DocPad vs Hugo

DocPad is published as an NPM module which makes it easy to integrate with an existing Node.js deployment.

DocPad's has a large amount of plug-ins available to extend its functionality and compatibility with other language preprocessors and markup languages.

• Javascript preprocessors include: Coffescript, TypeScript, and LiveScript.
• CSS preprocessors include: LESS, SASS, Stylus, and Roole
• HTML markups include: Markdown, and Textile
• Templating engines include: Eco, Handlebars, Moustache, HAML, CoffeeKup, Jade, and Teacup
• JSON converters include: YAML and CSON

DocPad has a Live Reload plug-in that leverages websockets to automatically update the blog content for users live on the site.

Although DocPad is a static site generator, if you find the need to, you can extend the site with the Express framework for dynamic content as well.

There are multiple custom interfaces, including miniCMS available to DocPad which provide WYSIWYG editing and article management.

Deployment plug-ins make deploying to hosting providers even easier, with plug-ins for GitHub Pages, AWS, and Google Storage.

Skeletons are boilerplate setups to provide a baseline structure for you to fill content into.

DocPad leverages Query Engine to provide a query API for querying files.

Code can be viewed on GitHub.

All other SSGs expect you to have a full toolchain setup for their language. Hugo is written in Go and distributed as an executable for unix, linux, windows and mac. Just download and run.

Create your new site, run the Hugo server, edit. Lather, rinse, repeat. Hugo stays out of the way.

Allows you to see changes in real time.

Can create PDFs, eBooks, RSS-Feeds, language and market specific Websites from single content folder.

We are using Hugo as the base-framework for a full blown knowledge management system, idea-management and inhouse brainstorming tool. Hugo source-code is well structures and comes with top components out of the box, that makes every solution built on this framework incredible fast and scalable accross platforms and corporate silos! Hugo - when being used as a framework is a game-changer that puts Sharepoint, Wordpress and Co. back to the shelf.