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Substance vs Hugo

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When comparing Substance vs Hugo, the Slant community recommends Hugo for most people. In the question“What are the best solutions for a personal blog?” Hugo is ranked 3rd while Substance is ranked 23rd. The most important reason people chose Hugo is:

Code can be viewed [on GitHub](http://github.com/spf13/hugo).

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LanguageGo

Markup LanguagesHTML, Markdown, AsciiDoc, reStructuredText, Org-Mode

PlatformsWindows, Linux, Mac, FreeBSD

Template EngineGo html/template

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What are the best solutions for a personal blog?

Pros

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Free for one site

One site is free, for other option see pricing.

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Easy importing of Jekyll posts

An easy to use interface for migrating from Jekyll is available.

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Clean and simple layouts

Substance doesn't clutter your blog, it gets out of the way so people can focus on reading.

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Open-source and free

Code can be viewed on GitHub.

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Fast

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No dependencies

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.

Pro
Flexible

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Many themes available

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Very active community

Pro
Single binary - cross platform

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Clean workflow

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

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Great multipurpose development platform

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.