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--- title: hugo linktitle: hugo description: The `hugo` function provides easy access to Hugo-related data. godocref: date: 2019-01-31 publishdate: 2019-01-31 lastmod: 2019-01-31 keywords: [] categories: [functions] menu: docs: parent: "functions" toc: signature: ["hugo"] workson: [] hugoversion: relatedfuncs: [] deprecated: false draft: false aliases: [] --- `hugo` returns an instance that contains the following functions: hugo.Generator : `<meta>` tag for the version of Hugo that generated the site. `hugo.Generator` outputs a *complete* HTML tag; e.g. `<meta name="generator" content="Hugo 0.63.2" />` hugo.Version : the current version of the Hugo binary you are using e.g. `0.63.2` `hugo` returns an instance that contains the following functions: hugo.Environment : the current running environment as defined through the `--environment` cli tag hugo.CommitHash : the git commit hash of the current Hugo binary e.g. `0e8bed9ccffba0df554728b46c5bbf6d78ae5247` hugo.BuildDate : the compile date of the current Hugo binary formatted with RFC 3339 e.g. `2002-10-02T10:00:00-05:00` hugo.IsProduction : returns true if `hugo.Environment` is set to the production environment {{% note "Use the Hugo Generator Tag" %}} We highly recommend using `hugo.Generator` in your website's `<head>`. `hugo.Generator` is included by default in all themes hosted on [themes.gohugo.io](https://themes.gohugo.io). The generator tag allows the Hugo team to track the usage and popularity of Hugo. {{% /note %}}