Hugo vs Roq

Hugo is a free, open-source static site generator that builds sites from Markdown. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, supports multilingual content, and includes a local preview server for development. Its taxonomy system organizes site content, while asset tools cover image processing, JavaScript bundling, and Sass; TailwindCSS is also supported. Hugo is written in Go and distributed under the Apache 2.0 License. The project lists documentation, corporate, government, nonprofit, education, news, event, and project sites among its uses. Large sites often render in seconds. Hugo is actively maintained and has a fast release cycle. The listed supported languages are Go, Ruby, and Python. Hugo is free to use, and its pricing model is listed as free; no price is listed for the Hugo Open Source plan. The listed pricing page returns a page-not-found response.

Roq is a free, open-source static site generator built with Java and Quarkus. It creates websites and blogs from Markdown and outputs static files for GitHub Pages, Netlify, or another static server. The project is aimed at AI users and coders, including developers who want zero configuration with customization in Java. Development mode provides a local preview server and live reload, while a browser WYSIWYG editor supports content editing and previewing. Markdown works by default, with plugins for AsciiDoc, tagging, search, diagrams, series, and sitemaps. The default theme includes a blog layout, dark mode, sidebar navigation, responsive design, and social links. Roq bundles CSS, JavaScript, and web assets with esbuild and can use npm packages through mvnpm without Node.js. A GitHub Action supports publishing, and GitLab CI is documented. The CLI installs through JBang on Linux, macOS, and Windows.