Free & open source · one small Go binary

Markdown → PDF résumés, in milliseconds.

Write your résumé in Markdown, keep it in git, and render a clean, ATS-readable PDF instantly. Build it in the browser or from the command line — no accounts, nothing phoning home.

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# render locally, no server
md2pdf -template modern -photo me.jpg resume.md

# or over HTTP
curl -F "file=@resume.md" localhost:8080/api/generate-pdf -o resume.pdf
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Milliseconds, not minutes

A pure-Go layout engine draws the PDF directly — no headless browser, ~17MB of memory, renders in a few milliseconds.

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Recruiter-software safe

Real selectable text in a single column. Extract it with any tool and you get your résumé back, in order — ATS-clean.

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Yours to keep

MIT-licensed, self-hostable from one binary or a ~15MB Docker image. The source of truth stays a text file in your repo.

Templates

Colors and layout only — the text layer is identical, so every one is equally ATS-safe. Pick a starting point, then tweak it in the builder.

classic near-black headings, gray h3, blue links (the default) crimson burgundy headings, rose links executive navy banner header, uppercase sections with rules forest green headings and links modern boxed header panel, photo on the right, filled section bars ocean deep blue headings and links slate graphite headings, cool grays violet purple headings and links

Want your own colors and layout? Design one in the résumé builder.

♥ Support the project

resume-lab is free, open source, and built by one person in spare time. There's no paywall and no upsell — if it saved you time, a small tip helps keep it maintained. Thank you.