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Hugo vs HubPress
Compare Hugo and HubPress 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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HubPress
A simple static site generator for blogs, powered by GitHub Pages and a clean web-based admin interface.
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Pricing
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
HubPress
Pros
- Simple web-based admin interface
- Hosted on GitHub Pages (free hosting)
- Built-in AsciiDoc support
- No database required
- Minimal configuration
Cons
- Limited customization options
- Requires a GitHub account
- Not actively maintained
- Limited theme selection
- Basic feature set compared to alternatives
Features comparison
| Feature | Hugo | HubPress |
|---|---|---|
| Core Features | ||
| SEO | Yes Built-in SEO features including meta tags, canonical URLs, Open Graph, and JSON-LD | Limited Basic SEO features through theme templates |
| 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 | Limited Small selection of pre-built themes with limited customization |
| Plugin system | Partial Uses 'modules' rather than plugins, with a different architectural approach than traditional plugins | No No extensible plugin system |
| Content Management | ||
| Emoji | Yes Native emoji support with several rendering options | Via AsciiDoc Limited support through AsciiDoc syntax |
| Image optimization | Yes Built-in image processing with resize, crop, filter capabilities and image optimization | No No built-in image optimization |
| Taxonomies | Yes Powerful built-in taxonomy system with support for custom taxonomies | Limited Basic tagging system only |
| Pagination | Yes Built-in pagination for list pages with customizable options | Yes Basic pagination for post listings |
| Table of contents | Yes Built-in table of contents generation for markdown content | Via AsciiDoc Can be generated through AsciiDoc syntax |
| Comments | Via integration Integration with Disqus, Commento, Utterances or other comment systems via templates | Yes Disqus integration included |
| Integrations | ||
| Social media integration | Yes Built-in support for social cards, sharing, and integration via templates | Partial Basic social sharing options included in themes |
| Analytics | Via integration Easy integration with most analytics platforms via themes or templates | Yes Google Analytics integration included |
| Newsletter | Via integration Third-party services can be integrated via templates or partials | No No built-in newsletter support |
| Search | Via integration Options include built-in JSON index, Algolia, Lunr.js, or other client-side search solutions | No No built-in search functionality |
| Headless CMS integration | Yes Excellent support for most headless CMS platforms including Contentful, Forestry, NetlifyCMS, Strapi | No Works directly with GitHub as content storage |
| Advanced Features | ||
| Multilingual | Yes First-class support for multilingual sites with i18n capabilities | No No multilingual support |
| AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) | Via templates Can be implemented using custom output formats and templates | No No AMP support |
| PWA (Progressive Web App) | Via integration Requires custom configuration or theme with PWA support | No No PWA support |
| Specialized Content | ||
| PlantUML | Via shortcode Customizable shortcodes can be created for PlantUML integration | No Not supported natively |
| Mermaid | Via shortcode Official shortcode available for Mermaid diagrams | No Not supported natively |
| KaTeX (math) | Via integration Support through either KaTeX or MathJax via templates or theme integration | Via AsciiDoc Limited math support through AsciiDoc syntax |
| GitHub Gists integration | Via shortcode Can be implemented via custom shortcodes | Via AsciiDoc Can be embedded using AsciiDoc syntax |