๐งฑ Describe your site, AI builds it, you own it as Markdown. Snap together Tailwind blocks like Lego โ landing pages, blogs, portfolios, docs & more. No AI slop. Free to deploy anywhere ๐
Describe your site. AI builds it. You own it as Markdown.
HugoBlox is the open-source framework for building professional sites from structured Markdown โ landing pages, portfolios, blogs, publications, docs, and more.
Pick a template, let Hugo Chat AI generate your pages, and deploy anywhere. Every file is plain Markdown you can read, edit, and own forever.
Generate Pages with AI ย ย |ย ย Browse Templates ย ย |ย ย Ownable CMS for VS Code
Trusted since 2016 ยท 150,000+ sites (Meta, Stanford, NVIDIA) ยท Rated 4.9/5 by users (official survey) ยท Used by teams at NVIDIA Research, MIT, and King's College London ยท Featured by GitHub Release Radar
โก How it works
1. ๐จ Pick a template Choose a template or scaffold with the CLI. Landing pages, portfolios, blogs, research sites, docs โ ready in seconds. |
2. โจ Generate pages with AI Open Hugo Chat and describe what you need. "Create a landing page with hero, pricing, and testimonials" โ done. |
3. ๐ Deploy anywhere Push to GitHub. Deploy on Netlify, Vercel, Cloudflare โ or any static host. No database. No runtime. Free hosting. |
๐ Why HugoBlox
Every other tool makes you choose. HugoBlox doesn't.
| AI site builders (Lovable, v0, Bolt) | CMS platforms (WordPress, Webflow) | HugoBlox | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI generates your pages | Yes | No | Yes |
| You own the output as readable files | No โ React code | No โ locked in a database | Yes โ plain Markdown |
| Works without a runtime server | Sometimes | No | Yes โ static HTML |
| Structured content types (publications, projects, team pages) | No | Partial | Yes โ 20+ built-in types |
| Human-editable after AI generates it | Barely | Through the CMS only | Yes โ it's Markdown |
| Free to host forever | No | No | Yes |
| Open source | No | No | Yes โ MIT licensed |
[!IMPORTANT] The pitch: other tools generate code you can't maintain or lock your content in a database you can't leave. HugoBlox gives you AI-generated pages as plain Markdown on a Tailwind + Hugo stack โ readable, portable, and yours.
๐งฑ What you can build
HugoBlox includes 20+ structured content types with proper front matter, metadata, and layouts. Tell Hugo Chat what you need and it generates the right one:
- ๐ Landing pages โ hero, features, pricing, testimonials, CTA sections via the block system
- ๐ Blogs & articles โ posts with tags, categories, authors, and SEO metadata
- ๐ผ Portfolios & project pages โ showcase your work with descriptions, tech stacks, and images
- ๐ Publication pages โ academic papers with BibTeX/DOI citation workflows
- ๐ Documentation โ searchable docs with sidebar navigation and versioning
- ๐ฅ Team & author profiles โ bio, avatar, social links, publication lists
- ๐ค Event & talk pages โ conferences, workshops, presentations with slides
- ๐๏ธ Slide decks โ Markdown-powered presentations using reveal.js
- ๐ Resumes & CVs โ structured career pages, exportable to PDF
- ๐ฌ Jupyter notebooks & LaTeX โ render
.ipynband math-heavy pages natively
๐ ๏ธ Get started
Step 1: Create your site
Option A: Start from a template (fastest)
[!TIP] Pick a template and launch in your browser in 60 seconds: Browse templates
Option B: Use the CLI (full control)
# Requires Hugo Extended & Node.js
npm install -g hugoblox
hugoblox create site
Step 2: Customize with AI + visual editing
Hugo Chat โ AI page generation Describe what you need in plain English. Hugo Chat generates structured Hugo pages with correct front matter, shortcodes, and HugoBlox blocks.
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Ownable CMS โ visual editing in VS Code Drag-and-drop blocks, live preview, and YAML validation without leaving your editor. The power of a visual website builder inside VS Code.
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[!NOTE] Need docs? See docs.ownable.dev for guides, configuration reference, and best practices.
๐ Open source. No lock-in. No catch.
- โ MIT licensed. The framework is and will always be open source.
- โ Plain Markdown files. Your content is never locked in a database or proprietary format. Take it anywhere.
- โ Static output. No server to maintain, no database to patch, no vendor to depend on.
- โ Free hosting. Deploy to Netlify, Vercel, GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages โ all free tier.
- โ AI is free to start. Hugo Chat includes free messages every day. No credit card needed.
- โ Future-proof. Markdown has been readable since 2004. Your content will outlast any platform.
[!IMPORTANT] "Every AI website builder generates React code you'll throw away in six months. Every CMS locks your content in a database you'll never migrate. HugoBlox is the gap between them."
Want more? Upgrade to Pro for visual editing, AI automations, BibTeX import, and priority support. Compare plans โ
๐ Who uses HugoBlox
HugoBlox powers sites for researchers, consultants, founders, developer advocates, and teams at organizations including:
150,000+ sites created since 2016. Rated 4.9/5 by users.
"We tried Lovable and v0 first. They generated a landing page in minutes โ but it was 400 lines of React we couldn't touch. Hugo Chat generated the same page as Markdown files our whole team could edit. We shipped that afternoon. Hosting: $0/month." โ Priya Ramanathan, Co-founder & CTO
"I described our research areas to Hugo Chat and it generated 30 publication pages with correct BibTeX metadata, team profiles, and a news section. My postdocs were editing their own pages within an hour โ it's just Markdown. No CMS training, no tickets to IT." โ Dr. James Park, Principal Research Scientist, Applied AI Lab
"I've rebuilt my site four times โ Jekyll, Gatsby, Next.js, Notion. HugoBlox is the first time I know I won't have to again. My content is plain Markdown. If something better exists in five years, I take my files and leave. Nothing has come close." โ Marcus Oliveira, Senior Developer Advocate
๐ Ready to build?
Pick a template, let AI generate your pages, and deploy for free.
Your content stays as Markdown you own forever.
Generate Pages with AI ย ย |ย ย Browse Templates ย ย |ย ย Read the Docs
Community & support
- Questions? Join the Discord or search the Docs
- Bug? Open an Issue
- Want to contribute? Read the Contributing Guide
- Love it? Star this repo โ it helps others find it
Sponsors
โค๏ธ Sponsor on GitHub | ๐ข Become a Partner
License
Copyright 2016-present Lore Labs. Released under the MIT License.
HugoBlox is a trademark of Lore Labs.