Stop Paying Subscriptions for Your Own Resume 📄

We’ve all been there. You spend an hour meticulously crafting your resume on a "free" online builder, only to hit a massive "Pay $19.99 to download PDF" button at the very end. Worse yet, many of these platforms are moving toward subscription models. Why do I need a monthly subscription for a document I update once or twice a year? Is the goal to keep me perpetually job-hunting? I decided I’d had enough. I wanted a resume that was truly free , private, and lived in my own version control. The Problem with "Free" Resume Builders Paywalled Features: "Free" often means "1-page limit" or "only the boring templates." The Download Trap: Seeing your resume is free; owning the PDF is not. Privacy: Your professional data is stored on a centralized server you don't control. Tooling Overkill: Even great open-source projects often require npm , CLIs, or complex build steps just to see a preview. My Solution: The "Really Free" Resume I built a simple, zero-tooling web resume template. It follows a