Resume Matcher
𝙹𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍 ✦ 𝚆𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 ✦ 𝙷𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕 ✦ 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 ✦ 𝚂𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚛 ✦ 𝚃𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛/𝚇 ✦ 𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚍𝙸𝚗 ✦ 𝙲𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛
English | Español | 简体中文 | 日本語
Free, open-source resume builder that tailors your resume (CV) to each job description. A self-hosted AI harness for Claude, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, Gemma and other LLMs, local or remote.
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Getting Started
Resume Matcher works by creating a master resume that you can use to tailor for each job application. Installation instructions here: How to Install
How It Works
- Upload your master resume (PDF or DOCX)
- Paste a job description you're targeting
- Review AI-generated improvements and tailored content
- Cover Letter and optional interview preparation for the job application
- Customize the layout and sections to fit your style
- Export as a professional PDF with your preferred template
Built for Software Engineers
Installing Resume Matcher takes a terminal, so most of the people running it write software. It fits the way you already work:
- It runs on your machine. A FastAPI backend, a Next.js frontend and a SQLite file. Clone the repo or start one Docker container. You don't create an account, and your resume stays in your own database.
- You choose the model. Bring an API key for OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, DeepSeek, OpenRouter or Groq, or run a local model with Ollama so your resume never leaves the machine.
- Claude Code can drive it. The MCP server lets Claude Code, Cursor or Codex write the tailored resume while Resume Matcher stores, checks and renders it, with no LLM key.
- It sticks to your real experience. The tailoring prompts forbid adding skills, tools, employers or metrics that aren't in your master resume.
- The scores are plain code. The ATS score (
services/ats.py) and the ATS check (services/ats_parse/) make no LLM call. The ATS check runs your PDF through pdfminer to show what an applicant tracking system would extract.
- The templates look like engineering resumes. Deedy, Modern Deedy and a LaTeX-style layout sit next to single- and two-column options. Seven of the designs also come as editable pdfLaTeX projects for Overleaf in resume-matcher-templates.
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Sponsors
Resume Matcher is free and open-source, kept alive by its sponsors and backers. If it helps you, please consider supporting its development.
Companies backing Resume Matcher
Sponsor at a company tier and your logo + link + blurb lands here — in front of a community of 27k+ stars and 4.9k forks, featured on Trendshift and the Vercel OSS Program.
| Sponsor | Description |
|---|
| Apideck | One API to connect your app to 200+ SaaS platforms (accounting, HRIS, CRM, file storage). Build integrations once, not 50 times. 🌐 apideck.com |
| Vercel | Resume Matcher is a part of Vercel OSS // Summer 2025 Program 🌐 vercel.com |
| Cubic.dev | Cubic provides PR reviews for Resume Matcher 🌐 cubic.dev |
| Kilo Code | Kilo Code provides AI code reviews and coding credits to Resume Matcher 🌐 kilo.ai |
| ZanReal | ZanReal is an AI-driven development company building scalable cloud solutions, from strategy and UX to DevOps, helping teams ship faster and turn ideas into production. 🌐 zanreal.com |
| ✦ Your company here | Reach 27k+ developers and 4.9k forks. Become a sponsor → |
Read the Sponsorship Guide for tiers and details. Sponsors get a special thank-you in the README and on our website.
Support as an individual
Every bit keeps Resume Matcher free and funds new features — and you'll be thanked in the README and on our website.
| Platform | Link |
|---|
| GitHub | |
| Buy Me a Coffee | |
Creators' Note
Thank you for checking out Resume Matcher. If you want to connect, collaborate, or just say hi, feel free to reach out!
~ Saurabh Rai ✨
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Key Features
Core Features
Master Resume: Create a comprehensive master resume to draw from your existing one.
Resume Builder
Paste in a job description and get AI-powered resume tailored for that specific role.
You can:
- Modify suggested content
- Add/remove sections
- Rearrange sections via drag-and-drop
- Choose from multiple resume templates
Cover Letter Generator
Generate tailored cover letters based on the job description and your resume.
