---
title: Editor plugins
description: The Hugo community uses a wide range of tools and has developed plugins for some of the most popular text editors to help automate parts of your workflow.
categories: []
keywords: []
weight: 10
---

## Visual Studio Code

[gotmplfmt](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GoHugoIO.gotmplfmt)
: Developed and maintained by the Hugo authors, this extension formats [templates](g) using the [gotmplfmt](https://github.com/gohugoio/gotmplfmt) CLI.

[Front Matter](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eliostruyf.vscode-front-matter)
: This extension maintains article metadata such as creation date, modified date, slug, title, SEO check, and more.

[Hugo Helper](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rusnasonov.vscode-hugo)
: This extension provides some useful commands. The source code is available on its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/rusnasonov/vscode-hugo).

[Hugo Language and Syntax Support](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=budparr.language-hugo-vscode)
: This extension provides syntax highlighting and snippets. The source code is available on its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/budparr/language-hugo-vscode).

[Hugo Shortcodes](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=thuliteio.hugo-shortcodes)
: This extension adds syntax highlighting and intelligent completions for shortcodes in Markdown, including shortcode names and arguments discovered from workspace templates. The source code is available on its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/thuliteio/hugo-shortcodes).

[Hugo Themer](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=eliostruyf.vscode-hugo-themer)
: This extension simplifies theme development, making it easy to navigate theme files.

[Hugofy](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=akmittal.hugofy)
: This extension streamlines project development. The source code is available on its [GitHub repository](https://github.com/akmittal/hugofy-vscode).

[Syntax Highlighting for Hugo Shortcodes](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=kaellarkin.hugo-shortcode-syntax)
: This extension adds syntax highlighting for [shortcodes](g), making visual identification of individual pieces easier.

## JetBrains IDEs

[Smart Hugo](https://smarthugo.dev)
: This plugin for IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, PhpStorm, and other JetBrains IDEs adds template support including syntax highlighting, actions completion, code formatting, and optional advanced features.

## Emacs

[emacs-easy-hugo](https://github.com/masasam/emacs-easy-hugo)
: This major Emacs mode supports writing blogs using various markup formats, including Markdown, Org mode, AsciiDoc, reStructuredText, mmark, and HTML.

[ox-hugo.el](https://ox-hugo.scripter.co)
: This native Org mode exporter exports to Blackfriday Markdown with [front-matter](g). It supports two common Org blogging flows: exporting multiple Org subtrees in a single file to multiple posts, and exporting a single Org file to a single post. It also leverages the Org tag and property inheritance features. See [Why ox-hugo?](https://ox-hugo.scripter.co/doc/why-ox-hugo/) for more.

## Sublime Text

[Hugo Snippets](https://packagecontrol.io/packages/Hugo%20Snippets)
: This plugin adds automatic snippets.

[Hugofy](https://github.com/akmittal/Hugofy)
: This plugin streamlines project development.

## Vim

[Vim Hugo Helper](https://github.com/robertbasic/vim-hugo-helper)
: This plugin facilitates authoring pages and blog posts.

[vim-hugo](https://github.com/phelipetls/vim-hugo)
: This plugin provides syntax highlighting for templates and a few other features.