Hugo remains one of the fastest and most reliable static site generators available. Cloudflare Pages, with its global CDN and integrated serverless features, provides a perfect home for Hugo websites — from blogs and documentation to developer tools and knowledge bases.

This tutorial walks through the complete Hugo + Cloudflare Pages workflow using Birdor’s calm, developer-friendly style. By the end, you’ll have a solid, stable deployment pipeline with previews, HTTPS, and optional serverless logic.

Cloudflare Pages is a fast, reliable, and developer-friendly platform for deploying static sites. It integrates naturally with GitHub, offers global CDN distribution, and supports full JAMstack workflows. Hugo, being one of the fastest static site generators available, pairs perfectly with Cloudflare Pages.

In this guide, we walk through the full workflow—building, connecting, deploying, enabling custom domains, and ensuring your site performs consistently across the Cloudflare network.

1. Why Use Cloudflare Pages for a Hugo Site?

Cloudflare Pages provides several strengths that align well with Hugo: