Resume Editor
Fill in your details, watch the page build itself as you type, and download a PDF that reads as text rather than a picture.
Runs in your browser. Your resume is never uploaded.
Why the preview and the download agree
Most online resume builders lay the preview out with CSS and produce the PDF some other way — a server rendering the page, or a library taking a picture of it. The two are never quite the same, which is why the file you download so often has a line break in a different place, or spills onto a second page the preview never showed.
This one works out the layout once. Where every line breaks and where every page ends is decided from font measurements, and the result is drawn twice: as HTML for the preview and into the PDF for the download. They agree because they are the same layout, not because somebody matched two stylesheets up carefully.
Real text, not a picture of text
Applicant tracking systems read the text layer of a PDF. A builder that renders your resume to an image and wraps it in a PDF produces a file that looks perfect to you and reads as entirely blank to the software sitting between you and a recruiter. You can check any resume for this in a second: open the PDF and try to select a line of it. If nothing highlights, no parser can read it either.
Everything this tool writes is drawn as text, in a standard font. The standard templates are a single column, because single-column, conventionally-headed layouts are simply what parsers handle most reliably. The visually aesthetic templates add a side panel for the look, and are honest about the cost: keep a one-column version for job portals.
What is stored, and what that means
Your resume lives in this browser's local storage and nowhere else. There is no account because there is no copy on our side for an account to protect. The trade-off is the one that comes with every tool on this site: clearing your browser data loses it, and a private window will not remember it at all. Export JSON gives you a small file with everything in it, which you can keep, back up, read, and import on another machine.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an account to use this?
No. There is no sign-up, no email and no paywall. Your resume is stored in your own browser and nothing is sent anywhere, which is also why there is nothing to log in to — there is no copy of your resume on our side to log in to.
Where is my resume saved, and who can see it?
In your browser’s local storage, on this device only. It is not uploaded, not backed up and not visible to us. That has a flip side worth knowing: clearing your browser data, or opening the tool in a private window, will lose it. Use Export JSON to keep a copy you control.
Is the PDF readable by applicant tracking systems?
Yes. The PDF contains real, selectable text rather than a picture of a page, which is the thing that matters most — a great many online builders render your resume to an image, and an ATS reading one of those sees a blank document. Open the file and try selecting a line: if the text highlights, a parser can read it.
Is there a watermark, or a limit on pages?
Neither. The PDF carries no branding of any kind, and a resume can run to as many pages as it needs. The editor tells you when your content has spilled onto a second page, and which section pushed it over, so going long is a decision rather than an accident.
Why does my preview look exactly like the PDF?
Because it is the same layout. Line breaks and page breaks are worked out once, from font measurements, and then drawn twice — once as HTML for the preview and once into the PDF. Most builders lay the preview out with CSS and the PDF with something else, which is why the download so often surprises you.
Can I use accented or non-Latin characters?
Accented Latin characters — é, ñ, ü, ø and the rest — are fine. Greek, Cyrillic, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and Devanagari are not yet: the built-in PDF fonts cannot encode them, so they would be written as question marks. The editor warns you before you download if your text contains any, and embedded fonts to remove this limit are the next thing on the list.
How do I move my resume to another computer?
Use Export JSON to download a small file containing everything you have typed, then Import JSON on the other machine. The file is plain text you can read and keep in your own backups.