Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML to PDF
sinaatalay Sunday, December 21, 2025
I built RenderCV because Word kept breaking my layout and LaTeX was overkill. I wanted my CV as a single YAML file (content, design, margins, everything) that I could render with one command.
Run rendercv render cv.yaml → get a perfectly typeset PDF.
Highlights:
1. Version-controllable: Your CV is just text. Diff it, tag it.
2. LLM-friendly: Paste into ChatGPT, tailor to a job description, paste back, render. Batch-produce variants with terminal AI agents.
3. Perfect typography: Typst under the hood handles pixel-perfect alignment and spacing.
4. Full design control: Margins, fonts, colors, and more; tweak everything in YAML.
5. Comes with JSON Schema: Autocompletion and inline docs in your editor.
Battle-tested for 2+ years, thousands of users, 120k+ total PyPI downloads, 100% test coverage, actively maintained.
GitHub: https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv
Docs: https://docs.rendercv.com
Overview on RenderCV's software design (Pydantic + Jinja2 + Typst): https://docs.rendercv.com/developer_guide/understanding_rend...
I also wrote up the internals as an educational resource on maintaining Python projects (GitHub Actions, packaging, Docker, JSON Schema, deploying docs, etc.): https://docs.rendercv.com/developer_guide/