ResumeForge: AI-Powered Resume Builder

ResumeForge is an intelligent resume builder that helps you create professional resumes with AI-powered suggestions and beautiful templates. 🚀

Motivation

Building an effective resume can be time-consuming and challenging, especially for students and job seekers unfamiliar with formatting and content optimization. This project was motivated by the need for an AI-powered, user-friendly platform that simplifies resume creation, ensuring personalized and professional outputs.

Overview

This AI-powered Resume Builder allows users to create, edit, and manage their resume profiles with Firebase authentication and Firestore data storage. The platform offers agent-curated summaries, customizable templates, and PDF downloads.

Features

• Smart Resume Builder with intuitive form interface
• Multiple professional templates (Classic, Modern, Minimalist)
• AI-powered content suggestions using Groq
• Easy export to PDF
• Real-time preview
• Automatic backup system

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12 or higher
• pip (Python package installer)
• A Groq API key (for AI features)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Mohanty-Hitesh-4495/ResumeForge-AI-Powered-Resume-Builder.git
cd resume_builder

2. Create a virtual environment (recommended):

# Windows
python -m venv myenv
myenv\Scripts\activate

# Linux/Mac
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Create a .env file in the root directory and add your Groq API key:

GROQ_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

Directory Structure

resume_builder/
├── app/
│   ├── form.py
│   ├── resume_generator.py
│   └── summarizer_agent.py
├── templates/
│   ├── classic.html
│   ├── modern.html
│   └── minimalist.html
├── assets/
├── backups/
├── output/
├── preview/
├── .env
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md

Running the Application

1. Make sure your virtual environment is activated

2. Run the Streamlit app:

streamlit run app/Home.py

3. Open your web browser and navigate to the URL shown in the terminal (usually http://localhost:8501)

Usage

1. Start at the home page and click "Start Building Your Resume"
2. Fill out your information in the form sections:
   • Personal Information
   • Experience
   • Education
   • Skills
   • Projects
   • Certifications
   • Languages
3. Use the AI-powered suggestions to enhance your content
4. Choose a template and generate your resume
5. Download your resume as a PDF

Notes

• The application automatically saves backups of your resume data
• You can load sample data to see how the resume builder works
• The AI features require a valid Groq API key
• Generated resumes are saved in the output directory
• Preview files are stored in the preview directory

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the MIT LICENSE file for details.