Go template primer

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 02:13:50 +0000

Hugo uses the excellent [go][] [html/template][gohtmltemplate] library for its template engine. It is an extremely lightweight engine that provides a very small amount of logic. In our experience that it is just the right amount of logic to be able to create a good static website. If you have used other template systems from different languages or frameworks you will find a lot of similarities in go templates.

This document is a brief primer on using go templates. The [go docs][gohtmltemplate] provide more details.

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Go template primer