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hugo-new-theme - Create a new theme

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS  SEE ALSO 

NAME

hugo-new-theme - Create a new theme

SYNOPSIS

hugo new theme [name] [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Create a new theme with the specified name in the ./themes directory. This generates a functional theme including template examples and sample content.

OPTIONS

--format="toml"

preferred file format (toml, yaml or json)

-h, --help[=false]

help for theme

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--clock=""

set the clock used by Hugo, e.g. --clock 2021-11-06T22:30:00.00+09:00

--config=""

config file (default is hugo.yaml|json|toml)

--configDir="config"

config dir

-d, --destination=""

filesystem path to write files to

-e, --environment=""

build environment

--ignoreVendorPaths=""

ignores any _vendor for module paths matching the given Glob pattern

--logLevel=""

log level (debug|info|warn|error)

--noBuildLock[=false]

don’t create .hugo_build.lock file

--quiet[=false]

build in quiet mode

-M, --renderToMemory[=false]

render to memory (mostly useful when running the server)

-s, --source=""

filesystem path to read files relative from

--themesDir=""

filesystem path to themes directory

SEE ALSO

hugo-new(1)


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se