The default writing approach uses a specific opening hook, two or three relevant experience examples, a company-fit paragraph grounded in the supplied job description, and a confident call to action. Letters aim for 200–300 words and adapt tone and regional conventions when the inputs provide enough context. Names, metrics, company research, and personal motivations must be supported by the supplied information. Existing custom cover-letter prompts in Settings continue to override the default.
This approach is adapted from the jezweb resume-cover-letter skill. Resume Matcher's existing editor, preview, and PDF export remain available.
Interview Preparation
Generate structured, resume-grounded interview prep for saved tailored resumes. Use the Builder's Interview Prep tab on demand, or enable automatic generation in Settings.
Tailoring Queue
Paste several job descriptions on the Tailoring Queue page and they are tailored from your master resume one after another in the background. Role, company and job ID are detected from the text without an AI call, and you can edit them. An optional cooldown between jobs (0 to 60 seconds) lowers the risk of hitting your provider's rate limits. Queued jobs are kept in the database and resume after a restart.
ATS Score, ATS Check & Keyword Highlighting
The JD Match tab shows the job description beside your resume with the shared keywords highlighted, plus an ATS score out of 100: keyword match (40%), skills coverage (20%), job-title match (15%), section completeness (15%) and date consistency (10%). It lists the missing keywords, and the ones your master resume already has, so you can add those without inventing anything.
The ATS Check tab renders your PDF and reads the text back the way an applicant tracking system's text extractor does, then reports parseability, reading order, contact details and section headings. Both run as plain code. What is an ATS score? explains the formulas.
PDF Export
Export your tailored resume and cover letter in PDF.
Templates
The templates export text-based PDFs in A4 or US Letter that applicant tracking systems can parse.
| Template Name | Preview | Description |
|---|
| Single Column | | Traditional full-width layout with maximum content density. 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐃𝐅 |
| Two Column | | Experience-focused main column with sidebar for skills. 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐃𝐅 |
| Modern | | Colorful accents with customizable theme colors. 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐃𝐅 |
| Modern Two Column | | Two-column layout with modern colorful accents and themes. 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐃𝐅 |
| LaTeX | | Classic serif academic layout with ruled section headers. 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐃𝐅 |
| Clean | | Minimal sans layout with large understated section headers. 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐃𝐅 |
| Vivid | | Colorful two-column layout with accent headers and arrow bullets. 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐃𝐅 |
| Vivid Single Column | | Colorful single-column layout with accent headers and arrow bullets. 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐃𝐅 |
Internationalization
- Multi-Language UI: Interface available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, French and Korean
- Multi-Language Content: Generate resumes and cover letters in your preferred language
Roadmap
If you have any suggestions or feature requests, please feel free to open an issue on GitHub or discuss it on our Discord server.
- AI Canvas for crafting impactful, metric-driven resume content
- Email template generator for job applications
- Multi-job description optimization
Resume Guides for Software Engineers
The Resume Matcher blog has writing guides for developers, from a first internship resume to a FAANG application:
- Software engineer resume: a one-page template, two annotated examples and advice for each section
- Computer science resume: for students and new grads, built from projects and internships
- FAANG resume: what Google, Meta and Amazon say they screen for, from their own careers pages
- LaTeX resume: Jake's, sb2nov and Awesome-CV, Overleaf, and how a parser reads the PDF
- Open source resume builders: Reactive Resume, RenderCV, YAMLResume, Awesome-CV and others compared
- Master resume: the one complete resume you tailor each application from
- Tailor your resume to a job description: the method, step by step
- Private AI resume tailoring with Ollama: keep your resume on your own machine
- What is an ATS score?: how resume checkers calculate a score, with Resume Matcher's formulas
- ChatGPT prompts for resume tailoring: prompts for ChatGPT and Claude that don't invent experience
How to Install
For detailed setup instructions, see SETUP.md (English) or: Español, 简体中文, 日本語.
