Hugo Book
Hugo Book is a free, open-source static site theme built with Hugo. Hugo documentation theme as simple as plain book. It has 4,102 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.
Get started
Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.
git submodule add https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book.git themes/hugo-booknpx degit alex-shpak/hugo-book my-site
cd my-sitegit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alex-shpak/hugo-book.git my-siteSources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.
About Hugo Book
If you want lower maintenance, use one of the released versions. If you want to live on the bleeding edge of changes, you can use the main branch and update your website when needed, this also the default branch.
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- Hugo
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What is Hugo Book?
Hugo Book is a free, open-source static site theme built with Hugo. Hugo documentation theme as simple as plain book. It has 4,102 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. A live demo is linked from this page.
How do I use Hugo Book?
Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit alex-shpak/hugo-book my-site (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.
Can I use Hugo Book for commercial projects?
Yes. Hugo Book is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows commercial use as long as you keep the copyright and license notice. Third-party assets bundled with it (images, fonts, icons) may have their own terms.
Is Hugo Book maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 24, 2026. Its latest release is v0.15.0. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.