How to Choose Between Astro, Next.js, and Hugo for a Client Site
Astro, Next.js, and Hugo solve different website problems, so the best choice depends on publishing flow, interactivity, and maintenance.
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Hugo is a static site generator written in Go, positioned as the world's fastest framework for building websites, optimized for speed and designed for flexibility.
Why it matters
It matters when the site should be fast, content-driven, version-controlled, and easy to deploy without a large backend runtime.
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In this archive Hugo appears in website architecture, publishing workflow, and implementation discussions around content-first sites. It currently appears across 1 category, mainly Web Development.
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Astro, Next.js, and Hugo solve different website problems, so the best choice depends on publishing flow, interactivity, and maintenance.

This is the first video of the Go Hugo series in which I will try to answer the most common questions about this great framework.
Markdown is a great way of writing your posts for new static website generators, but sometimes you need to add HTML classes directly to the output to make it look better. Here comes to play Hugo shortcodes that will help you programmatically add custom HTML to your markdown files.