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Generate polished résumés and CVs in HTML, Markdown, LaTeX, MS Word, PDF, plain text, JSON, XML, YAML, smoke signal, and carrier pigeon.
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FluentCV

========



[![Latest release][img-release]][latest-release]

[![Build status (MASTER)][img-master]][travis-url-master]

[![Build status (DEV)][img-dev]][travis-url-dev]

[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/hacksalot/HackMyResume][badge]][gh]



*Create polished résumés and CVs in multiple formats from your command line or

shell. Author in clean Markdown and JSON, export to Word, HTML, PDF, LaTeX,

plain text, and other arbitrary formats. Fight the power, save trees. Compatible

with [FRESH][fresca] and [JRS][6] resumes.*



![](assets/hmr_build.png)



FluentCV is a dev-friendly, local-only Swiss Army knife for resumes and CVs. It

is the corporate-friendly fork of [HackMyResume][hmr]—same tool, different

name. Use it to:



1. **Generate** HTML, Markdown, LaTeX, MS Word, PDF, plain text, JSON, XML,

YAML, print, smoke signal, carrier pigeon, and other arbitrary-format resumes

and CVs, from a single source of truth—without violating DRY.

2. **Analyze** your resume for keyword density, gaps/overlaps, and other

metrics.

3. **Convert** resumes between [FRESH][fresca] and [JSON Resume][6] formats.

4. **Validate** resumes against either format.



FluentCV is built with Node.js and runs on recent versions of OS X, Linux,

or Windows. View the [FAQ](FAQ.md).



![](assets/hmr_analyze.png)



## Features



- OS X, Linux, and Windows.

- Choose from dozens of FRESH or JSON Resume themes.

- Private, local-only resume authoring and analysis.

- Analyze your resume for keywords, gaps, and other metrics.

- Store your resume data as a durable, versionable JSON or YAML document.

- Generate polished resumes in multiple formats without violating [DRY][dry].

- Output to HTML, Markdown, LaTeX, PDF, MS Word, JSON, YAML, plain text, or XML.

- Validate resumes against the FRESH or JSON Resume schema.

- Support for multiple input and output resumes.

- Convert between FRESH and JSON Resume resumes.

- Use from your command line or [desktop][7].

- Free and open-source through the MIT license.

- Updated daily / weekly. Contributions are [welcome](CONTRIBUTING.md).



## Install



Install the latest stable version of FluentCV with NPM:



```bash

[sudo] npm install fluentcv -g

```



## Installing PDF Support (optional)



FluentCV tries not to impose a specific PDF engine requirement on

the user, but will instead work with whatever PDF engines you have installed.



Currently, HackMyResume's PDF generation requires one of [Phantom.js][2],

[wkhtmltopdf][3], or [WeasyPrint][11] to be installed on your system and the

corresponding binary to be accessible on your PATH. This is an optional

requirement for users who care about PDF formats. If you don't care about PDF

formats, skip this step.



## Installing Themes



FluentCV supports both [FRESH][fresh-themes] and [JSON Resume][jrst]-style

résumé themes.



- FRESH themes currently come preinstalled with FluentCV.

- JSON Resume themes can be installed from NPM, GitHub, or manually.



To install a JSON Resume theme, just `cd` to the folder where you want to store

your themes and run one of:



```bash

# Install with NPM

npm install jsonresume-theme-[theme-name]



# Install with GitHub

git clone https://github.com/[user-or-org]/[repo-name]

```



Then when you're ready to generate your resume, just reference the location of

the theme folder as you installed it:



```bash

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out/resume.all -t node_modules/jsonresume-theme-classy

```



Note: You can use install themes anywhere on your file system. You don't need a

package.json or other NPM/Node infrastructure.



## Getting Started



To use FluentCV you'll need to create a valid resume in either

[FRESH][fresca] or [JSON Resume][6] format. Then you can start using the command

line tool. There are five basic commands you should be aware of:



- **build** generates resumes in HTML, Word, Markdown, PDF, and other formats.

Use it when you need to submit, upload, print, or email resumes in specific

formats.



