1---
2title: "hugo new site"
3slug: hugo_new_site
4url: /commands/hugo_new_site/
5---
6## hugo new site
7
8Create a new site (skeleton)
9
10### Synopsis
11
12Create a new site in the provided directory.
13The new site will have the correct structure, but no content or theme yet.
14Use `hugo new [contentPath]` to create new content.
15
16```
17hugo new site [path] [flags]
18```
19
20### Options
21
22```
23      --force           init inside non-empty directory
24  -f, --format string   config & frontmatter format (default "toml")
25  -h, --help            help for site
26```
27
28### Options inherited from parent commands
29
30```
31      --config string              config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)
32      --configDir string           config dir (default "config")
33      --debug                      debug output
34  -e, --environment string         build environment
35      --ignoreVendor               ignores any _vendor directory
36      --ignoreVendorPaths string   ignores any _vendor for module paths matching the given Glob pattern
37      --log                        enable Logging
38      --logFile string             log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
39      --quiet                      build in quiet mode
40  -s, --source string              filesystem path to read files relative from
41      --themesDir string           filesystem path to themes directory
42  -v, --verbose                    verbose output
43      --verboseLog                 verbose logging
44```
45
46### SEE ALSO
47
48* [hugo new](/commands/hugo_new/)	 - Create new content for your site
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