---
widget: hero
headless: true
weight: 10
title: Hugo Academic Starter
hero_media: hero-academic.png
cta:
  label: '**Get Started**'
  url: https://wowchemy.com/templates/
cta_alt:
  label: Ask a question
  url: https://discord.gg/z8wNYzb
cta_note:
  label: >-
    <a class="js-github-release" href="https://wowchemy.com/updates/" data-repo="gcushen/hugo-academic">Latest release<!-- V --></a><div style="text-shadow: none;"><a class="github-button" href="https://github.com/wowchemy/wowchemy-hugo-modules" data-icon="octicon-star" data-size="large" data-show-count="true" aria-label="Star">Star Wowchemy site builder for Hugo</a></div><div style="text-shadow: none;"><a class="github-button" href="https://github.com/wowchemy/starter-academic" data-icon="octicon-star" data-size="large" data-show-count="true" aria-label="Star">Star the Academic template</a></div>
design:
  background:
    gradient_end: '#1976d2'
    gradient_start: '#004ba0'
    text_color_light: true
advanced:
  css_class: fullscreen
---

**The FREE, Hugo-based open source website builder and template trusted by 500,000+ sites.**

**Build anything with widgets** - from landing pages, knowledge bases, and courses to academic resumés, conferences, and tech blogs.