    ```bash

    # fluentcv BUILD  TO  [-t THEME]

    fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out/resume.all

    fluentcv BUILD r1.json r2.json TO out/rez.html out/rez.md foo/rez.all

    ```



- **new** creates a new resume in FRESH or JSON Resume format.



    ```bash

    # fluentcv NEW  [-f ]

    fluentcv NEW resume.json

    fluentcv NEW resume.json -f fresh

    fluentcv NEW r1.json r2.json -f jrs

    ```



- **analyze** inspects your resume for keywords, duration, and other metrics.



    ```bash

    # fluentcv ANALYZE 

    fluentcv ANALYZE resume.json

    fluentcv ANALYZE r1.json r2.json

    ```



- **convert** converts your source resume between FRESH and JSON Resume

formats. Use it to convert between the two formats to take advantage of tools

and services.



    ```bash

    # fluentcv CONVERT  TO 

    fluentcv CONVERT resume.json TO resume-jrs.json

    fluentcv CONVERT 1.json 2.json 3.json TO out/1.json out/2.json out/3.json

    ```



- **validate** validates the specified resume against either the FRESH or JSON

Resume schema. Use it to make sure your resume data is sufficient and complete.



    ```bash

    # fluentcv VALIDATE 

    fluentcv VALIDATE resume.json

    fluentcv VALIDATE r1.json r2.json r3.json

    ```



- **peek** echoes your resume or any field, property, or object path on your

resume to standard output.



    ```bash

    # fluentcv PEEK  [OBJECT-PATH]

    fluentcv PEEK rez.json # Echo the whole resume

    fluentcv PEEK rez.json info.brief # Echo the "info.brief" field

    fluentcv PEEK rez.json employment.history[1] # Echo the 1st job

    fluentcv PEEK rez.json rez2.json info.brief # Compare value

    ```    



## Supported Output Formats



FluentCV supports these output formats:



Output Format | Ext | Notes

------------- | --- | -----

HTML | .html | A standard HTML 5 + CSS resume format that can be viewed in a browser, deployed to a website, etc.

Markdown | .md | A structured Markdown document that can be used as-is or used to generate HTML.

LaTeX | .tex | A structured LaTeX document (or collection of documents) that can be processed with pdflatex, xelatex, and similar tools.

MS Word | .doc | A Microsoft Word office document (XML-driven; WordProcessingML).

Adobe Acrobat (PDF) | .pdf | A binary PDF document driven by an HTML theme (through wkhtmltopdf).

plain text | .txt | A formatted plain text document appropriate for emails or copy-paste.

JSON | .json | A JSON representation of the resume.

YAML | .yml | A YAML representation of the resume.

RTF | .rtf | Forthcoming.

Textile | .textile | Forthcoming.

image | .png, .bmp | Forthcoming.



## Use



Assuming you've got a JSON-formatted resume handy, generating resumes in

different formats and combinations is easy. Just run:



```bash

fluentcv BUILD   [-t theme].

```



Where `` is one or more .json resume files, separated by spaces;

`` is one or more destination resumes, and `` is the desired

theme (default to Modern). For example:



```bash

# Generate all resume formats (HTML, PDF, DOC, TXT, YML, etc.)

fluentcv BUILD resume.json -o out/resume.all -t modern



# Generate a specific resume format

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out/resume.html

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out/resume.pdf

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out/resume.md

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out/resume.doc

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out/resume.json

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out/resume.txt

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out/resume.yml



# Specify 2 inputs and 3 outputs

fluentcv BUILD in1.json in2.json TO out.html out.doc out.pdf

```



You should see something to the effect of:



```

*** FluentCV v1.4.2 ***

Reading JSON resume: foo/resume.json

Applying MODERN Theme (7 formats)

Generating HTML resume: out/resume.html

Generating TXT resume: out/resume.txt

Generating DOC resume: out/resume.doc

Generating PDF resume: out/resume.pdf

Generating JSON resume: out/resume.json

Generating MARKDOWN resume: out/resume.md

Generating YAML resume: out/resume.yml

