Huge – A simple desktop Markdown editor for Hugo content workflows

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Huge (Hugo Genie) is a free desktop utility designed to make day-to-day Hugo content maintenance effortless, especially for non-technical users.

It offers a clean, streamlined workspace where writers and site owners can open a Hugo project, edit Markdown files, manage core content folders, preview the site using hugo server, and commit/push changes via Git directly from the app—all without ever touching a terminal or a heavy developer IDE. It’s as lightweight and simple as Notepad.

Where it shines:

  • Clean Project Navigation: Only the content, static, and assets folders are listed to avoid clutter.

  • Folder-Based Markdown Templates: Define custom templates per folder so every new piece of content is automatically pre-configured.

  • Intuitive Front Matter Editor: No more broken YAML/TOML syntax; edit metadata visually.

  • Multilingual Site Support: Makes maintaining multilingual Hugo sites a breeze by preserving structure across languages and reducing repetitive manual file handling.

:backhand_index_pointing_right: Download the app & read the documentation on GitHub: github.com/romeolefter-cpu/huge

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I can’t help noticing that the repo does not actually contain the source code. Is it going to be available at some point in the future?

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Hi, aaribaud!

The source code is not public yet—only the documentation and ready-to-run builds are available(win64&linux64). To be completely honest, the code was written in a bit of a rush; I kept adding features organically as new ideas came to mind.

While the codebase is currently a bit messy, the program itself is completely stable and fully functional (I use it daily for my own website). I plan to clean it up, make it readable, and open-source it.

However, before spending time on a full refactor, I want to see if there is genuine interest from the community. If people find the tool useful, it will definitely motivate me to polish the code and publish the repository sooner! :slight_smile:

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We are visual creatures. Can you show us how it looks?