# My IndieWeb Journey: A Guide to POSSE on a Hugo Static Site

DevFeed: [My IndieWeb Journey: A Guide to POSSE on a Hugo Static Site](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/my-indieweb-journey-a-guide-to-posse-on-a-hugo-static-site-27742.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://gagor.pro/2026/01/my-indieweb-journey-a-guide-to-posse-on-a-hugo-static-site/>)

Author: Tom

Published: 2026-01-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tomasz Gągor](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tomasz-gagor.md>)

Topics: [IndieWeb](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/indieweb.md>), [Hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hugo.md>), [Microformats](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microformats.md>), [Giscus](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/giscus.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [brid-gy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/brid-gy.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [github-action](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-action.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [hugo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hugo.md>), [indieweb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/indieweb.md>), [journey](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/journey.md>), [microformats](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microformats.md>), [papermod](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/papermod.md>), [posse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/posse.md>), [static-site](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/static-site.md>), [syndication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/syndication.md>), [web-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-development.md>), [webmentions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webmentions.md>)

## AI overview

A personal guide to applying IndieWeb principles to a Hugo blog through POSSE syndication. It describes cross-posting articles to social networks with a custom GitHub Action, discusses the limitations of comment systems such as Giscus, and emphasizes publishing on an owned site before syndicating elsewhere.

## Source excerpt

My journey of integrating IndieWeb principles into my Hugo blog-from microformats to Brid.gy syndication and building a custom Webmention renderer.