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hexojs/hexo has 41,779 GitHub stars and 55 forks. GitHot measured -1 stars in 24 hours. Last checked 2026-11-05 12:18 UTC. Last push 2026-10-26.

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A fast, simple & powerful blog framework, powered by Node.js.

What you can do

  • Blazing fast generating
  • Support for GitHub Flavored Markdown and most Octopress plugins
  • One-command deploy to GitHub Pages, Heroku, etc.
  • Powerful API for limitless extensibility

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Hexo

A fast, simple & powerful blog framework, powered by Node.js.

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Features

  • Blazing fast generating
  • Support for GitHub Flavored Markdown and most Octopress plugins
  • One-command deploy to GitHub Pages, Heroku, etc.
  • Powerful API for limitless extensibility
  • Hundreds of themes & plugins

Quick Start

Install Hexo

$ npm install hexo-cli -g

Install with brew on macOS and Linux:

$ brew install hexo

Setup your blog

$ hexo init blog
$ cd blog

Start the server

$ hexo server

Create a new post

$ hexo new "Hello Hexo"

Generate static files

$ hexo generate

More Information

Contributing

We welcome you to join the development of Hexo. Please see contributing document. 🤗

Also, we welcome PR or issue to official-plugins.

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