```



## Advanced



### Applying a theme



FluentCV can work with any FRESH or JSON Resume theme (the latter must be

installed first). To specify a theme when generating your resume, use the `-t`

or `--theme` parameter:



```bash

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out/rez.all -t [theme]

```



The `[theme]` parameter can be the name of a predefined theme OR the path to any

FRESH or JSON Resume theme folder:



```bash

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out/rez.all -t modern

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO OUT.rez.all -t ../some-folder/my-custom-theme/

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO OUT.rez.all -t node_modules/jsonresume-theme-classy

```



FRESH themes are currently pre-installed with FluentCV. JSON Resume themes

can be installed prior to use:



```bash

# Install a JSON Resume theme into a local node_modules subfolder:

npm install jsonresume-theme-[name]

# Use it with FluentCV

fluentcv build resume.json -t node_modules/jsonresume-theme-[name]

```



As of v1.6.0, available predefined FRESH themes are `positive`, `modern`,

`compact`, `minimist`, and `hello-world`. For a list of JSON Resume themes,

check the [NPM Registry](https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=jsonresume-theme).



### Merging resumes



You can **merge multiple resumes together** by specifying them in order from

most generic to most specific:



```bash

# Merge specific.json onto base.json and generate all formats

fluentcv BUILD base.json specific.json TO resume.all

```



This can be useful for overriding a base (generic) resume with information from

a specific (targeted) resume. For example, you might override your generic

catch-all "software developer" resume with specific details from your targeted

"game developer" resume, or combine two partial resumes into a "complete"

resume. Merging follows conventional [extend()][9]-style behavior and there's

no arbitrary limit to how many resumes you can merge:



```bash

fluentcv BUILD in1.json in2.json in3.json in4.json TO out.html out.doc

Reading JSON resume: in1.json

Reading JSON resume: in2.json

Reading JSON resume: in3.json

Reading JSON resume: in4.json

Merging in4.json onto in3.json onto in2.json onto in1.json

Generating HTML resume: out.html

Generating WORD resume: out.doc

```



### Multiple targets



You can specify **multiple output targets** and FluentCV will build them:



```bash

# Generate out1.doc, out1.pdf, and foo.txt from me.json.

fluentcv BUILD me.json TO out1.doc out1.pdf foo.txt

```



### Using .all



The special `.all` extension tells FluentCV to generate all supported output

formats for the given resume. For example, this...



```bash

# Generate all resume formats (HTML, PDF, DOC, TXT, etc.)

fluentcv BUILD me.json TO out/resume.all

```



..tells FluentCV to read `me.json` and generate `out/resume.md`,

`out/resume.doc`, `out/resume.html`, `out/resume.txt`, `out/resume.pdf`, and

`out/resume.json`.



### Building PDFs



*Users who don't care about PDFs can turn off PDF generation across all themes

and formats with the `--pdf none` switch.*



FluentCV takes a unique approach to PDF generation. Instead of enforcing

a specific PDF engine on users, FluentCV will attempt to work with whatever

PDF engine you have installed through the engine's command-line interface (CLI).

Currently that means any of...



- [wkhtmltopdf][3]

- [Phantom.js][2]

- [WeasyPrint][11]



..with support for other engines planned in the future. But for now, **one or

more of these engines must be installed and accessible on your PATH in order

to generate PDF resumes with FluentCV**. That means you should be able to

invoke either of these tools directly from your shell or terminal without error:



```bash

wkhtmltopdf input.html output.pdf

phantomjs script.js input.html output.pdf

weasyprint input.html output.pdf

```



Assuming you've installed one or both of these engines on your system, you can

tell FluentCV which flavor of PDF generation to use via the `--pdf` option

(`-p` for short):



```bash

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out.all --pdf phantom

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out.all --pdf wkhtmltopdf

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out.all --pdf weasyprint

fluentcv BUILD resume.json TO out.all --pdf none

