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When users specified design or locale overlay file paths in their YAML via settings.render_command.design or settings.render_command.locale, these were parsed but never actually loaded as overlays. Only CLI flags (--design, --locale) triggered overlay loading. Now cli_command_render resolves these paths from the YAML (via the existing collect_input_file_paths helper) before building arguments, so overlay files referenced in settings are loaded the same way as CLI-provided ones.
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Write your CV or resume as YAML, then run RenderCV,
rendercv render John_Doe_CV.yaml
and get a PDF with perfect typography.
With RenderCV, you can:
- Version-control your CV — it's just text.
- Focus on content — don't worry about the formatting.
- Get perfect typography — consistent alignment and spacing, handled for you.
A YAML file like this:
cv:
name: John Doe
location: San Francisco, CA
email: john.doe@email.com
website: https://rendercv.com/
social_networks:
- network: LinkedIn
username: rendercv
- network: GitHub
username: rendercv
sections:
Welcome to RenderCV:
- RenderCV reads a CV written in a YAML file, and generates a PDF with professional typography.
- See the [documentation](https://docs.rendercv.com) for more details.
education:
- institution: Princeton University
area: Computer Science
degree: PhD
date:
start_date: 2018-09
end_date: 2023-05
location: Princeton, NJ
summary:
highlights:
- "Thesis: Efficient Neural Architecture Search for Resource-Constrained Deployment"
- "Advisor: Prof. Sanjeev Arora"
- NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Siebel Scholar (Class of 2022)
...
becomes one of these PDFs. Click on the images to preview.
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JSON Schema
RenderCV's JSON Schema lets you fill out the YAML interactively, with autocompletion and inline documentation.
Extensive Design Options
You have full control over every detail.
design:
theme: classic
page:
size: us-letter
top_margin: 0.7in
bottom_margin: 0.7in
left_margin: 0.7in
right_margin: 0.7in
show_footer: true
show_top_note: true
colors:
body: rgb(0, 0, 0)
name: rgb(0, 79, 144)
headline: rgb(0, 79, 144)
connections: rgb(0, 79, 144)
section_titles: rgb(0, 79, 144)
links: rgb(0, 79, 144)
footer: rgb(128, 128, 128)
top_note: rgb(128, 128, 128)
typography:
line_spacing: 0.6em
alignment: justified
date_and_location_column_alignment: right
font_family: Source Sans 3
# ...and much more
Tip
Want to set up a live preview environment like the one shown above? See how to set up VS Code for RenderCV.
Strict Validation
No surprises. If something's wrong, you'll know exactly what and where. If it's valid, you get a perfect PDF.
Any Language
Fill out the locale field for your language.
locale:
language: english
last_updated: Last updated in
month: month
months: months
year: year
years: years
present: present
month_abbreviations:
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
...
AI Agent Skill
Let AI coding agents create and edit your CV. Install the RenderCV skill:
npx skills add rendercv/rendercv-skill
Works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Copilot, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, and 20+ other agents.
Get Started
Install RenderCV (Requires Python 3.12+):
pip install "rendercv[full]"
Create a new CV yaml file:
rendercv new "John Doe"
Edit the YAML, then render:
rendercv render "John_Doe_CV.yaml"
For more details, see the user guide.