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# HUGO BOOK {anchor=false}
[Hugo](https://gohugo.io) documentation theme as simple as plain book

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- ## What Hugo-Book Theme Is
  Hugo book theme is primarily designed to create technical documentation sites that are easy to read, write, navigate and maintain. It is an attempt to create a sustainable web project.

- ## What Hugo-Book Theme Is Not
  Book theme is not trying to implement all features but to create a starting point. It is mostly feature complete and gets updated and improved to stay relevant with Hugo and modern web.
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  ## Probably fast
  Build on Hugo static site generator. "The world’s fastest framework for building websites".
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  ## 50% JS free
  All important features are working even with JavaScript disabled in browser, including interactive shortcodes.
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  ## Minimalistic
  For real, it is very minimalistic, black on white. No extra tools are needed to build the site, only Hugo. No heavy JS or CSS frameworks included.
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  ### Shortcodes
  Pretty good shortcodes are included to enhance markup files:
  [Columns](/docs/shortcodes/columns/),
  [Cards](/docs/shortcodes/experimental/cards/),
  [Tabs](/docs/shortcodes/tabs/),
  [Images](/docs/shortcodes/experimental/images/),
  [Asciinema](/docs/shortcodes/experimental/asciinema/),
  [KaTex](/docs/shortcodes/katex/),
  [Mermaid](/docs/shortcodes/mermaid/) and others.
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  ### Even more
  Do people actually read these? I thought it was just a visual filler. But there is full-text search and multi-language support.
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  ### Made to be extendable
  There are multiple points to inject own styles and templates to make your documentation your own.
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