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OpenResume

Open-source alternative to Resume.io, Zety

OpenResume is an open-source alternative to Resume.io and Zety for building a professional resume in your browser. It offers ready-made templates and exports clean PDFs you can send to employers. A built-in parser can also read your existing resume to speed up the process.

Best for: Job seekers who want a polished resume without a subscription.

Key features

  • Browser-based resume builder with templates
  • PDF export for job applications
  • Resume parser to import existing resumes

Before you switch

Switching productivity tools is mostly about habits, not features. Pick one workflow — notes, tasks, or documents — and run it in the new tool for two weeks before migrating everything. Check that import tools exist for your current app; most open-source alternatives offer them. Self-hosted options give you full ownership of your data, which is worth the small setup cost if privacy matters to you.

Like every project on OpenShelf, OpenResume is developed in the open — you can read the code, follow development, and even contribute. Check the system requirements and the project’s own documentation linked on this page before installing.