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Hakyll vs Hugo
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Hakyll | Hugo |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Haskell | Go |
| Licence | Other | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 2.9k | 90k |
| Latest | v4.17.0.0 | v0.169.0 |
| Last push | 2026-11-06 | 2026-11-11 |
| Release cadence | too few 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 →
PartialHakyllA Haskell library where the site is a program you compile, rather than a configured generator.
Full replacementHugoSingle binary with much faster builds.
Hakyll
This repository publishes tags, not GitHub releases.
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.
Hakyll
✓ signed The latest release, v4.17.0.0, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Hugo
unsigned The latest release, v0.169.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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