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Hugo Book

Hugo Book is a free, open-source static site theme built with Hugo. Hugo documentation theme as simple as plain book. It has 4,098 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.

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Get started

Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.

Add the theme to an existing Hugo site
git submodule add https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book.git themes/hugo-book
Copy with degit
npx degit alex-shpak/hugo-book my-site
cd my-site
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book.git my-site

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Hugo Book

If you want lower maintenance, use one of the released versions. If you want to live on the bleeding edge of changes, you can use the main branch and update your website when needed, this also the default branch.

Built with

  • Hugo
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FAQ

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How do I use Hugo Book?

Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit alex-shpak/hugo-book my-site (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.

Can I use Hugo Book for commercial projects?

Yes. Hugo Book is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows commercial use as long as you keep the copyright and license notice. Third-party assets bundled with it (images, fonts, icons) may have their own terms.

Is Hugo Book maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. Its latest release is v0.15.0. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.