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title = "About Hugo"
date = "2014-04-09"
menu = "main"
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Hugo is a static site engine written in go.


It makes use of a variety of open source projects including:

* [Cobra](http://github.com/spf13/cobra)
* [Viper](http://github.com/spf13/viper)
* [J Walter Weatherman](http://github.com/spf13/jWalterWeatherman)
* [Cast](http://github.com/spf13/cast)

Learn more and contribute on [GitHub](https://github.com/spf13).

## Setup

Some fun facts about [Hugo](http://hugo.spf13.com)

* 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)

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!