A free CV and resume builder that respects you
katlab.cv is a small static web app that helps you write a clean, ATS-friendly CV or resume, cover letter, recommendation letters, and a professional reference sheet. No account, no cloud storage, no tracking, no AI writing your words for you.
Why it exists
Most online CV builders ask for an email, hide good templates behind a subscription, and quietly funnel your résumé into a database. The product wants to know more about you than you want to share. We thought that was backwards.
How it works
Everything runs in your browser. The page you're using is served as a static file from Cloudflare Pages — there's no backend to send your data to. When you click Backup .json, you get a file. When you upload that file later, you're back where you left off. Close the tab without downloading and the document is gone — that's the honest deal, and we don't pretend otherwise with autosave.
What we deliberately don't do
- No AI text generation. Recruiters increasingly screen for AI-written copy. The product writes nothing for you. We provide nudges, action verbs, and structure — you provide the words.
- No accounts. Nothing to sign up for, nothing to forget, nothing to be locked out of.
- No localStorage autosave. If we silently saved your draft to your browser, that'd be a quiet promise we couldn't keep across devices, browsers, or private tabs. Better to be honest: download to save.
- No tracking cookies. The site uses Cloudflare's privacy-friendly analytics (no cookies, no fingerprinting) only to know that people are visiting.
Privacy in plain terms
The only personal data the product touches is the data you type into the editor — and that never leaves your browser unless you download a JSON, share a link, or print a PDF. Your CV is not stored on our servers because we don't have any.
Open source
The code is open source. Bug reports, feature suggestions, and template contributions are welcome. The project is built with SvelteKit, pdfmake, and a lot of attention to typography.