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title: Installing Hugo
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Hugo is written in Go with support for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OS X.
The latest release can be found at [Hugo Releases](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases).
We currently build for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OS X for x64
and i386 architectures.
## Installing Hugo (binary)
Installation is very easy. Simply download the appropriate version for your
platform from [Hugo Releases](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases).
Once downloaded it can be run from anywhere. You don't need to install
it into a global location. This works well for shared hosts and other systems
where you don't have a privileged account.
Ideally you should install it somewhere in your path for easy use. `/usr/local/bin`
is the most probable location.
If you have [Homebrew](http://brew.sh), installation is even easier. Just run
`brew install hugo`.
### Installing Pygments (optional)
The Hugo executable has one *optional* external dependency for source code highlighting (Pygments).
If you want to have source code highlighting using the [highlight shortcode](/extras/highlighting),
you need to install the Python-based Pygments program. The procedure is outlined on the [Pygments home page](http://pygments.org).
## Upgrading Hugo
Upgrading Hugo is as easy as downloading and replacing the executable you’ve
placed in your path.
## Installing from source
### Dependencies
* Git
* Go 1.1+ (Go 1.4+ on Windows, see Go [Issue #8090](https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=8090))
* Mercurial
* Bazaar
### Get directly from GitHub:
go get -v github.com/spf13/hugo
### Building Hugo
cd /path/to/hugo
go build -o hugo main.go
mv hugo /usr/local/bin/
## Contributing
Please see the [contributing guide](/doc/contributing).