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Gatsby vs Hugo
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Gatsby | Hugo |
|---|---|---|
| Language | JavaScript | Go |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 56k | 90k |
| Latest | gatsby@5.16.1 | v0.169.0 |
| Last push | 2026-11-11 | 2026-11-11 |
| Release cadence | about 7 days between releases | about 17 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 3 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 16 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Jekyll. Alternatives to Jekyll →
PartialGatsbyA React-based static site generator with a GraphQL data layer, which needs more tooling than Jekyll.
Full replacementHugoSingle binary with much faster builds.
Gatsby
- gatsby@5.16.12026-02-10Fix various regressions with Gatsby Head API, such as <title> not updating document.title by @serhalp and @pieh in
- gatsby@5.16.02026-01-26feat: support React 19
- gatsby@5.15.02025-08-27fix: support node 22
- gatsby@5.14.62025-08-272025-08-06
- gatsby@5.14.52025-08-272025-06-19
Hugo
- v0.169.02026-10-27The main motivation behind this release is to get out a build with Go 1.27.3, which blocks trust in a small set of inte…
- v0.168.02026-10-13New imaging.firstFrameOnly option (and a matching processing flag) to only decode/encode the first frame of animated im…
- v0.167.02026-09-28This release brings relative partial references, slug support for branch pages, and a handful of security hardening fix…
- v0.166.02026-09-09This release is mostly about hardening and bug fixes, but there are some notable changes:
- v0.165.02026-08-12The two main new things is the new css.ChromaStyles template func and the new importContext option demonstrated below.
Gatsby
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Hugo
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