--- title: "Deploy Your Hugo App Quick" description: "Create and deploy your Hugo app with our new Hugo Quickstart Template." source: "https://www.netlify.com/blog/deploy-your-hugo-app-quick/" last_updated: "2026-07-10T17:49:27.000Z" --- Ready to get your [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) app to the world fast? With our new Hugo Quickstart Template you can create and deploy a bare-bones Hugo app and have it deployed for everyone to see oh so quick! Here is the info: - [Hugo Quickstart Template Repo](https://github.com/netlify-templates/hugo-quickstart) - [Live demo](https://hugo-quickstart-template.netlify.app/) - [Video Walkthrough on YouTube](https://youtu.be/t-tsRxxYdpk) - This button that will make a new repo, new Netlify project, and deploy it ASAP [![Deploy to Netlify Button](https://www.netlify.com/img/deploy/button.svg)](https://app.netlify.com/start/deploy?repository=https://github.com/netlify-templates/hugo-quickstart) ## Clone + Develop Clone this repo to make it yours with one of these options: - Click the ‘Use this template’ button at the top of the page - Or via the command line `git clone https://github.com/netlify-templates/hugo-quickstart` Once you have the repo locally, switch to the project’s main directory and start the Hugo sever with this command: - `hugo server -D` Then you can head to [http://localhost:1313/](http://localhost:1313/) to take a look at what you’ve created. You can make changes and watch the magic happen aka watch your live preview update. > Alternatively, you can run this locally with [the Netlify CLI](https://docs.netlify.com/cli/get-started/)’s by running the `netlify dev` command for more options like receiving a live preview to share (`netlify dev --live`) and the ability to test [Netlify Functions](https://www.netlify.com/products/functions) and [redirects](https://docs.netlify.com/routing/redirects/). ## Share it with the World Ready to put it up on Content Delivery Networks ([CDN](https://jamstack.org/glossary/cdn/)) closest to your audience? Let’s get it deployed! - install the Netlify CLI globally `npm install netlify-cli -g` - Run `hugo` - use the `netlify deploy` command for a deploy preview link or `netlify deploy --prod` to deploy to production ### Other deployment Options There a few other fun ways to get your site out into the world: - Use the Netlify CLI’s create from template command `netlify sites:create-template hugo-quickstart` which will create a repo, Netlify project, and deploy it - If you want to utilize continuous deployment through GitHub webhooks, run the Netlify command `netlify init` to create a new project based on your repo or `netlify link` to connect your repo to an existing project ## Go Forth & Create You’re all set now to make it yours and share whatever it is you’re stoked to get out into the world. We can’t wait to see what you create, show us what you made [@Netlify](https://twitter.com/netlify)! Happy coding 👩🏻‍💻! ### Resources for the Road - [Hugo on Netlify Integration Page](https://ntl.fyi/3P9w1mr) - [Hugo documentation](https://gohugo.io/documentation/) - [Hugo Quickstart Template Repo](https://github.com/netlify-templates/hugo-quickstart) - [Live demo](https://hugo-quickstart-template.netlify.app/) ### Share - [X (fka Twitter)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Deploy Your Hugo App Quick&url=https://www.netlify.com/blog/deploy-your-hugo-app-quick/) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.netlify.com%2Fblog%2Fdeploy-your-hugo-app-quick%2F) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.netlify.com/blog/deploy-your-hugo-app-quick/) - [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=Deploy Your Hugo App Quick+https://www.netlify.com/blog/deploy-your-hugo-app-quick/) * * * ### Tags - [Hugo](/blog/tags/hugo/) - [templates](/blog/tags/templates/) ## Keep reading ![](/images/blog-fallback-thumbnail.svg) Guides & Tutorials July 24, 2018 [ ### Hugo tips: How to create author pages ](/blog/2018/07/24/hugo-tips-how-to-create-author-pages/) - ![Profile picture of Irene Morente](/_astro/222926eb2886ded67a3d2c77720f50a968342aea-80x80_ZpomnS.webp) Irene Morente ![](/images/blog-fallback-thumbnail.svg) Tools & Services April 11, 2017 [ ### Netlify Plus Hugo 0.20 and Beyond ](/blog/2017/04/11/netlify-plus-hugo-0.20-and-beyond/) - ![Profile picture of David Calavera](/_astro/b2c93213782e53ba9493a107f1917a1a44d0d9e5-80x80_tFwf6.webp) David Calavera ## Recent posts News & Announcements June 25, 2026 [ ### Netlify Functions, designed for Agent Experience ](/blog/netlify-functions-designed-for-agent-experience) - ![Profile picture of Eduardo Bouças](/_astro/52958f21e8450baf6d8e60302341a984e220c0cd-512x512_13VDlu.webp) Eduardo Bouças News & Announcements June 24, 2026 [ ### How we measure Netlify’s Agent Experience ](/blog/how-we-measure-netlify-agent-experience) - ![Profile picture of Sean Roberts](/_astro/bbf2243f8171dbddd80ab2103622106cef84d125-512x512_Z1d2LKE.webp) Sean Roberts Guides & Tutorials May 15, 2026 [ ### How to build a real-time AI chatbot in minutes with Netlify Agent Runners (no backend) ](/blog/how-to-build-a-real-time-ai-chatbot-in-minutes-with-netlify-agent-runners-no-backend) - ![Profile picture of Nahrin Jalal](/_astro/f0e7c8f227a03fe58340c99ef5439d5a896c0733-272x272_Z23kDpD.webp) Nahrin Jalal ![](/_astro/3f255b372fa958df35802666ee33b4609b2d71bd-1200x1586_1VtE2D.webp) ### How do the best dev and marketing teams work together? 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