We Build Against Bloat.
CV-Go is a project by RunTimeZero — a small team that got tired of paying $15/month to download a PDF.
Why CV-Go exists
The resume builder market is dominated by SaaS products that lock your own data behind paywalls, require email verification to download a file you just created, and auto-renew subscriptions you forgot about. We built CV-Go because that's absurd.
A CV is a document. Generating one should take 60 seconds and cost nothing. No account. No credit card. No "free trial." You fill a form, you get a PDF. That's the entire product.
What RunTimeZero stands for
RunTimeZero is a philosophy as much as a team. We believe the best software is the software that stays out of your way. Fast to load, simple to use, impossible to misuse.
We're opposed to dark patterns, infinite onboarding flows, and products that measure success by how long they keep you inside the app. We measure success by how quickly we can get you back to your actual life.
CV-Go is built entirely in Vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No frameworks. No build steps. No node_modules folder with 900 dependencies. It loads instantly on any connection, works on any device, and will keep working years from now.
How the PDF is generated
When you click "Download PDF," everything happens inside your browser. Your data never touches a server. We use pdfmake — an open-source library that generates real text-based PDFs client-side. The text in your PDF is selectable, searchable, and fully readable by ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems) without OCR.
We don't store your name, email, or any field you fill in. There are no analytics trackers on this page. No cookies. No fingerprinting. Your CV is yours.
ATS optimization
Most resume builders generate beautiful-looking PDFs that are essentially images. ATS software — used by over 99% of large companies — cannot read images. Your resume gets a parsing score of zero and is filtered out before a human ever sees it.
CV-Go generates PDFs with real, embedded text using ATS-optimal formatting: single-column layout, standard system fonts, 1-inch margins, ALL CAPS section headings — the exact structure that Workday, Taleo, Greenhouse, and iCIMS are built to parse correctly.
Support the project
CV-Go is free and will stay free. If it saved you money on a subscription you would have forgotten about, consider buying us a coffee. It helps keep the server running and motivates us to build more tools like this.
Follow the journey on @run.time.0 on Instagram.