hugo/content/about-hugo/features.md

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Hugo Features		Hugo is the fastest static site generator and includes a powerful templating language, making it the appropriate choice for websites of all sizes and types.	2016-11-01	2016-11-01	2016-11-01		false

Hugo boasts the following features:

General

• Extremely fast build times (≈1 ms per page)
• Completely cross platform: Runs on  Mac OS X,  Linux,  Windows, and more!
• Easy installation
• Render changes on the fly with LiveReload as you develop
• Powerful Theming
• Host your site anywhere

Organization

• Straightforward organization, including website sections
• Customizable URLs
• Support for configurable taxonomies which includes categories and tags. Create your own custom organization of content
• Ability to sort content as you desire
• Automatic table of contents generation
• Dynamic menu creation
• Pretty URLs support
• Permalink pattern support
• Aliases (redirects)

Content

• Native Markdown support
  • Support for other languages through external helpers, see supported formats
• Support for TOML, YAML and JSON metadata in frontmatter
• Customizable homepage
• Multiple content types
• Automatic and user defined summaries
• Shortcodes to enable rich content inside of Markdown
• "Minutes to Read" functionality
• "Wordcount" functionality

Additional Features

• Integrated Disqus comment support
• Integrated Google Analytics support
• Automatic RSS creation
• Support for Go, Amber and Ace HTML templates
• Syntax highlighting powered by Pygments

See what's coming next in the Hugo roadmap.