Bringing Hugo’s Philosophy to a Broader Audience: Friday Plugin for Obsidian

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Hi Hugo community,

I built a plugin called Friday for Obsidian that brings Hugo’s core philosophy—fast, modular, content-first—to a much wider audience, especially non-technical users. With Friday, users don’t have to do anything: all building, previewing, and publishing happens automatically on their local device. No servers, no command lines, no uploads—just writing notes as usual. This allows more people to benefit from Hugo’s design principles without needing technical knowledge.

A Little History

Over the past three years, I’ve been sharing my exploration with Hugo here on the forum—almost like an annual tradition:

  • 2023: Headless Hugo CMS – experimenting with Hugo in a headless scenario

  • 2024: Hugo + Netlify + Obsidian = Amazing! – combining Hugo with Netlify and Obsidian for a smoother workflow

  • 2025: Bringing Hugo’s Philosophy to a Broader Audience: Friday Plugin for Obsidian – today’s post

Looking back, it feels like these posts are my “yearly updates,” each step bringing Hugo’s philosophy to more people.

From Headless Hugo CMS to Friday Plugin

Two years ago, I posted about Headless Hugo CMS. The goal was to test Hugo in a headless scenario, decoupling content management from site rendering.

Later, I built the Obsidian Friday Plugin to validate usability in a real-world note-taking environment. Feedback from users in 2024 made it clear that remote builds had some serious drawbacks:

  • Uploading notes raised privacy and data security concerns

  • Network latency could significantly impact build and preview speed

These concerns pushed me to rewrite the key parts of Hugo in TypeScript, enabling fully local builds, previews, and publishing. Now, everything happens automatically on the user’s device—users just write, and Friday handles the rest.

Heartfelt Thanks to the Hugo Community

All of this would not have been possible without Hugo.

This project is my way of giving back by introducing Hugo’s ideas to new scenarios and users.

And I believe I can do more in the furtuer!

Invitation

If you’re interested, you can check out the Friday Plugin here: GitHub link

I’d love to hear your thoughts, suggestions, or ideas for collaboration. Once again, thank you, Hugo community, for your inspiration and support—it truly means a lot.

See you in 2026 with the next update!

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