Leo Vaychik
DockCV 0.3.0Early access

Your CV, without the copy-paste loop.

DockCV keeps your résumé as plain text on your own disk — then typesets a polished, tailored PDF for every application.

Get DockCV for macOSTry it in your browser
Offline-firstNo account
Plain TOMLYour file
Typst → PDFBuilt in
The DockCV editor: fields on the left, the typeset page rendering beside them
01 / 06Edit and typeset, side by side
Free & open sourceApple Silicon · macOS 11+Windows & Linux builds
01The problem

Applying to twelve places means maintaining twelve résumés

01

The folder fills up

cv-final.docx, cv-final-2.docx, cv-backend-v3.docx. Fix one bullet, fix it nine more times.

02

The layout fights back

One extra line pushes a section onto page three, and the evening goes on margins.

03

You are renting the file

Your history sits in a format only their editor opens. Leaving means copy and paste.

The DockCV loop
01
Write onceOne plain-text source
02
Pick a presetTailor without copies
03
Send the PDFTypeset locally
02The engine

Run it before you trust it

Not a video. Start in the visual editor, switch to the underlying TOML, then typeset it with the real WebAssembly engine on your machine.

Vault
einsteinAlbert Einstein · Theoretical Physicist
PresetResearch
DockCV Engine · runs locally in this browserNo account · no upload
Profile
Work variant
Structured editor225 lines · 6515 chars
Live previewA4 · Page 1 of 1

Albert Einstein

Theoretical Physicist

Bern / Zurich, Switzerland · a.einstein@example.org
Profile

Theoretical physicist working on special and general relativity, light quanta, Brownian motion, and statistical mechanics.

Research experience
Professor of Theoretical Physics1933–1955
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ
  • Investigated unified field theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics.
  • Co-authored the EPR paradox paper and continued work on relativity.
Director & Professor of Physics1914–1933
Prussian Academy of Sciences · Berlin
  • Formulated the General Theory of Relativity and its account of gravitation.
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, University of Zurich1905
Skills

Physics: Relativity, Quantum Theory, Statistical Mechanics

03Presets

Tailoring, without the copies

Every section can hold several named versions of itself. A preset picks one of each, so a research chair and a teaching post come out of the same file.

  • Fix a typo once and every preset has it fixed.
  • Add a role and choose which versions of you mention it.
  • One file to back up, and one file to diff.

1 source file · any number of tailored outputs

Same career data

Two roles, two narratives, zero duplicate documents

live presets

Output 01 · Research

Presets — einstein.toml
researchteaching
  • ProfileBase
  • WorkResearchTeaching
  • PapersSelectedComplete
  • LecturingBriefDetailed
  • SkillsTheoryPedagogy

Output 02 · Teaching

Presets — einstein.toml
researchteaching
  • ProfileBase
  • WorkResearchTeaching
  • PapersSelectedComplete
  • LecturingBriefDetailed
  • SkillsTheoryPedagogy
04Beyond the document

Writing the CV is the easy part

The hard part is remembering in March what you did in June — and knowing which version of you the company that replied had read. DockCV keeps that context beside the document instead of in another tool.

01

A library that knows where it is

Star a block and drop it into any CV. Each card says which documents already hold a copy, and an edit asks before it spreads.

Reusable blocks

02

A diary that survives the year

Paste the status report you already write and accept the wins one at a time. Later each becomes a line in a CV, and remembers where it went.

Career memory

03

Applications you can be honest about

Sending a card stores the actual PDF, so November can see what July read — and which preset gets answered.

Application history

None of it is generated. No number reaches a CV unless you wrote it down first.

05Alternatives

Where DockCV wins, and where it does not

If you never wanted your CV in a text editor, Google Docs is a good answer — and this table says so. DockCV is for people who value ownership, repeatability, and a file they can inspect.

Local-firstNo subscriptionGit-friendlyReal typesetting
Decision matrix

Choose the trade-off that matches how you apply.

