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Windows Install Hugo on Windows.
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Note

Hugo v0.121.1 and later require at least Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016.

Editions

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Unless your specific deployment needs require the extended/deploy edition, we recommend the extended edition.

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Package managers

Chocolatey

Chocolatey is a free and open-source package manager for Windows. To install the extended edition of Hugo:

choco install hugo-extended

Scoop

Scoop is a free and open-source package manager for Windows. To install the extended edition of Hugo:

scoop install hugo-extended

Winget

Winget is Microsoft's official free and open-source package manager for Windows. To install the extended edition of Hugo:

winget install Hugo.Hugo.Extended

To uninstall the extended edition of Hugo:

winget uninstall --name "Hugo (Extended)"

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Note

See these detailed instructions to install GCC on Windows.

Comparison

Prebuilt binaries Package managers Build from source
Easy to install? ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Easy to upgrade? ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
Easy to downgrade? ✔️ ✔️ 1 ✔️
Automatic updates? 2
Latest version available? ✔️ ✔️ ✔️

  1. Easy if a previous version is still installed. ↩︎

  2. Possible but requires advanced configuration. ↩︎