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Show HN: RenderCV – Open-source CV/resume generator, YAML → PDF

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RenderCV CV/resume generator for academics and engineers

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

rendercv render John_Doe_CV.yaml

and get a PDF with perfect typography. No template wrestling. No broken layouts. Consistent spacing, every time.

With RenderCV, you can:

Version-control your CV — it's just text.

Focus on content — don't wory about the formatting.

Get perfect typography — pixel-perfect alignment and spacing, handled for you.

A YAML file like this:

cv : name : John Doe location : San Francisco, CA email : [email protected] 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) ...

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