Prerequisites
Quick Start
Fastest for MacOS, WSL and Ubuntu users:
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/srbhr/Resume-Matcher.git
cd Resume-Matcher
# Backend (Terminal 1)
cd apps/backend
cp .env.example .env # Configure your AI provider
uv sync # Install dependencies
uv run app
# Frontend (Terminal 2)
cd apps/frontend
npm install
npm run dev
Open http://localhost:3000 and configure your AI provider in Settings.
Windows 11: see Windows 11 Setup for PowerShell commands.
Supported AI Providers
| Provider | Local/Cloud | Notes |
|---|
| Your coding agent | Local | No API key. Open Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Copilot in this folder and ask it to set up Resume Matcher and tailor your resume: the agent does the AI work in its own app, and Resume Matcher stores, checks and renders the result for you to edit. Choose Coding agent in Settings. See SETUP.md. |
| Ollama | Local | Free, runs on your machine |
| Claude subscription (via Claude Code) | Cloud (via local CLI) | Runs your installed claude CLI, so this app needs no API key and never sees or stores your Claude credentials, but prompts still go to Anthropic through your Claude Code login and count toward your plan's usage limits (Anthropic may draw them from usage credits instead). Anthropic doesn't allow third-party apps to route requests through Claude Free/Pro/Max plans, this option may count as one, and Anthropic can enforce that without notice; Settings asks you to accept that risk first. For guaranteed access, use the Anthropic provider with an API key, or let Claude Code do the work as your coding agent. Set LLM_PROVIDER=claude_cli; pick the model in Settings or with LLM_MODEL (fable, opus, sonnet, haiku or a full claude-… name). Requires Claude Code installed and signed in (claude auth login); not available inside the Docker images. |
| ChatGPT plan (Sign in with ChatGPT) | Cloud | Community-built. Uses OpenAI's official Sign in with ChatGPT for open-source apps (preview, may change) with ChatGPT Plus or Pro: choose ChatGPT plan in Settings and click Continue with ChatGPT; no API key needed. Requests go from your machine to OpenAI's Responses API and count toward your plan's limits (on Plus the five-hour limit is shared with your other apps; Pro has none). Sign in from a browser on the machine running the backend; the default Docker setup can't complete the sign-in (see ). For guaranteed access, use the provider with an API key. Set . |
Docker Deployment
Official Docker images are published for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64 on:
ghcr.io/srbhr/resume-matchersrbhr/resume-matcher
Run on a single public port (3000) with API available at /api:
docker run --name resume-matcher \
-p 3000:3000 \
-v resume-data:/app/backend/data \
ghcr.io/srbhr/resume-matcher:latest
Prefer pinning a version in production, for example ghcr.io/srbhr/resume-matcher:1.4.0 or
ghcr.io/srbhr/resume-matcher:1.4.
Endpoints:
Using Ollama with Docker? Use http://host.docker.internal:11434 as the Ollama URL instead of localhost (on Linux, Ollama must also listen beyond 127.0.0.1; see SETUP.md). Docker publishes the app on 127.0.0.1 only; to open it from another device, see SETUP.md.
Tech Stack
| Component | Technology |
|---|
| Backend | FastAPI, Python 3.13+, LiteLLM |
| Frontend | Next.js 16, React 19, TypeScript |
| Database | SQLite by default, optional PostgreSQL (SQLAlchemy 2.0) |
| Styling | Tailwind CSS 4, Swiss International Style |
| PDF | Headless Chromium via Playwright |
Join Us and Contribute
We welcome contributions from everyone! Whether you're a developer, designer, or just someone who wants to help out. All the contributors are listed in the about page on our website and on the GitHub Readme here.
Check out the roadmap if you would like to work on the features that are planned for the future. If you have any suggestions or feature requests, please feel free to open an issue on GitHub and discuss it on our Discord server.
Contributors
