macOS

Editions

Hugo is available in several editions. Use the standard edition unless you need additional features.

(1) New in v0.159.2

(2) Deploy your site directly to a Google Cloud Storage bucket, an AWS S3 bucket, or an Azure Storage container. See details.

(3) Transpile Sass to CSS via embedded LibSass. Note that embedded LibSass was deprecated in v0.153.0 and will be removed in a future release. Use the Dart Sass transpiler instead, which is compatible with any 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 on CI/CD platforms such as Cloudflare, GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, Netlify, Render, or Vercel

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

Homebrew

Homebrew is a free and open-source package manager for macOS and Linux. To install the extended/deploy edition of Hugo:

brew install hugo

MacPorts

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

sudo port install hugo

Build from source

To build Hugo from source you must install:

1. Git
2. Go version 1.25.0 or later

Standard edition

To build and install the standard edition:

CGO_ENABLED=0 go install github.com/gohugoio/hugo@latest

Deploy edition

To build and install the deploy edition:

CGO_ENABLED=0 go install -tags withdeploy github.com/gohugoio/hugo@latest

Extended edition

To build and install the extended edition, first install a C compiler such as GCC or Clang and then run the following command:

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

Extended/deploy edition

To build and install the extended/deploy edition, first install a C compiler such as GCC or Clang and then run the following command:

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

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