Originally published at thatdevpro.com. This framework reference is part of the 14-tier Engine Optimization stack from ThatDevPro, an SDVOSB-certified veteran-owned web + AI engineering studio. You are reading the dev.to mirror; the source-of-truth canonical version with embedded validation tools lives at the link above.
This combined reference has been split into two dedicated frameworks in May 2026.
The original framework-astrohugo.md covered both static site generators in a single file at ~16 KB. As of the May 2026 library completion build, each SSG has its own comprehensive framework reference:
- Astro: framework-astro.md. Astro 5 with the Islands architecture, Content Collections, Server Islands, View Transitions, the @astrojs integration ecosystem, and the React/Vue/Svelte/Solid island pattern. Approximately 60 KB.
- Hugo: framework-hugo.md. Hugo 0.131+, Go templates, the modules system, Hugo Pipes for assets, native image processing, and the highest-build-speed SSG option for content-focused sites above 1,000 pages. Approximately 59 KB.
If you are looking for a side-by-side decision between Astro and Hugo, see the cross-references section in either file. The short version: choose Astro when you want component islands and a JavaScript ecosystem; choose Hugo when you want the fastest possible build of large content sites with no JavaScript runtime dependency.
This stub remains in place so existing inbound links to framework-astrohugo.md resolve to a useful redirect rather than a 404.
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