Strong fit Depends Trade-off
DockCV compared with Overleaf, Google Docs, and subscription CV builders
Compare on9 criteriaLocal workbenchDockCVOwn the sourceCloud LaTeXOverleafPrecise controlDocument editorGoogle DocsStart instantlyDesign suiteCanvaVisual templates
01Where the file livesYour diskTheir serversGoogle's serversTheir servers
02Works with no networkYesNoPartlyNo
03Cost to export a PDFFreeFreeFreeOften paid
04A version per applicationPresets, one fileCopy the projectCopy the docCopy the design
05Typesetting qualityTypstLaTeXWord processorDesign tool
06Reviews well in GitPlain TOMLLaTeX sourceNoNo
07Machine-readable exportJSONNoNoNo
08Learning curveTOML keysLaTeX syntaxNoneNone
09Best fitRepeated tailoringAcademic / LaTeXFast familiar editsVisual-first CVs
06In real use

Built around one real job search

The CV on this site is not sample data. Its source is maintained in DockCV, tailored with presets, and typeset by the same engine you can run above.

plain-text source
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accounts required
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From the first user
“I wanted my CV to be a file I could diff — not a document I had to renegotiate every time I applied somewhere. DockCV is the tool I now use to maintain it.”
Leo VaychikSystems & data engineer · creator of DockCV
See the CVInspect the source
DockCV
07Download
Latest stable · v0.3.0

The latest build, directly from GitHub.

The release metadata and every download button below are refreshed from GitHub Releases. No mirror, no account, and no licence key.

  • Direct release assets
  • Checksums on GitHub
  • Files stay readable without DockCV
Synced from GitHub Releases

DockCV v0.3.0

Published 15 September 2026 · 3 platform builds

Release notes

macOS

Recommended

macOS 11 or later · Apple Silicon (M1 or newer), not Intel

Apple Silicon
DockCV-0.3.0-macos-arm64.dmg34.7 MB
Download for macOS

SHA-256 · b9da41446fd1…

Windows

Not yet tested

Windows 10 or later · 64-bit

x86-64
dockcv-0.3.0-windows-x86_64.zip33.2 MB
Download for Windows

SHA-256 · a64759436c66…

Linux

Not yet tested

64-bit · Wayland or X11

x86-64
dockcv-0.3.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz39 MB
Download for Linux

SHA-256 · 54a525f13765…

Downloads served directly by GitHubAll assets & checksums
What changedv0.3.0
  • More export formats for real-world applications
  • Put machine-local state where machine-local state goes
  • Search every name a document carries, and say which matched
Read the complete release notes
First-launch note for macOS and Windows

The macOS build carries an ad-hoc signature — a real one, with no paid Apple Developer account behind it — so macOS cannot name the developer and asks once. Open System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security, scroll to Security, and click Open Anyway. On Windows, SmartScreen shows More info ▸ Run anyway. Once, then never again — the full instructions ship with the build.

Follow the builds

GitHub can notify you about new releases. No mailing list and no address to hand over.

Watch on GitHubSubscribe to the release feed
08FAQ

Questions people ask first

The short version: it is free, local, honest about platform support, and the file stays useful even if you stop using the app.

Is it really free?

Yes. Open source under MIT or Apache-2.0, with no account, no licence key, and no fee to export your own PDF.

Does it phone home?

No telemetry, no analytics, and no account. Everything the app does — editing, typesetting, exporting — happens with no network at all. One exception, stated plainly: DockCV can check whether a newer version exists. That is off until you switch it on, and even then it only looks. Its log records what the app did, never what you wrote.

Where do my documents live?

In a folder you pick: one .toml per CV, plus library.toml, diary.toml and applications.toml. Plain text you can read without the app. Put the folder in iCloud, Dropbox or Git — DockCV never holds your work anywhere else.

Can I import a CV I already have?

From PDF, DOCX, a LinkedIn export, JSON Resume or Markdown. Nothing is written until you confirm what the importer found. A PDF that is a scan has no text to read, and DockCV says so rather than handing you an empty document.

Which platforms does it run on?

macOS 11 or later on Apple Silicon — an M1 or newer, with no Intel build. Windows and Linux archives are published too, and honestly: they build and start, and neither is tested yet.

Why does my Mac say it cannot verify the developer?

The build carries an ad-hoc signature — a real one, with no paid Apple Developer account behind it, because notarisation requires one. Open System Settings ▸ Privacy & Security, scroll to Security, and click Open Anyway. Once.

Will the file format change under me?

It may still move before 1.0 — that is what early access means. It is TOML you can read and diff, so any migration is something you can see and reverse.

Your career file, on your terms

Write it once. Send it everywhere.

Free, open source, and yours offline. Nothing to cancel later, and a plain text file to walk away with.

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