Windows

Editions

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

• Encode to the WebP format when processing images. You can decode WebP images with either edition.
• Transpile Sass to CSS using the embedded LibSass transpiler. The extended edition is not required to use the Dart Sass transpiler.

We recommend that you install 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

Chocolatey

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

choco install hugo-extended

Scoop

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

scoop install hugo-extended

Winget

Winget is Microsoft’s official free and open-source package manager for Windows. To install the extended edition of Hugo:

winget install Hugo.Hugo.Extended

Build from source

To build the extended edition of Hugo from source you must:

1. Install Git
2. Install Go version 1.20 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).

Then build and test:

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