CV Maker

Simple and free CV Maker that renders minimalistic CV.

Based on idimetrix/cv, simplified and ported to Rust.

This is what CV looks like:

All personal information is stored in a single info.toml file. Images and icons are in the static/images folder. Templates use Jinja syntax and are stored in templates folder.

To run the project, use:

cargo run

This starts an Actix server on http://localhost:3000/ that serves a CV in plain HTML. This page can be printed to PDF, yielding you a proper CV.

All changes to the info.toml and templates are hot reloaded, so you can tweak them without restarting the server.

Deployment as a personal GitHub Page

• Create and set up your-username/your-username.github.io repository as described in GitHub Pages documentation.
  • For the workflow to work for the free GitHub account, this repository must be public.
  • Note that entire content of it will be overwritten every time.
• Create a personal token (Settings -> Developer Settings -> Personal access tokens > Fine-grained token)
  • This token must have repository access to the repository you've just created, with write access to Contents.
  • Better set it to No expiration because whatever. Otherwise, make sure to update it regularly before it expires.
• Fork this CV repo.
  • Create a data branch in your fork, update info.toml there and add your images to static/images, the usual stuff.
  • Go to the Actions tab in your new fork. You will likely see a warning that workflows are disabled. Click the button to Enable Workflows.
• Go to Settings > Secrets and variables > Actions
  • Secrets > Repository secrets: PERSONAL_TOKEN = (the personal token you created earlier)
  • Variables > Repository variables: TARGET_REPO = your-username/your-username.github.io.
• Now, every push to the data branch will trigger a GitHub Action that will build the CV and push it to your GitHub Pages repository. Those changes should become visible https://your-username.github.io in a few minutes.