# Should I use Hugo extended for a new Hugo Project?
**URL:** https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/should-i-use-hugo-extended-for-a-new-hugo-project/13954
**Category:** support
**Created:** [August 30, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/should-i-use-hugo-extended-for-a-new-hugo-project/13954 "2018-08-30T16:13:55Z")
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### Author:  [@Joerg](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/Joerg)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/should-i-use-hugo-extended-for-a-new-hugo-project/13954/1 "2018-08-30T16:13:55Z")
I have some questions about Hugo extended.
1. Is the extended Version only for use SASS/SCSS?
2. What are the main advantags to use Hugo extended?
3. Will Hugo extended replace the “normal” Hugo version in the near future?
4. Which version should I choose for a new Hugo project?
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### Author:  [@alexandros](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/alexandros)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/should-i-use-hugo-extended-for-a-new-hugo-project/13954/2 "2018-08-30T16:20:04Z")
1. Absolutely not. (at least I’ll vote against it)
2. It’s up to you and it depends whether you’re using SASS/SCSS or PostCSS
As for the rest please have a look at the Docs and search a bit in the forum to see what Hugo Extended is about.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/should-i-use-hugo-extended-for-a-new-hugo-project/13954/3 "2018-08-30T20:12:09Z")
> [@Joerg](#):
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> Is the extended Version only for use SASS/SCSS?
In my opinion, for what it is worth, no. I am not currently using SASS/SCSS but I certainly do use the extended version.
> [@Joerg](#):
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> What are the main advantags to use Hugo extended?
Just my twisted view but:
- SASS/SCSS support without any additional tooling or configuration. Beats wrangling with Webpack, etc.
- Minify - that’s my main use case
- Resource catenation - my other main use case. Lets you keep code neatly arranged in source files but bundled for production efficiency
- Fingerprinting/Subresource Integrity - useful for security
- Source maps - useful for debugging
- Image processing
- PostCSS - never used it but sounds like it is useful for some people
Overall this means that I wouldn’t need to use some other bundler to do most if not all of my pre-processing tasks.
> [@Joerg](#):
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> Which version should I choose for a new Hugo project?
If you don’t need any of these advantages, you don’t need to use it. There is no other difference as far as I know.
Also, you can always change your mind later whichever you choose. I decided to just use the extended version. I’m not worried about any additional resource requirements on my i7 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD dev PC 😉 But using only the extended version means I never need to really think about it.
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### Author:  [@alexandros](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/alexandros)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/should-i-use-hugo-extended-for-a-new-hugo-project/13954/4 "2018-08-30T20:32:05Z")
> [@TotallyInformation](#):
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> - Minify - that’s my main use case
> - Resource catenation - my other main use case. Lets you keep code neatly arranged in source files but bundled for production efficiency
> - Fingerprinting/Subresource Integrity - useful for security
> - Image processing
You can do the above with the basic version of Hugo.
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### Author:  [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/TotallyInformation)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/should-i-use-hugo-extended-for-a-new-hugo-project/13954/5 "2018-08-30T21:18:01Z")
> [@alexandros](#):
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> You can do the above with the basic version of Hugo.
Ah, my bad - as I say, I just put in the extended version so I don’t have to think about it. I’ll probably use SASS/SCSS at some point.
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### Author:  [@bep](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/bep)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/should-i-use-hugo-extended-for-a-new-hugo-project/13954/6 "2018-08-30T22:23:57Z")
- The extended version is only needed if you want to do SASS/SCSS changes.
- PostCSS support is in the regular version
- You can use themes that use SASS/SCSS with the regular version provided that they have added the compiled styles to /resources in the theme
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### Author:  [@acuvic](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/acuvic)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/should-i-use-hugo-extended-for-a-new-hugo-project/13954/7 "2019-03-24T23:11:29Z")
As I understand SASS need Ruby installed in your PC (I’m talking Windows) . Does this version of Hugo need Ruby. I’m not keen on Ruby as last time I tried to install it, it broke Windows and I had to re-install! Maybe I should use a Mac like all devs seem to.
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### Author:  [@RickCogley](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/RickCogley)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/should-i-use-hugo-extended-for-a-new-hugo-project/13954/8 "2019-03-24T23:22:09Z")
No, Hugo Extended has a SASS parser included so you do not need to install Ruby. Welcome & if you have a question on something specific, feel free to open a new thread.
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### Author:  [@RickCogley](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/RickCogley)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/should-i-use-hugo-extended-for-a-new-hugo-project/13954/9 "2019-03-24T23:23:26Z")