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Aditya Jaiswal
Aditya Jaiswal

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I built two free resume builders that work in your browser — no login, no paywall

Hey everyone,

I've been building small web tools and decided to tackle something
I personally found frustrating — most resume builders either have
a confusing UI or lock the PDF behind a paywall.

So I built two different approaches and I want to know which one
people actually prefer.

Version 1 — Edit directly on the resume

resume-builder

The resume is already there — you just click any text and edit it
directly. Name, job titles, bullet points, everything. Hit print
and you get a clean PDF. No forms, no steps, just edit and print.

Note: print formatting works best in Firefox right now. Chrome
support is being fixed.

Version 2 — Fill a form, generate resume

resume-maker

More traditional approach. Fill in your details — name, experience,
education, even paste a photo. Click Generate and your resume
appears below ready to print.

What's missing (honestly)

  • Only one template design each
  • Can't add extra work experience or education entries yet in resume-builder
  • Chrome print formatting needs work
  • No dark mode

What I want to add next

  • More templates
  • Better cross-browser print support
  • More clues to what to write for freshers.

Both are completely free. No signup, no watermark, no paywall.

I'd love to know:

  • Which version do you prefer and why?
  • What's the one thing that would make you actually use this over Canva or Resume.io?
  • Any features you wish existed?

Honest feedback welcome — including if it's terrible.

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