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Finally, a Free (and Open Source) Resume Builder Without Watermarks or Limitations

Shane Duffy on December 25, 2022

I have wasted more time than I'd like to admit looking for a resume builder. All of the "free" ones I've found end up putting some type of waterma...
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Muhammad Sifat Hossain • Edited

Look, how many people are bookmarking the post but not liking it. Be a little grateful guys!

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Melissa Auclaire

jsonresume.org/ is pretty good also...

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Amruth Pillai

Wow, I was wondering where all the sudden traffic and GitHub stars were coming from. This is so unexpected :)

Thank you so much for everyone using Reactive Resume. As mentioned on the site, it's a passion project of mine that is self-funded (and through some donations from kind users). It will remain free for as long as time or money runs out, and the idea is just that no one should be paywalled into getting their next job.

If you are coming from JSON Resume or LinkedIn, I have implemented some naive ways to import data from these sources as well to create a new resume.

I do understand that content is key and most folks do prefer LaTeX or other formats. And sure, there is a place for that too. But there can be a place for those who are just out of school, and just need a way to stand out of the crowd. An always-online, updated and "flashy" resume just might be one way of doing that (speaking from personal experience).

Thank you so much @cppshane for the amazing post about it. I'm glad you found it at a time of need.

Happy New Year!

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Shane Duffy

Heh yeah I didn't expect it to blow up like this, I guess my pain resonates with people 😅

Either way, awesome platform!

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Athul Anil Kumar

You are a legend man!
Been following you for many years across a few platforms. Love how you express and create new things
Much love!

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Thiago Araujo

I use Latex templates in Overleaf to build my resumes.

But with the advent of ATS, these fancy resumes are decreasing its importance.

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Reckson Zirsangzela Khiangte

Are these fancy resumes ATS friendly??

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Thiago Araujo

You can make it fancy and ATS friendly
overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/cv

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DhirenGala

An interesting article, @cppshane and of course a shout out to @amruthpillai for this builder. This library is also showcased on Open Weaver's kandi platform.

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Muhammad Sifat Hossain

I think it's not necessarily about recognition. I see Likes and Good Comments on an article as the primary way an author can understand that people appreciate their work. This encourages them to post more beneficial articles for the community. And writing technical article is not an easy task. It takes hours of reading docs, writing and editing.

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Dom Hallan

Thank you for your perspective. I understand where you're coming from, and it's true that receiving positive feedback can be very encouraging for authors. However, I don't think that recognition and appreciation are necessarily the same thing. Recognition can come in many forms, such as through likes and good comments, but it can also come through other means, such as through citation of an article in other work, or through the impact that an article has on its readers.

Furthermore, while it's true that writing a technical article can be a challenging task, I don't think that this should be the primary motivation for doing so. I believe that the primary motivation for writing an article should be to share knowledge and insights with others, and to contribute to the community in a meaningful way. If we only write articles for the sake of receiving recognition or appreciation, we may lose sight of the bigger picture and the true purpose of writing.

That being said, it's always nice to receive positive feedback and recognition for our work, and I think it's important to find a balance between seeking recognition and staying true to our motivations for writing.

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Muhammad Sifat Hossain

Exactly! I believe, we're on the same page. I should have been more clear in my comments. I never meant that we write articles only for the sake of recognition/appreciation, rather it's for the benefit of the community. I was just trying say that providing positive feedback is highly encouraging for an author and we really appreciate it. The only reason I wrote the first comment is because, I saw 22~25 bookmarks and only 8~9 likes. If you think that an article is important enough to be bookmarked then why not also click the like button? Furthermore, likes also helps a post to get more views.

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sachins-zluck

Great pick!! @cppshane. Shout out to @amruthpillai :)

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Hemazyn

Woah thanks for sharing.

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Mukadas Maltiti

thanks for this, i can't express how much i hate spending time building a resume only for the site to request for payment at the end

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Shane Duffy

"Free Resume Builder!"

"Oh you want to download it too? That'll be $100"

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Toby Parent

Solid, powerful tool. And love that it's FOSS!

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Shariful Pradhan Hridoy

great contribution

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HajraIsmaeel

helpful, will definitely share

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SaTy

Thanks for sharing!
It's very helpful for me.

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Sina D • Edited

Here is a good one for LaTeX resumes if anyone is using them.
resumake.io

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Guillermo Liss • Edited

Really nice tool! I just tested it and I think it's got a lot of potential! With more templates and better layout options for the different sections (currently 1-4 columns) it will be a killer!

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Tesfamariam Teshome

It is great! thanks for sharing

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Aravind A

Hello, what does it mean finally a free resume builder.

I also created a resume builder one year back which is free and open source

Source: github.com/aravin/resume-vita
Website: resumevita.com/
Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/resume-vita?utm_source=badge-featured&utm_medium=badge#resume-vita

It will be simply UI

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Daniel Hansson

Thanks for showing this site as I remember the pain to not only write, but design a fancy CV/resume to use when applying for jobs. Either a fancy design was locked behind a price or filled with ads and popups.
Wonderful to read it is open-source too!

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Justin Koehler

Awesome resource, thanks for sharing! I recently went through the Word resume struggle and quickly decided I could get better results by simply using HTML/CSS and running through an online PDF converter. It worked great for me!

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J.D Nicholls

Cool! BTW, I created a Resume/CV template with Bootstrap from Codepen, so you can fork this and customize as you want :) dev.to/proyecto26/resume-cv-templa...

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Aghiles Lounis

Incredible work ! how long to develop this ! huge congrats !

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Pankaj Sharma

Thank you so much for sharing 😊

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Shubh Sharma

Awesome, Thank you for this!

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Ashish

I was using novoresume but it also consists of premium templates.
I will try this one.
Thanks for figuring this out 😊😊

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Gergo Miklos

Resumes should be based on Latex, markdown, google docs or microsoft word. The time of these fancy and colorful cvs is over, now it is all about content. At least if you are aiming for big tech.

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Akash-Devgan;

Thank you for posting. yourfreeresume.com/ also allows to create resume for free plus you can customize it however you like.