markdown
46 * ["Minutes to Read"][pagevars] functionality
47 * ["WordCount"][pagevars] functionality
48
49 ## Additional Features
50
51 * Integrated [Disqus][] comment support
52 * Integrated [Google Analytics][] support
53 * Automatic [RSS][] creation
54 * Support for [Go][] HTML templates
55 * [Syntax highlighting][] powered by [Chroma][]
56
57
58 [aliases]: /content-management/urls/#aliases
59 [Chroma]: https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma
60 [content summaries]: /content-management/summaries/
61 [content types]: /content-management/types/
62 [Disqus]: https://disqus.com/
63 [Dynamic menu]: /templates/menu-templates/
64 [Extremely fast]: https://github.com/bep/hugo-benchmark
65 [front matter]: /content-management/front-matter/
66 [functions]: /functions/
67 [Go]: https://golang.org/pkg/html/template/
68 [Google Analytics]: https://google-analytics.com/
69 [homepage]: /templates/homepage/
70 [hostanywhere]: /hosting-and-deployment/
71 [install]: /getting-started/installing/
72 [LiveReload]: /getting-started/usage/
73 [organization for your projects]: /getting-started/directory-structure/
74 [pagevars]: /variables/page/
75 [Permalink]: /content-management/urls/#permalinks
76 [Powerful theming]: /hugo-modules/theme-components/
77 [Pretty URLs]: /content-management/urls/
78 [RSS]: /templates/rss/
79 [Shortcodes]: /content-management/shortcodes/
80 [sort content]: /templates/
81 [supported formats]: /content-management/formats/
82 [Syntax highlighting]: /content-management/syntax-highlighting/
83 [table of contents]: /content-management/toc/
84 [taxonomies]: /content-management/taxonomies/
85 [URLs]: /content-management/urls/