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Hugo vs Pelican: catalog facts
Hugo	Pelican
Free Free and open source under Apache 2.0.	Free Free and open source under the AGPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Builds large sites in seconds, with near-instant live reload while writing A single binary with no Node or Ruby runtime to keep working	Imports content from WordPress and RSS feeds Jinja2 themes and a large plugin ecosystem
Go templates are the steepest part of the learning curve You need the extended build for Sass, and picking the wrong one causes confusing errors	Command-line only, no visual editor Requires Python and some setup
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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