#782·rendercv

Add "ATS-friendly" to repository About and "ats" to topics

Author: Glitch-artCreated Sep 11, 2026Updated Sep 11, 2026

Hello,

I recently came across the RenderCV ATS Compatibility Report and wanted to first say that the empirical testing you've done is excellent. Documenting that all 20 PDFs across 5 themes passed parsing by three commercial engines (Affinda, Extracta, Klippa) provides strong, verifiable evidence of RenderCV's ATS compatibility.

Given that this is now a documented and tested feature, I'd like to propose a small improvement to the repository's metadata:

Add "ATS-friendly" to the repository About and ats to the topics.

Why this matters

  • Discoverability: Many users searching for resume tools on GitHub use "ATS-friendly" as a primary filter. Having it in the About and topics would help RenderCV appear in those searches.
  • Accuracy: The current About — "Resume builder for academics and engineers" — doesn't mention what is arguably one of RenderCV's strongest practical advantages. Adding "ATS-friendly" would make it more complete and reflect the project's real-world usability.
  • Low effort, high impact: This is a metadata-only change that requires no code modifications and aligns with the extensive documentation already in place.

Current metadata

  • About: Resume builder for academics and engineers
  • Topics: cv, cv-builder, cv-generator, cv-template, python, resume, resume-builder, resume-generator, resume-template, typst

Suggested changes

  • About: One of the following (whichever you prefer):
    • ATS-friendly resume builder for academics and engineers
    • Resume builder for academics and engineers. Resumes are ATS-friendly.
  • Topics: Add ats (the current set already covers cv, resume, etc., so a single, concise tag should be enough to signal the feature).

I understand that repository metadata is ultimately up to the maintainer, and I'm happy to discuss alternative wording or scope. Thank you for the great work on RenderCV.