```



### Analyzing



FluentCV can analyze your resume for keywords, employment gaps, and other

metrics. Run:



```bash

fluentcv ANALYZE .json

```



Depending on the FluentCV version, you should see output similar to:



```

*** FluentCV v1.7.1 ***

Reading resume: resume.json

Analyzing FRESH resume: resume.json



SECTIONS (10):



        employment:    12

         education:     2

           service:     1

            skills:     8

           writing:     1

       recognition:     0

            social:     4

         interests:     2

        references:     1

         languages:     2



COVERAGE (61.1%):



        Total Days:  6034

          Employed:  3688

              Gaps:     8  [31, 1065, 273, 153, 671, 61, 61, 31]

          Overlaps:     1  [243]



KEYWORDS (61):



           Node.js:     6 mentions

        JavaScript:     9 mentions

        SQL Server:     3 mentions

     Visual Studio:     6 mentions

           Web API:     1 mentions

   N-tier / 3-tier:     1 mentions

            HTML 5:     1 mentions

        JavaScript:     6 mentions

               CSS:     2 mentions

Sass / LESS / SCSS:     1 mentions

              LAMP:     3 mentions

              WISC:     1 mentions

              HTTP:    21 mentions

              JSON:     1 mentions

               XML:     2 mentions

              REST:     1 mentions

        WebSockets:     2 mentions

       Backbone.js:     3 mentions

        Angular.js:     1 mentions

           Node.js:     4 mentions

               NPM:     1 mentions

             Bower:     1 mentions

             Grunt:     2 mentions

              Gulp:     1 mentions

            jQuery:     2 mentions

         Bootstrap:     3 mentions

     Underscore.js:     1 mentions

         PhantomJS:     1 mentions

      CoffeeScript:     1 mentions

            Python:    11 mentions

              Perl:     4 mentions

               PHP:     7 mentions

             MySQL:    12 mentions

        PostgreSQL:     4 mentions

             NoSQL:     2 mentions

            Apache:     2 mentions

               AWS:     2 mentions

               EC2:     2 mentions

               RDS:     3 mentions

                S3:     1 mentions

             Azure:     1 mentions

         Rackspace:     1 mentions

               C++:    23 mentions

            C++ 11:     1 mentions

             Boost:     1 mentions

             Xcode:     2 mentions

               gcc:     1 mentions

             OO&AD:     1 mentions

              .NET:    20 mentions

           Unity 5:     2 mentions

              Mono:     3 mentions

       MonoDevelop:     1 mentions

           Xamarin:     1 mentions

             TOTAL:   180 mentions

```



### Validating



FluentCV can also validate your resumes against either the [FRESH /

FRESCA][fresca] or [JSON Resume][6] formats. To validate one or more existing

resumes, use the `validate` command:



```bash

# Validate myresume.json against either the FRESH or JSON Resume schema.

fluentcv VALIDATE resumeA.json resumeB.json

```



FluentCV will validate each specified resume in turn:



```bash

*** FluentCV v1.7.1 ***

Validating JSON resume: resumeA.json (INVALID)

Validating JSON resume: resumeB.json (VALID)

```



### Converting



FluentCV can convert between the [FRESH][fresca] and [JSON Resume][6]

formats. Just run:



```bash

fluentcv CONVERT  

```



where  is one or more resumes in FRESH or JSON Resume format, and

 is a corresponding list of output file names. FluentCV will autodetect

the format (FRESH or JRS) of each input resume and convert it to the other

format (JRS or FRESH).



### File-based Options



You can pass options into FluentCV via an external options or ".fluentrc"

file with the `--options` or `-o` switch:



```bash

fluentcv BUILD resume.json -o path/to/options.json

```



The options file can contain any documented FluentCV option, including

`theme`, `silent`, `debug`, `pdf`, `css`, and other settings.



```json

{

  "theme": "compact",



  "sectionTitles": {

    "employment": "Work"

  },



  "wkhtmltopdf": {

    "margin-top": "20mm"

  }

}

```



If an option is specified on both the command line and in an external options

file, the command-line option wins.



```bash

# path/to/options.json specifes the POSITIVE theme

# -t parameter specifies the COMPACT theme

# The -t parameter wins.

fluentcv BUILD resume.json -o path/to/options.json -t compact

> Reading resume: resume.json

> Applying COMPACT theme (7 formats)

