Hey r/selfhosted, get ready to craft your story like never before!

I’m thrilled to announce that Reactive Resume has just launched its latest version, and it’s a game-changer in the resume-building space (at least, I’d like to think so).

Here’s a glimpse of some of the new features:

  • A sleek, polished user interface that makes navigation a breeze.
  • Faster PDF generation to get your resume out there quicker.
  • Integration with OpenAI for smarter assistance.
  • Brand new, highly customisable templates to fit your unique style.
  • Comprehensive documentation with user-friendly guides.
  • Enhanced security with two-factor authentication.
  • Available in multiple languages, contributed by the community.
  • Quality of life features such as locking resumes, adding personal notes to resumes, tracking views and downloads on your public resume etc.

The best part? It’s 100% free, forever! No ads, no user tracking, just pure resume-building bliss. Plus, for the tech-savvy, it’s also open-source on GitHub and self-hostable through Docker, something special just for this community.

Ready to give it a spin?
You can visit the website on https://rxresu.me, sure. But you’re on r/selfhosted, so you’re probably more interested in the “how to host it myself” part of the launch. The link to the repository is right here: https://github.com/AmruthPillai/Reactive-Resume/

Self-hosting Reactive Resume is super simple, compared to the nightmare it was in earlier versions having to ensure multiple services are communicating alright. You can check the GitHub repo (under tools/compose for many docker compose examples of how the project could be set up).

I’m excited to see how you make the most of it!

  • sexyshingle@alien.topBEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    curios to see how well a PDF resume from this fares thru the various ATS’s that are out there

  • hash004@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    This looks really nice. A really good feature to have would be able to have version history of the resume so I can revert or just see how the resume has changed over time.

  • JustDalek_@alien.topBEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I cheeked out the homepage and saw a photo on the header. Shouldn’t you discourage use of an image on a resume?

    doesn’t that put some people at risk to racial bias?

    • AmruthPillai@alien.topOPBEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Entirely up to the user. All of the templates adapt depending on whether there’s a picture or not, so no one’s experience is hindered. But it’s true, it is discouraged in some regions, for good reason, but also expected in many other regions or industries.

    • p0op@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Depending on the country, adding an image to your resume is still pretty standard.

  • Ruuddie@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Looks really great, thanks!

    I can’t find a way to reorder items within Work Experience, Educations, etc. So if I get some new certification, it seems I have to fill in everything again since I can only add new ones at the bottom and I want to put the latest one on top. Or am I doing something wrong?

    Also, it would be great if you could add a date to the certifications. That way you can show how long you’ve been certified for the specific skill.

  • Marcosaurios@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Damn it that’s awesome! A few weeks ago I was thinking to build something similar, glad you take the lead! Will give it a go and share my experience!

  • OhMyForm@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Is there new containers? I really want to run this but it historically has been a struggle their main instance seems solid but I kind of want to host it myself

  • ajnerd@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    This is so cool. I’m excited to set this up on Docker, but I couldn’t find the Docker Compose or installation instructions on your page. Any chance you could point me in the right direction? Thanks a bunch!

  • NovelMindless@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    I have used this in the past and was very good. Just creating a new CV now and it totally locked up on me but thats probably down to firefox.

    Whilst working my way through the skills section, its quite annoying that you cant drag the skills into order/there own place. I’ve had to delete and add again on quite a few occasions.

    Skills again, would be nice to have an option of just entering text or skills separated by the commas.

  • Moehrenstein@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Is the github/google part at the end necessary or can it get commented out for testing? (Tried to spin up simple.yml with them commented out and had no luck.)

    • AmruthPillai@alien.topOPBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      As reported by users who’ve sent me messages, but the whole section was meant to be taken sarcastically. Of course just the resume alone doesn’t do anything, it’s their skills. And personally, I’ve always wanted to have a logo cloud on my website, they have always looked cool to me.