# Hexo

Node.js blog framework that generates static websites from Markdown posts and a theme.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/hexo/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-18
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-18

## Record

### Links

- home: https://hexo.io
- repository: https://github.com/hexojs/hexo
- docs: https://hexo.io/docs/
- plugins: https://hexo.io/plugins/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: hexojs
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ssg
- hosting: static
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 20
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: flat-file
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: ejs, pug, nunjucks
- i18n: built-in internationalization for themes and posts

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: static
- renderingModes: static
- installMethod: npm install -g hexo-cli

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 8
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-05-06

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 41777
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 20113
- contributors: 202
- pluginCount: 512
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 198
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 21451
- dependentPackages: 368

### Sources

- urls: https://github.com/hexojs/hexo (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://github.com/hexojs/hexo (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://hexo.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-18)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/hexo (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainer: https://github.com/hexojs/hexo (read 2026-10-18)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/hexojs/hexo (read 2026-10-18)
- category: https://hexo.io/ (read 2026-10-18)
- language: https://github.com/hexojs/hexo (read 2026-10-18)
- runtime: https://hexo.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/hexo/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- runtimeMin: https://hexo.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-18)
- contentStore: https://hexo.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-18)
- templating: https://hexo.io/ (read 2026-10-18)
- i18n: https://hexo.io/docs/internationalization (read 2026-10-18)
- renderingModes: https://hexo.io/docs/one-command-deployment (read 2026-10-18)
- installMethod: https://hexo.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://github.com/hexojs/hexo (read 2026-10-18)
- license: https://registry.npmjs.org/hexo/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/hexojs/hexo (read 2026-10-18)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/hexo/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/releases/latest (read 2026-10-18)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/hexojs/hexo (read 2026-10-18)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/hexojs/hexo/contributors?anon=true (read 2026-10-18)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/hexo (read 2026-10-18)
- urls: https://hexo.io/plugins/ (read 2026-10-18)
- pluginCount: https://hexo.io/plugins/ (read 2026-10-18)
- runsAs: https://hexo.io/docs/ (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/hexo (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/hexo (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Hexo is a Node.js blog framework that generates a static website from Markdown posts and a theme. Source files live in a project folder, and generating the site writes HTML into a public folder, so the output needs only static file hosting. Themes use EJS, Pug or Nunjucks templates, and internationalization covers both themes and posts. A built-in deploy command publishes the generated files to targets such as a Git repository, Netlify or an SFTP server. The hexojs GitHub organization maintains Hexo as a community project.

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