---
name: "hugo-benchmark"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hugo"
version: "0.18.1-1+b2"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/hugo-benchmark"
---

# hugo-benchmark(1)

Benchmark Hugo by building a site a number of times.

## NAME

hugo-benchmark - Benchmark Hugo by building a site a number of times.

## SYNOPSIS

**hugo benchmark**

## DESCRIPTION

Hugo can build a site many times over and analyze the running process creating a benchmark.

## OPTIONS

**-b**, **--baseURL**=""\
     hostname (and path) to the root, e.g.  ⟨http://spf13.com/⟩

**-D**, **--buildDrafts**\[=false\]\
     include content marked as draft

**-E**, **--buildExpired**\[=false\]\
     include expired content

**-F**, **--buildFuture**\[=false\]\
     include content with publishdate in the future

**--cacheDir**=""\
     filesystem path to cache directory. Defaults: $TMPDIR/hugo\_cache/

**--canonifyURLs**\[=false\]\
     if true, all relative URLs will be canonicalized using baseURL

**--cleanDestinationDir**\[=false\]\
     Remove files from destination not found in static directories

**-c**, **--contentDir**=""\
     filesystem path to content directory

**-n**, **--count**=13\
     number of times to build the site

**--cpuprofile**=""\
     path/filename for the CPU profile file

**-d**, **--destination**=""\
     filesystem path to write files to

**--disable404**\[=false\]\
     Do not render 404 page

**--disableRSS**\[=false\]\
     Do not build RSS files

**--disableSitemap**\[=false\]\
     Do not build Sitemap file

**--enableGitInfo**\[=false\]\
     Add Git revision, date and author info to the pages

**--forceSyncStatic**\[=false\]\
     Copy all files when static is changed.

**--i18n-warnings**\[=false\]\
     Print missing translations

**--ignoreCache**\[=false\]\
     Ignores the cache directory

**-l**, **--layoutDir**=""\
     filesystem path to layout directory

**--memprofile**=""\
     path/filename for the memory profile file

**--noChmod**\[=false\]\
     Don't sync permission mode of files

**--noTimes**\[=false\]\
     Don't sync modification time of files

**--pluralizeListTitles**\[=true\]\
     Pluralize titles in lists using inflect

**--preserveTaxonomyNames**\[=false\]\
     Preserve taxonomy names as written ("Gérard Depardieu" vs "gerard-depardieu")

**--renderToMemory**\[=false\]\
     render to memory (only useful for benchmark testing)

**-s**, **--source**=""\
     filesystem path to read files relative from

**--stepAnalysis**\[=false\]\
     display memory and timing of different steps of the program

**-t**, **--theme**=""\
     theme to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)

**--uglyURLs**\[=false\]\
     if true, use /filename.html instead of /filename/

## OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

**--config**=""\
     config file (default is path/config.yaml\|json\|toml)

**--log**\[=false\]\
     Enable Logging

**--logFile**=""\
     Log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)

**--quiet**\[=false\]\
     build in quiet mode

**-v**, **--verbose**\[=false\]\
     verbose output

**--verboseLog**\[=false\]\
     verbose logging

## SEE ALSO

**[hugo(1)](/hugo/1.md)**