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Hugo vs Octopress

A side-by-side look at Hugo and Octopress. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Hugo

Hugo

Development

Hugo is an open-source static site generator written in Go. It is optimized for speed, ease of use, and configurability. Hugo takes Markdown, JSON, YAML and TOML files and uses layouts to create static HTML pages very quickly.

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Octopress

Octopress

Development

Octopress is an open-source, minimalist framework for generating static blogs and websites using Jekyll and Markdown. It is easy to set up and customize, integrates well with GitHub pages for hosting, and has a clean, responsive theme out of the box.

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