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Hugo

modern go · ssg · since 2013
recommended ↓ 3.0 pts vs last month Updated June 2026

Hugo scores 75/100. Verdict: Recommended.

Dimension breakdown
Security
92
Performance
65
Ecosystem
65
Ai Readiness
88
Developer Experience
70
Market Trajectory
35
Cost Of Ownership
90
Security

5 total CVEs on record.

Total Cves 5
Critical Cves 0
Exploited Cves 0
Avg Cvss 3.0
Cves Last Year 1
Performance

Average performance. Room for optimization.

Ecosystem

78,000 GitHub stars. 900 contributors. 12 releases in the last year.

Stars 78,000
Contributors 900
Releases Last Year 12
Avg Issue Close Days 15
Ai Readiness

Excellent AI-readiness. API-first or structured output by design. Clean semantic HTML, machine-parseable responses, minimal client-side rendering.

Structured Output 88
Api First 1.0
Headless Capable 1.0
Developer Experience

Strong developer experience. Good docs, modern tooling, active community.

Market Trajectory
Score 35
Market Share Pct 0.1
Cost Of Ownership

Very low cost. Static output, CDN-deployable, minimal infrastructure.

Actively exploited vulnerabilities
Updated 2026-07-13
0 entries

No known active exploitation. Zero entries in CISA's catalog of confirmed in-the-wild attacks.

Hugo scores 75/100 overall. Strongest dimension: security (92). Weakest: market trajectory (35).