Hugo

Category - Web Application Frameworks, Static Site Generator

Hugo is an open source static site generator.


We have discovered  49,779 live websites   are using Hugo.

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Technology usage statistics

Websites using Hugo:49,779 websites
Most popular in: United States
Market position in Web Application Frameworks category:#17
Market share in Web Application Frameworks:0.89%
Most popular version:0.152.2

Security vulnerabilites

Known security issues associated with Hugo
PublishedCVETitleDomains
May, 2026CVE-2026-44301Hugo: Node tool execution allows file system access outside the project directory45,226
Apr, 2026CVE-2026-35166Hugo does not properly escape some Markdown links41,600
Dec, 2024CVE-2024-55601Hugo does not escape some attributes in internal templates5,897
Apr, 2024CVE-2024-32875Hugo doesn't escape markdown title in internal render hooks1,503

Technology adoption

Recent changes in Hugo usage.
Websites that added Hugo 1,333
Websites that dropped Hugo 828
Websites that changed version of Hugo  6,769

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Technology Information


Major Versions

  • 0.xx (318 subversions, 46,396 domains)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using Hugo
United States29,685 websites


Germany5,568 websites
GB2,017 websites
France1,721 websites
Singapore1,290 websites
Netherlands845 websites
Canada715 websites
Switzerland568 websites
Japan535 websites
China534 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using Hugo
.com19,598 websites
.org3,819 websites
.net3,137 websites
.de3,098 websites
.io1,631 websites
.co.uk1,296 websites
.me1,213 websites
.dev925 websites
.fr863 websites
.nl743 websites

Hugo Versions

sorted by popularity
0.152.21,797 websites
0.111.31,545 websites
0.541,439 websites
0.145962 websites
0.85915 websites
0.80867 websites
0.118.2824 websites
0.147.7794 websites
0.148.2789 websites
0.154.5753 websites

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Top Websites Using Hugo

A look at the most popular websites built with Hugo
DomainCountryRankContacts
doi.org United States523
laze.net United States1,032
bradbice.com United States1,036
chris-crockett.com United States1,050
git-scm.com United States1,232
verisign.com United States1,415
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Always Used together


Go: Total 54,940 domains found using Go
Category - Programming Languages. 23,423,935 domains found using Programming Languages

Alternative Technologies


Microsoft ASP.NET: Total 3,015,463 domains found using Microsoft ASP.NET
Next.js: Total 357,509 domains found using Next.js
Ruby on Rails: Total 307,173 domains found using Ruby on Rails
Laravel: Total 259,450 domains found using Laravel
Express: Total 200,326 domains found using Express
Microsoft ASP.NET MVC: Total 192,775 domains found using Microsoft ASP.NET MVC
JSP: Total 139,751 domains found using JSP
Nuxt.js: Total 135,661 domains found using Nuxt.js
Angular: Total 133,434 domains found using Angular
ASP.NET Core: Total 98,043 domains found using ASP.NET Core

FAQ

Hugo falls under the categories of Web Application Frameworks, and Static Site Generator.
WebTechSurvey systematically indexes websites and their technologies. Users can find websites using Hugo through the WebTechSurvey platform.
There are currently 58,850,305 live websites that use Hugo.
The main competitors to Hugo include Microsoft ASP.NET, Next.js, Ruby on Rails, and Laravel.
Hugo has a known security vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-44301, CVE-2026-35166, CVE-2024-55601, and CVE-2024-32875.