02 Prerequisites

Prerequisites

Although not required in all cases, Git, Go, and Dart Sass are commonly used when working with Hugo.

Git is required to:

• Build Hugo from source
• Use Hugo modules
• Install a theme as a Git submodule
• Access commit information from a local Git repository
• Host your site on CI/CD platforms such as Cloudflare, GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages, Netlify, Render, or Vercel

Go is required to:

• Build Hugo from source
• Use Hugo modules

Dart Sass is required to transpile Sass to CSS when using the latest features of the Sass language.

Please refer to the relevant documentation for installation instructions:

• Git
• Go
• Dart Sass