rendercv

Write your CV or resume as YAML, then run RenderCV,

rendercv render John_Doe_CV.yaml

and get a PDF with perfect typography.

With RenderCV, you can:

• Version-control your CV — it's just text.
• Focus on content — don't worry about the formatting.
• Get perfect typography — consistent alignment and spacing, handled for you.

A YAML file like this:

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becomes one of these PDFs. Click on the images to preview.

JSON Schema

RenderCV's JSON Schema lets you fill out the YAML interactively, with autocompletion and inline documentation.

Extensive Design Options

You have full control over every detail.

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[!TIP] Want to set up a live preview environment like the one shown above? See how to set up VS Code for RenderCV.

Strict Validation

No surprises. If something's wrong, you'll know exactly what and where. If it's valid, you get a perfect PDF.

Any Language

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
  ...

AI Agent Skill

Let AI coding agents create and edit your CV. Install the RenderCV skill:

npx skills add rendercv/rendercv-skill

Works with any AI agent that supports the skills standard. The skill is auto-generated from RenderCV's source code and evaluated with promptfoo against RenderCV's own Pydantic validation pipeline. See the documentation for details.

Get Started

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.