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Hugo vs Gridea
Compare Hugo and Gridea to find the best tool for your needs.
Hugo
The world's fastest framework for building static websites, with rich content management capabilities.
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Gridea
A modern static blog writing client with a simple interface, built with Electron and Vue.js.
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Free (open source)
Free (open source)
Pros & Cons
Hugo
Pros
- Extremely fast build times
- No dependencies required
- Live reload for instant preview
- Flexible content management
Cons
- Steeper learning curve for templating
- Less plugins than older generators
- Requires command line usage
- Go templates can be challenging
Gridea
Pros
- User-friendly desktop GUI interface
- Real-time preview
- Custom theme support
- Multi-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- GitHub Pages and Coding Pages integration
Cons
- Fewer plugins than established generators
- Limited advanced customization options
- Smaller community than Hugo or Jekyll
- Some features still in development
- Desktop app required (no web interface)
Features comparison
| Feature | Hugo | Gridea |
|---|---|---|
| Core Features | ||
| SEO | Yes Built-in SEO features including meta tags, canonical URLs, Open Graph, and JSON-LD | Yes Built-in SEO settings with customizable meta tags and descriptions |
| Sitemap | Yes Built-in sitemap generation without plugins | Yes Automatic sitemap generation |
| RSS Feed | Yes Built-in RSS/Atom feed generation without plugins | Yes Built-in RSS feed generation |
| Theming system | Yes Powerful theming system with theme inheritance and module capabilities | Yes Built-in theme system with customizable options and several included themes |
| Plugin system | Partial Uses 'modules' rather than plugins, with a different architectural approach than traditional plugins | No No extensible plugin architecture |
| Content Management | ||
| Emoji | Yes Native emoji support with several rendering options | Via Markdown Supported through standard Markdown emoji syntax |
| Image optimization | Yes Built-in image processing with resize, crop, filter capabilities and image optimization | Limited Basic image handling but no advanced optimization features |
| Taxonomies | Yes Powerful built-in taxonomy system with support for custom taxonomies | Limited Support for basic categories and tags only |
| Pagination | Yes Built-in pagination for list pages with customizable options | Yes Built-in pagination for post listings |
| Table of contents | Yes Built-in table of contents generation for markdown content | Partial Depends on theme support |
| Comments | Via integration Integration with Disqus, Commento, Utterances or other comment systems via templates | Yes Built-in support for Disqus and Gitalk comment systems |
| Integrations | ||
| Social media integration | Yes Built-in support for social cards, sharing, and integration via templates | Partial Basic social media links and sharing buttons built into themes |
| Analytics | Via integration Easy integration with most analytics platforms via themes or templates | Yes Built-in Google Analytics integration |
| Newsletter | Via integration Third-party services can be integrated via templates or partials | Via integration Requires manual integration through theme customization |
| Search | Via integration Options include built-in JSON index, Algolia, Lunr.js, or other client-side search solutions | Limited Basic search functionality dependent on theme |
| Headless CMS integration | Yes Excellent support for most headless CMS platforms including Contentful, Forestry, NetlifyCMS, Strapi | No Not designed for headless CMS integration |
| Advanced Features | ||
| Multilingual | Yes First-class support for multilingual sites with i18n capabilities | Limited Interface can be changed, but content multilingual support is limited |
| AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) | Via templates Can be implemented using custom output formats and templates | No Not supported natively |
| PWA (Progressive Web App) | Via integration Requires custom configuration or theme with PWA support | No Not supported natively |
| Specialized Content | ||
| PlantUML | Via shortcode Customizable shortcodes can be created for PlantUML integration | No Not natively supported |
| Mermaid | Via shortcode Official shortcode available for Mermaid diagrams | Via integration Possible through custom code insertion, but not natively supported |
| KaTeX (math) | Via integration Support through either KaTeX or MathJax via templates or theme integration | Via integration Can be integrated through theme customization |
| GitHub Gists integration | Via shortcode Can be implemented via custom shortcodes | Via integration Possible through custom code blocks, but not a built-in feature |