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Hugo Language and Syntax Support installs statistics

By budparr · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages

Adds syntax highlighting and snippets to Hugo files in VS Code

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 21, 2026

Hugo Language and Syntax Support has 157,354 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1806 of 2,502 tracked listings.

Installs
157,354
Official API · Oct 21, 2026
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Rank
#1806
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 5 ratings

About Hugo Language and Syntax Support

language-hugo README

Syntax highlighting and snippets for Hugo websites.

Features

Makes Hugo templating fit in with the rest of your HTML.

Includes 24 completion snippets for Go Template, see full list below.

Includes snippets for Hugo Shortcodes in Markdown and TOML file, list to come.

Template Snippets

SnippetTab TriggerOutput
Curliesx{{ }}
Dotxx{{ . }}
Ifif{{ if }} {{ end }}
If InlineifiSame as above but inline
If/Elseife{{ if }} {{ else }} {{ end }}
If/Else ififei{{ if }} {{ else if }} {{ end }}
Withwith{{ with }} {{ end }}
With/Elsewithe{{ with }} {{ else }} {{ end }}
Rangerange{{ range }} {{ end }}
Partialpartial{{ partial "" . }}
partialCachedpartialc{{ partialCached "" . variant }}
Naked partialxpartialpartial "" .
Blockblock{{ block "main" . }} {{ end }}
Block definedefine{{ define "block" }} {{ end }}
Scratch scra`{{ .Scratch.Set
Stringstr{{ printf "Something about %s" . }}
printF print `printf "%s
Variablevars{{ $var := what }}
Return ret {{ return $return }}
Debugdebug{{ printf "%#v" . }}
Errorerror{{ errorf "%#v" . }}
Commentcomm{{/* */}}

Known Issues

For Hugo Shortcode snippets to work in your Markdown files, enable quickSuggestions in your User Settings

"[markdown]": {
  "editor.quickSuggestions": true
}

Release Notes

See the Changelog

Roadmap

  • More Snippets/Completions
  • Add syntax highlighting for shortcodes in markdown files.
  • Add support for Hugo syntax highlighting in JSON files

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Matt Stratton for creating the Atom Language-hugo plugin, from which this borrows heavily.

Thank you to Steve Francia, Bjørn Erik and the Hugo community of contributors and users.

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • html
  • HTML (Hugo)
  • hugo
  • snippet
  • snippets
  • template

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Adoption over time

Hugo Language and Syntax Support installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 157,354 installs as of Oct 21, 2026.Hugo Language and Syntax SupportInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days157,354installs157K157.1K157.1K157.2K157.2K157.3K157.3K157.4K157.4KJul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 21Oct 6Oct 21installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 · 6 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Hugo Language and Syntax Support installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 157,354 installs as of Oct 21, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Hugo Language and Syntax Support installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Hugo Language and Syntax SupportInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace157,354installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 21, 2026pluginstats.com
Hugo Language and Syntax Support installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Hugo Language and Syntax Support VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1806 (by installs).Hugo Language and Syntax SupportVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1806current rank#1802#1803#1804#1805#1806#1807#1808Jul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 21Oct 6Oct 21rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 · 6 observations · Updated Oct 21, 2026pluginstats.com
Hugo Language and Syntax Support VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1806 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Hugo Language and Syntax Support ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 5 ratings as of Oct 21, 2026.Hugo Language and Syntax SupportRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days5ratings4.44.64.855.25.45.6Jul 23Aug 7Aug 22Sep 6Sep 21Oct 6Oct 21ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026 · 6 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Hugo Language and Syntax Support ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 5 ratings as of Oct 21, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,502 listings · 126 pages · 1,253 shown · page 91, #6 (overall #1,806)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Programming Languages792 listings · 40 pages · page 31, #5 (overall #605)
Programming Languages: every listing in installs order

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Recent observations

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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=budparr.language-hugo-vscode. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 21, 2026. See the methodology.