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RenderCV

Resume builder for academics and engineers, deployed at rendercv.com

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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:

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.

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JSON Schema

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

JSON Schema of RenderCV

Extensive Design Options

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

Design Options of RenderCV

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.

Strict Validation Feature of RenderCV

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 Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Copilot, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, and 20+ other agents.

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.