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title = "About Hugo"
date = "2014-04-09"
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Hugo is a static site engine written in Go.
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It makes use of a variety of open source projects including:
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* [Cobra ](https://github.com/spf13/cobra )
* [Viper ](https://github.com/spf13/viper )
* [J Walter Weatherman ](https://github.com/spf13/jWalterWeatherman )
* [Cast ](https://github.com/spf13/cast )
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Learn more and contribute on [GitHub ](https://github.com/spf13 ).
## Setup
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Some fun facts about [Hugo ](http://gohugo.io/ ):
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* Built in [Go ](http://golang.org/ )
* Loosely inspired by [Jekyll ](http://jekyllrb.com/ )
* Primarily developed by [spf13 ](http://spf13.com/ ) on the train while commuting to and from Manhattan.
* Coded in [Vim ](http://vim.org ) using [spf13-vim ](http://vim.spf13.com/ )
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Have questions or suggestions? Feel free to [open an issue on GitHub ](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/issues/new ) or [ask me on Twitter ](https://twitter.com/spf13 ).
Thanks for reading!
