download hugo link https://gohugo.io/ https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.81.0 windows download link hugo_0.81.0_Windows-64bit.zip https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v0.81.0/hugo_0.81.0_Windows-64bit.zip download and unzip, change the environment path to this folder. hugo themes link https://themes.gohugo.io/ chose one theme, and make a folder themes under the new site and copy theme into it, there are sample site content in the theme. you can copy it out and remember change the name of theme same as the folder in themes. hugo new site testsite.