# Hugo
> The world's fastest static site generator, written in Go

## Summary
Blazing fast static site generator written in Go with rich theme ecosystem

## Capabilities
- Generate static websites in milliseconds
- Support hundreds of themes
- Handle multilingual content
- Live reload during development
- Support shortcodes, taxonomies, and menus

## When to Use
- You need a fast static site generator
- You want to build blogs, documentation, or portfolios

## When NOT to Use
- You need dynamic server-side functionality

## Related Tools
- [metalsmith](/tools/metalsmith) (complementary)
- [nanoc](/tools/nanoc) (complementary)

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Source: https://littlescripts.sh/tools/hugo
