# Huge – A simple desktop Markdown editor for Hugo content workflows

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/huge-a-simple-desktop-markdown-editor-for-hugo-content-workflows/57309>\
**Category:** Showcases\
**Created:** [June 29, 2026, 6:27am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/huge-a-simple-desktop-markdown-editor-for-hugo-content-workflows/57309 "2026-06-29T06:27:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e99b99/32.png) [@romeo](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/romeo)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 6:27am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/huge-a-simple-desktop-markdown-editor-for-hugo-content-workflows/57309/1 "2026-06-29T06:27:56Z")

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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.

👉 **Download the app & read the documentation on GitHub:** [github.com/romeolefter-cpu/huge](https://github.com/romeolefter-cpu/huge)

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**Author:** ![aaribaud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@aaribaud](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/aaribaud)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/huge-a-simple-desktop-markdown-editor-for-hugo-content-workflows/57309/2 "2026-06-29T11:46:40Z")

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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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**Author:** ![romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e99b99/32.png) [@romeo](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/romeo)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/huge-a-simple-desktop-markdown-editor-for-hugo-content-workflows/57309/3 "2026-06-29T16:18:33Z")

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Hi, aaribaud!

**T** he 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! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Fastidious](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/fastidious/32/4746_2.png) [@Fastidious](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Fastidious)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/huge-a-simple-desktop-markdown-editor-for-hugo-content-workflows/57309/4 "2026-06-30T21:53:08Z")

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

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**Author:** ![romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e99b99/32.png) [@romeo](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/romeo)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/huge-a-simple-desktop-markdown-editor-for-hugo-content-workflows/57309/5 "2026-07-01T20:08:56Z")

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You have the image below. But the best thing is to try it!

 ![huge](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/gohugo/original/3X/4/c/4ce2b8ebf8ff4c198df9d13cd9fed5f109d78227.png)

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**Author:** ![romeo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e99b99/32.png) [@romeo](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/romeo)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/huge-a-simple-desktop-markdown-editor-for-hugo-content-workflows/57309/6 "2026-07-03T08:24:53Z")

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A new release of Huge with some minor improvements:

- automatically opens the last project that was open before closing
- When creating a new markdown file, today’s date is selected
- An editor has been introduced for tags and categories, in order to simplify their management

 ![fmttr_edit](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/gohugo/original/3X/0/e/0ecc00f94c8a8a1ecbee05c2f31b22b70c56aef6.png)

The link to new release: [github.com/romeolefter-cpu/huge/releases/tag/v0.16.71.1](https://github.com/romeolefter-cpu/huge/releases/tag/v0.16.71.1)

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**Author:** ![KurtM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/kurtm/32/26307_2.png) [@KurtM](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/KurtM)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/huge-a-simple-desktop-markdown-editor-for-hugo-content-workflows/57309/8 "2026-10-08T13:55:54Z")

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GUI is somewhat similar to [Lite XL](https://lite-xl.com/).