Navigator Hugo is a free, MIT-licensed Hugo theme from Gethugothemes for building business and corporate websites, offering 7+ pre-designed pages, two homepage layouts, and multilingual support out of the box.
What is Navigator Hugo?
Navigator Hugo is a static-site theme built on the Hugo generator, taking Markdown content and producing a business website. It includes pre-built templates for home, about, contact, portfolio, blog, and a single blog post layout, plus a second contact page variant. The theme is designed by Themefisher and developed by Gethugothemes, with a demo site available on their showcase and a reported Google PageSpeed score of 93% on desktop.
Key Features
- 7+ pre-designed pages — Home, About, Contact, Portfolio, Blog, Blog Single, and a second Contact layout cover a full corporate site structure.
- Two homepages — The theme ships with two distinct homepage layouts so you can choose the best fit for your brand.
- Multilingual support — French (Fr) and English (En) languages are built in, with translation files ready to use.
- Bootstrap-based styling — The front end is built on Bootstrap, jQuery, Slick Slider, Filterizr, Lightbox2, and Parallax, with Google Fonts for typography.
- Contact form ready — A contact page with form markup is included, plus Google Maps embed support for location display.
- GDPR consent enabled — A cookie consent banner is built in for compliance with EU privacy rules.
- SEO meta tags — Open Graph and Twitter Card meta tags are included for social sharing and search previews.
- CMS integration via Sitepins — The theme is pre-configured for Sitepins, a Git-based headless CMS, so you can edit text and images visually without writing code.
Who is Navigator Hugo for?
- Small and medium businesses — They can set up a professional corporate presence with About, Portfolio, Blog, and Contact pages using the included layouts.
- Agencies and freelancers — They can present their work with the portfolio page and two homepages, then collect client inquiries through the contact form.
- Non-technical site owners — They can update content through the Sitepins visual CMS instead of editing HTML or Markdown directly.
- Multilingual organizations — They can publish in both English and French with the theme's language support that is already wired in.
What can you do with Navigator Hugo?
- Launch a company site quickly: Clone the repository, run
npm run project-setup, thennpm run devto start a local server and edit pages immediately. - Create a portfolio and blog: Use the portfolio grid and blog single page to showcase projects and write articles, all powered by Hugo's Markdown content model.
- Manage content visually: Connect the repository to Sitepins and edit headings, images, and configuration through a point-and-click interface without touching code.
- Deploy on Netlify: Use the predefined Netlify settings to publish the static site with continuous deployment from GitHub.
How does Navigator Hugo work?
The theme requires Hugo version 0.147.2 or higher and uses npm scripts for local development. After cloning the repository, run npm run project-setup to install dependencies, then npm run dev for a live-reload development server. For content editing without code, the theme links to Sitepins, which lets you edit copy and images in the browser and commit changes back to Git.
FAQ
Is Navigator Hugo free?
Yes, the theme is released under the MIT license, so it is free to use, modify, and redistribute. The images included in the demo are for demonstration only and have their own licenses.
What does Navigator Hugo include?
It includes over seven page templates: home, about, portfolio, blog, single post, and a contact page. The theme also comes with two homepages, English and French language support, Google Maps embed, GDPR consent, and Open Graph/Twitter Card meta tags.
Does Navigator Hugo support multiple languages?
Yes, built-in language support for French (Fr) and English (En) is included. Each language has its own translation files, and the theme is structured so additional languages can be added.
What CMS can I use with Navigator Hugo?
The theme is pre-configured for Sitepins, a Git-based headless CMS. You can click an "Edit with Sitepins" button to clone the repo into Sitepins and edit content visually. Hugo also works with other headless CMSs or plain Markdown files.
How do I deploy Navigator Hugo?
Netlify settings are predefined in the repository, so you can connect the GitHub repo to Netlify for automatic builds. The theme is also compatible with any static host that supports Hugo, such as Vercel or GitHub Pages.
