I spent the last few months building ForgCV — a free CV and cover letter
builder that runs entirely in the browser.
No React, no Vue, no npm. Pure HTML/CSS/JS.
Why vanilla JS?
- Loads in under 1 second
- Zero dependencies to break
- Works on any device
The hardest part wasn't the tech — it was the PDF generation.
jsPDF works, but getting pixel-perfect output from HTML took weeks of tuning.
The product: forgcv.com
- 6 ATS templates
- Cover letter generator (8 languages)
- Country guides (France, Germany, UK, Netherlands...)
- Zero data collected
Happy to answer questions about the architecture.
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