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Hugo vs Placehold.it

A side-by-side look at Hugo and Placehold.it. 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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Placehold.it

Placehold.it

Photos & Graphics

Placehold.it is a simple image placeholder service that generates custom placeholder images for you. Specify image dimensions and background color to get a link to a placeholder image.

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