Hey everyone 👋,
I recently built something I wish existed when I was job hunting —
A resume builder that’s completely free, privacy-first, and open source — called BuildMyResume.
🧠 Why I Built This
While searching for a good resume builder, I noticed most of them had a few common problems:
Forced signups just to get started
Tracking scripts and user data storage
Paywalls when trying to export
Locked-in platforms with limited control
There are some great open-source tools out there — but I wanted something simpler, fully client-first, and designed with privacy by default.
So I built one.
🔐 Key Principles
No sign up, no tracking, no cookies
End-to-end encrypted publishing (with AES + HMAC)
Nothing stored by default — unless you choose to publish (and that too is encrypted)
Editable preview to fix formatting visually
Pixel-perfect PDF export via Puppeteer backend
Mobile and desktop support
MIT licensed
✨ Features
Form-based builder with real-time preview
Professional, ATS-friendly templates (15+ and growing)
Editable resume formatting with line breaks, direct edit
JSON export for backup
Reopen and edit resumes with encrypted links
Open source, MIT licensed, forever free
🌐 Try it out
🔗 Live App → BuildMyResume
💻 Source Code → GitHub Repo
💬 I'd Love Your Feedback
I'm actively improving it and would really appreciate:
Your thoughts or suggestions
Any bugs or UX issues
Contributions from the community
Let me know what you think — and feel free to fork it, contribute, or just share it with someone who needs a better resume builder 🙌
Thanks for reading!
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