# Getting Started With Hugo

May 28, 2018 2 min read

## Step 1: Install Hugo

    brew install hugo

To verify your new install:

    hugo version

## Step 2: Create a New Site

    hugo new site quickstart

The above will create a new Hugo site in a folder named `quickstart`.

## Step 3: Add a Theme

See themes.gohugo.io for a list of themes to consider. This quickstart uses the beautiful Ananke theme.

    cd quickstart;\
    git init;\
    git submodule add https://github.com/budparr/gohugo-theme-ananke.git themes/ananke;\

    # Edit your config.toml configuration file
    # and add the Ananke theme.
    echo 'theme = "ananke"' >> config.toml

## Step 4: Add Some Content

    hugo new posts/my-first-post.md

Edit the newly created content file if you want. Now, start the Hugo server with drafts enabled:

    ▶ hugo server -D

    Started building sites ...
    Built site for language en:
    1 of 1 draft rendered
    0 future content
    0 expired content
    1 regular pages created
    8 other pages created
    0 non-page files copied
    1 paginator pages created
    0 categories created
    0 tags created
    total in 18 ms
    Watching for changes in /Users/bep/sites/quickstart/{data,content,layouts,static,themes}
    Serving pages from memory
    Web Server is available at http://localhost:1313/ (bind address 127.0.0.1)
    Press Ctrl+C to stop

Navigate to your new site at http://localhost:1313/.

## Step 5: Customize the Theme

Your new site already looks great, but you will want to tweak it a little before you release it to the public.

### Site Configuration

Open up `config.toml` in a text editor:

    baseURL = "https://example.org/"
    languageCode = "en-us"
    title = "My New Hugo Site"
    theme = "ananke"

Replace the `title` above with something more personal. Also, if you already have a domain ready, set the `baseURL`. Note that this value is not needed when running the local development server.

Tip: Make the changes to the site configuration or any other file in your site while the Hugo server is running, and you will see the changes in the browser right away.

For theme specific configuration options, see the theme site.

For further theme customization, see Customize a Theme.