RenderCV

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<h1>RenderCV</h1>

CV/resume generator for academics and engineers

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

```bash

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:

```yaml

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.

| [](https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv/blob/main/examples/John_Doe_ClassicTheme_CV.pdf) | [](https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv/blob/main/examples/John_Doe_EngineeringresumesTheme_CV.pdf) | [](https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv/blob/main/examples/John_Doe_Sb2novTheme_CV.pdf) |

| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |

| [](https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv/blob/main/examples/John_Doe_ModerncvTheme_CV.pdf) | [](https://github.com/rendercv/rendercv/blob/main/examples/John_Doe_EngineeringclassicTheme_CV.pdf) |  |

## JSON Schema

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


## Extensive Design Options

You have full control over every detail.

```yaml

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

```


> [!TIP]

> Want to set up a live preview environment like the one shown above? See [how to set up VS Code for RenderCV](https://docs.rendercv.com/user_guide/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.


## Any Language

Fill out the locale field for your language.

```yaml

locale:

language: english

last_updated: Last updated in

month: month

months: months

year: year

years: years

present: present

month_abbreviations:

- Jan

- Feb

- Mar

...

```

## 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](https://docs.rendercv.com/user_guide/).