Getting started with HugoBlox: build your first Hugo site

HugoBlox gives you a production-grade Hugo site without having to learn Go templating, Hugo's directory structure, or its partial system. You pick a template, clone a repository, and edit Markdown files. That's the full mental model.

Choose a template

Visit hugoblox.com/templates and find the template that matches your use case. The most popular options:

• Academic CV — publications, talks, courses, and a blog. Used by 100,000+ researchers.
• Landing page — product or personal brand. Converts visitors to subscribers or customers.
• Link in bio — replaces link-aggregator services with a self-hosted page you fully control.

Each template ships with a config/_default/ folder of YAML files. These are the only config files you'll need to touch.

Clone and run locally

git clone https://github.com/HugoBlox/theme-academic-cv my-site
cd my-site
hugo server

Open http://localhost:1313 and you'll see a live-reloading preview.

Edit your content

Content lives in content/. Each file is Markdown with YAML frontmatter. An about page looks like:

---
title: Alice Researcher
role: PhD Student in Machine Learning
bio: Studying neural scaling laws at XYZ University.
---

The template renders this into a structured layout automatically. No HTML or CSS required.

Deploy

Key takeaways

HugoBlox removes the Hugo learning curve without removing Hugo's speed or flexibility. If you know Markdown and YAML, you have everything you need to ship a professional site today.