Next.js vs Hugo

Next.js is a minimalistic framework for server-rendered React applications as well as statically exported React apps.

Install

It's easy to install

npm install --save next react react-dom

Build

Add a build script

{
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "next",
    "build": "next build",
    "start": "next start"
  }
}

Run

After that, the file-system is the main API. Every .js file becomes a route that gets automatically processed and rendered.

Example

Creating a website only takes a minute. Examples

Hugo is a static site generator written in Go. It is optimized for speed, easy use and configurability. Hugo takes a directory with content and templates and renders them into a full html website.

Hugo makes use of Markdown files with front matter for meta data.

A typical website of moderate size can be rendered in a fraction of a second. A good rule of thumb is that Hugo takes around 1 millisecond for each piece of content.

It is written to work well with any kind of website including blogs, tumbles and docs.