Switching from Pelican to Hugo

I originally built my personal site using Pelican, a Python-based static site generator. It served me well—simple, flexible, and easy to get started with. But over time, I noticed the ecosystem was starting to feel dated. Fewer themes, less community activity, and limited plugin development made it harder to keep things fresh.

Then I caught the Hugo bug.

Hugo’s vibrant ecosystem, wide selection of beautiful themes, and blazing-fast build times won me over. It’s actively maintained, has a huge community, and made the migration surprisingly smooth.

So I moved my site to Hugo. No regrets so far.

If you’re maintaining a static site and haven’t looked at Hugo lately, it’s worth checking out.

My site’s version history

• 2000 - V1 - Plain old HTML
• 2005 - V2 - Wordpress
• 2015 - dormant
• 2025 Feb - V3 - markdown + pelican
• 2025 July - V4 - markdown + hugo