Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML → PDF

Write your CV or resume as YAML, then run RenderCV, rendercv render John_Doe_CV.yaml and get a PDF with perfect typography. No template wrestling. No broken layouts. Consistent spacing, every time. With RenderCV, you can: Version-control your CV - it's just text. Focus on content - don't wory about the formatting. Get perfect typography - pixel-perfect alignment and spacing, handled for you. A YAML file like this: cv: name: John Doe location: San Francisco, CA email: john.doe@email.com website: https://rendercv.com/ social_networks: - network: LinkedIn username: rendercv - network: GitHub username: rendercv sections: Welcome to RenderCV: - RenderCV reads a CV written in a YAML file, and generates a PDF with professional typography. - See the [documentation](https://docs.rendercv.com) for more details. education: - institution: Princeton University area: Computer Science degree: PhD date: start_date: 2018-09 end_date: 2023-05 location: Princeton, NJ summary: highlights: - "Thesis: Efficient Neural Architecture Search for Resource-Constrained Deployment" - "Advisor: Prof. Sanjeev Arora" - NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Siebel Scholar (Class of 2022) ... becomes one of these PDFs. Click on the images to preview. RenderCV's JSON Schema lets you fill out the YAML interactively, with autocompletion and inline documentation. You have full control over every detail. design: theme: classic page: size: us-letter top_margin: 0.7in bottom_margin: 0.7in left_margin: 0.7in right_margin: 0.7in show_footer: true show_top_note: true colors: body: rgb(0, 0, 0) name: rgb(0, 79, 144) headline: rgb(0, 79, 144) connections: rgb(0, 79, 144) section_titles: rgb(0, 79, 144) links: rgb(0, 79, 144) footer: rgb(128, 128, 128) top_note: rgb(128, 128, 128) typography: line_spacing: 0.6em alignment: justified date_and_location_column_alignment: right font_family: Source Sans 3 # ...and much more Tip Want to set up a live preview environment like the one shown above? See how to set up VS Code for RenderCV . No surprises. If something's wrong, you'll know exactly what and where. If it's valid, you get a perfect PDF. Fill out the locale field for your language. locale: language: english last_updated: Last updated in month: month months: months year: year years: years present: present month_abbreviations: - Jan - Feb - Mar ... Install RenderCV (Requires Python 3.12+): pip install "rendercv[full]" Create a new CV yaml file: rendercv new "John Doe" Edit the YAML, then render: rendercv render "John_Doe_CV.yaml" For more details, see the user guide .

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