OneTimeBuild a resume you own forever, on your own machine.
Zety charges $23.70 a month, forever, just to let you fill out a form and download the PDF of your own resume. Resumecraft is $19 once. Pick one of 7 templates, fill structured sections with a live preview, flip on ATS-safe mode, and export a real PDF — 100% local, zero cloud, zero telemetry. Your job hunt is not a subscription.
Resumecraft in 60 seconds
Everything in the box
Local resume builder with 7 templates, ATS-safe mode and real PDF export, fully offline.
7 bundled templates
Classic, Modern, Minimal, Executive, Compact, Tech and Elegant — swap any time without losing a word of your data.
ATS-safe mode
One toggle strips columns, colors and decoration into a plain single-column layout that applicant tracking systems parse cleanly.
Plain-text portal export
Export or copy a clean text version for pasting into Workday and Greenhouse-style job portal forms.
Real PDF export
Headless Chromium print to US Letter, with a live one-page overflow warning in the preview so you know before you export.
Structured sections
Contact, summary, experience with reorderable bullets, education, skills, projects and unlimited custom sections.
Versions and duplicates
Keep multiple resumes, duplicate one per job application and tailor it, rename or delete freely.
Local-first storage
Everything lives in a human-readable JSON file on your machine — no account, no cloud, no network calls.
Resumecraft vs Zety
Zety charges $23.70/mo. Here's what actually differs.
| Resumecraft | Zety | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 once | $23.70/mo |
| Cost after 3 years | $19 | $853.20 |
| Your resume lives | On your machine | Their cloud |
| Works offline | Always | No |
| Account required | No | Yes |
| Download your own PDF | Always | Paid tier only |
| Telemetry | None | Analytics + upsell emails |
| Source code | MIT, on GitHub | Closed |
Pays for itself in under a month of Zety — and every month after that is pure savings.
One price. No asterisks.
Desktop app — pay once, it's yours on your machine forever.
Download Resumecraft
install, then sign in with Whop. Your purchase unlocks it; there is no licence key to enter.
Resumecraft
Windows and macOS. Buy once, download any time — this page always links the current build.
Up and running in three steps
Buy once on Whop
One payment of $19 gets you the signed Windows installer, or clone the MIT source and build it yourself for free.
Fill in your sections
Type into structured sections with a live preview beside you, and flip on ATS-safe mode when you need it.
Export your PDF
Print a real US Letter PDF or a plain-text portal version, all on your own machine.
Fair questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — Resumecraft is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/resume-builder-mvp. The $19 buys the signed Windows installer and 1-click setup; building from source is free.
Does my resume data get uploaded?
Never. Resumecraft makes no network calls at all — your resumes live in a human-readable resumes.json under your OS app-data folder for you to back up yourself.
Does it do everything Zety does?
It builds, tailors and exports resumes locally with ATS-safe mode. What it does not do is charge you $23.70 every month to download your own PDF.
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More about Resumecraft
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Stop renting. Own Resumecraft.
Local resume builder with 7 templates, ATS-safe mode and real PDF export, fully offline.
Get Resumecraft — $19 once