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title: "Hugo Templates"
date: "2013-07-01"
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linktitle: "Overview"
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Hugo uses the excellent go html/template library for its template engine.
It is an extremely lightweight engine that provides a very small amount of
logic. In our experience that it is just the right amount of logic to be able
to create a good static website
If you are new to go's templates the [go template primer](/layout/go-templates)
is a great place to start.
## Template roles
There are 6 different kinds of templates that Hugo works with.
### [Homepage](/layout/homepage/)
The homepage of your site
### [RSS](/layout/rss/)
Used to render all rss documents
### [Index](/layout/indexes)
Page that list multiple pieces of content
### [Content](/layout/content)
Render a single piece of content
### [Views](/layout/views)
Different view of a single piece of content type
### [Chrome](/layout/chrome)
Support for the above templates