@jackgreen2018/resume-cv-pdf-builder

A high-performance Resume/CV PDF generator for Node.js and the browser via Rust/WASM. Zero runtime dependencies beyond the WASM binary.

Installation

npm install @jackgreen2018/resume-cv-pdf-builder

Usage

import { generateResume } from '@jackgreen2018/resume-cv-pdf-builder';

const pdf = await generateResume({
  name: 'Jane Mitchell',
  email: '[email protected]',
  phone: '+1 (555) 123-4567',
  location: 'San Francisco, CA',
  summary: 'Senior software engineer with 8+ years of experience.',
  experience: [
    {
      role: 'Senior Software Engineer',
      company: 'TechCorp Inc.',
      startDate: '2020-03',
      endDate: '2024-06',
      bullets: ['Led a team of 6 engineers', 'Reduced latency by 40%']
    }
  ],
  education: [
    { degree: 'M.S. Computer Science', school: 'Stanford University', year: '2017' }
  ],
  skills: ['JavaScript', 'TypeScript', 'React', 'Node.js', 'AWS']
});

// Save to file or download
const blob = new Blob([pdf], { type: 'application/pdf' });
const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
// ... trigger download

API

generateResume(data, template?)

Generates a professional resume PDF.

Parameters:

• data — ResumeDataInput object (see types below)
• template — 'modern' (default, only option currently)

Returns: Promise<Uint8Array> — PDF bytes

Types

interface ResumeDataInput {
  name: string;
  email?: string;
  phone?: string;
  location?: string;
  summary?: string;
  experience?: ExperienceEntry[];
  education?: EducationEntry[];
  skills?: string[];
  certifications?: string[];
  languages?: string[];
}

interface ExperienceEntry {
  role: string;
  company: string;
  startDate: string;
  endDate?: string;
  current?: boolean;
  bullets?: string[];
}

interface EducationEntry {
  degree: string;
  school: string;
  year?: string;
}

Benchmarks

Benchmarked against @jackgreen2018/resume-pdf-engine (pdf-lib based) on Node.js v22:

| Metric | WASM (this package) | pdf-lib | Speedup | |--------|--------------------:|--------:|--------:| | Average time | 0.72ms | 10.94ms | 15.19x | | Min time | 0.14ms | 4.04ms | 28.8x | | Max time | 5.40ms | 41.89ms | 7.8x | | Output size | 2,798 bytes | 4,051 bytes | — |

Benchmark run with a realistic multi-section resume (2 experiences, 2 educations, 7 skills).

Run benchmarks locally:

npm run benchmark

Development

# Build WASM + TypeScript
npm run build

# Run tests
npm test

# Run benchmarks
npm run benchmark

License

MIT