```



### Prettifying



FluentCV applies [js-beautify][10]-style HTML prettification by default to

HTML-formatted resumes. To disable prettification, the `--no-prettify` or `-n`

flag can be used:



```bash

fluentcv BUILD resume.json out.all --no-prettify

```



### Silent Mode



Use `-s` or `--silent` to run in silent mode:



```bash

fluentcv BUILD resume.json -o someFile.all -s

fluentcv BUILD resume.json -o someFile.all --silent

```



### Debug Mode



Use `-d` or `--debug` to force FluentCV to emit a call stack when errors occur.

In the future, this option will emit detailed error logging.



```bash

fluentcv build resume.json -d

fluentcv analyze resume.json --debug

```



### Disable Encoding



Use the `--no-escape` option to disable encoding in Handlebars themes. Note:

this option has no effect for non-Handlebars themes.



```bash

fluentcv build resume.json --no-escape

```



### Private Resume Fields



Have a gig, education stint, membership, or other relevant history that you'd

like to hide from *most* (e.g. public) resumes but sometimes show on others? Tag it with

`"private": true` to omit it from outbound generated resumes by default.



```json

"employment": {

  "history": [

    {

      "employer": "Acme Real Estate"

    },

    {

      "employer": "Area 51 Alien Research Laboratory",

      "private": true

    },

    {

      "employer": "H&R Block"

    }

  ]

}

```



Then, when you want a copy of your resume that includes the private gig / stint

/ etc., tell FluentCV that it's OK to emit private fields. The way you do

that is with the `--private` switch.



```bash

fluentcv build resume.json private-resume.all --private

```



### Custom theme helpers



You can attach your own custom Handlebars helpers to a FRESH theme with the

`helpers` key of your theme's `theme.json` file.



```js

{

  "title": "my-cool-theme",



  // ...



  "helpers": [

    "../path/to/helpers/*.js",

    "some-other-helper.js"

  ]

}

```



HackMyResume will attempt to load each path or glob and register any specified

files with [Handlebars.registerHelper][hrh], making them available to your

theme.



## Contributing



FluentCV is a community-driven free and open source project under the MIT

License. Contributions are encouraged and we respond to all PRs and issues in

time. See [CONTRIBUTING.md][contribute] for details.



## License



MIT. Go crazy. See [LICENSE.md][1] for details.



[1]: LICENSE.md

[2]: http://phantomjs.org/

[3]: http://wkhtmltopdf.org/

[4]: https://nodejs.org/

[5]: https://www.npmjs.com/

[6]: http://jsonresume.org

[7]: http://fluentcv.com

[8]: https://youtu.be/N9wsjroVlu8

[9]: https://api.jquery.com/jquery.extend/

[10]: https://github.com/beautify-web/js-beautify

[11]: http://weasyprint.org/

[fresh]: https://github.com/fluentdesk/FRESH

[fresca]: https://github.com/fresh-standard/fresh-resume-schema

[dry]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself

[img-release]: https://img.shields.io/github/release/fluentdesk/FluentCV.svg?label=version

[img-master]: https://img.shields.io/travis/fluentdesk/FluentCV/master.svg

[img-dev]: https://img.shields.io/travis/fluentdesk/FluentCV/dev.svg?label=dev

[travis-url-master]: https://travis-ci.org/fluentdesk/FluentCV?branch=master

[travis-url-dev]: https://travis-ci.org/fluentdesk/FluentCV?branch=dev

[latest-release]: https://github.com/fluentdesk/FluentCV/releases/latest

[contribute]: CONTRIBUTING.md

[fresh-themes]: https://github.com/fluentdesk/fresh-themes

[jrst]: https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=jsonresume-theme

[gh]: https://gitter.im/hacksalot/HackMyResume?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge

[badge]: https://badges.gitter.im/hacksalot/HackMyResume.svg

[hrh]: http://handlebarsjs.com/reference.html#base-registerHelper

[hmr]: https://github.com/hacksalot/hackmyresume