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Resume by OpenApps is a free Zety alternative. Free. Unlimited resumes and downloads.

A free resume builder with no paywall at download. Fill in your experience, pick a clean template and download a PDF with real, selectable text. No trial, no subscription, no watermark, and your resume stays on your device unless you share it by link.

Open Resume Free. Unlimited resumes and downloads.

Instead of Zety, Resume.io

What you get, free

  • Contact, summary, experience, education, skills, projects and more
  • Three clean templates that read well in applicant tracking systems
  • Download a PDF with real text, plus plain text and JSON
  • Saved on your device as you type
  • Share a link, and edit it from a private admin link
  • API for AI assistants: turn career notes into a resume in one call

Resumes are made in your browser; shared links cost very little. It stays free.

For AI assistants

An assistant can turn a person's career notes into a formatted resume in one call and hand back a link where the PDF downloads.

The app's guide for assistants is at resume-free.openapps.xyz/llms.txt, and its API at https://functions.bounded.sh/apps/70bace54357d4b57b674108f/api.

How it compares

AppFree planPaid plans
ResumeFree. Unlimited resumes and downloads.None
ZetyUnlimited resumes, but the free download is plain text only.Zety lets you build a resume for free, but the free download was reported as plain text only; a PDF needs a trial (about $1.95 for 14 days) that renews at about $25.95 every four weeks.
Resume.ioOne resume and one cover letter, downloaded as plain text only.Resume.io, like most resume builders, charges for full downloads through a short trial that turns into a subscription.

Free plans checked October 2026 on each company's own page: Zety, Resume.io. Paid prices are approximate and change often.

Questions

Is the PDF download really free?
Yes. No trial, no subscription and no watermark.
Will it pass applicant tracking systems?
The templates use real text in a simple structure, which is what those systems read best.
Is my resume uploaded?
Only if you share it by link. Otherwise it stays on your device.
Can my AI assistant write it?
Yes. The API takes resume data and returns a link with the PDF.

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Use Resume now

No account. Free for as long as it exists, and it is an OpenApp, so its source is public.

Open Resume