Resume & Job Search
SaaS, open source and skills for resume & job search work — with the limits of each written down.Before you pick
What decides it
Judge the exported file, not the score — no employer computes that score. Real application forms parse your upload and show you what they extracted.
What to avoid
These tools have no record of your work, so their quantified bullets are estimates. Every number you keep, you must reconstruct in the interview.
What is changing
The first round increasingly has no interviewer — recorded answers, machine-scored, often undisclosed. These products are extending from writing documents into rehearsing that.
SaaS
Hosted products you sign up for.Leading
Established picks, at the top of today's aggregate.
- 1TealMost complete all-in-one job hunt: resume builder plus a job tracker and keyword match scoring against listings.
- 2ReziDeepest ATS-optimization focus, built around an internal ATS scoring system; a Reddit favorite for beating filters.
- 3SimplifyChrome extension that autofills applications across Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and LinkedIn (you still hit submit).
- 4KickresumeStrongest AI first drafts for summaries and bullet points, with a large polished template library.
- 5ZetyCleanest template output and guided step-by-step building for a fast, polished-looking resume.
Emerging
Newer challengers, surfaced by two or more sources.
Open source
Repositories you run yourself.Leading
- 1Reactive-ResumeThe gold-standard open-source resume builder — privacy-first, self-hostable, dozens of templates, one-click PDF export. The recognized category leader (~40k stars).
- 2Awesome-CVThe iconic LaTeX résumé/CV template used across tech — clean, ATS-parseable typography (~28k stars).
- 3RenderCVYAML-to-PDF résumé engine with version-controllable source and ATS-friendly output; hugely popular with engineers (~17k stars).
- 4best-resume-ever (salomonelli)Vue-based builder that generates multiple polished résumé designs from one data file (~16k stars).
- 5OpenResumeOpen-source résumé builder and parser focused on ATS compatibility; runs fully in your browser, no signup (~9k stars).
Emerging
- 1adrianhajdin/job_pilotCourse project from JavaScript Mastery showing how to build a Next.js agent that browses LinkedIn, scores roles and tailors resumes.
- 2suxrobGM/jobpilotRuns Playwright on your own machine to search boards, tailor resumes, fill applications and message recruiters, billed to your Claude Code subscription.
- 3PranavPatel2105/TalentBridgePro-Using-MVCAn ASP.NET MVC job portal with applicant, recruiter and admin roles, Elasticsearch search and Hugging Face resume scoring; admin panel unfinished.
- 4gmen1057/headhunter-mcp-serverMCP server wrapping the hh.ru API so Claude can search Russian and CIS vacancies, manage resumes and submit applications.
- 5abdulrbasit/job-hunterPython pipeline that scrapes boards and career pages, then hands scoring, resume tailoring and cover letters to Claude Code or an API.
Skills
Skills you drop into a coding agent.Leading
- 1ResumeSkills (Paramchoudhary)The most complete Agent Skills pack for job seekers: 20 SKILL.md skills covering ATS optimization, bullet writing, job-fit analysis, and interview prep (~1.3k stars).
- 2proficiently-claude-skills (proficientlyjobs)Claude Code skills for AI-powered job search, resume tailoring, and cover-letter writing with a structured per-application workflow (~300 stars).
- 3resume-cover-letter (jezweb/claude-skills)Resume + cover-letter SKILL.md inside a popular general Claude Code skills/plugins collection (~940 stars overall).
Emerging
- 1reactive-resume/reactive-resume
- 2VonTerraProject501c3/slushpile
- 3suraj-davariya/ai-job-searchLocal Claude Code assistant that ranks postings from your job boards, then compiles tailored CVs and cover letters as LaTeX PDFs.
- 4rockbenben/ai-job-search-cn
- 5fourleafai/clover-publicOpen-source skill plus hosted MCP server giving Claude live job listings, company interview question banks and salary data; voice mock interviews are paid.