Reactive Resume
A free and open-source resume builder that keeps your privacy in mind
Alternative to: canva, resume.io, novoresume, zety
Reactive Resume is a free and open-source resume builder that simplifies the process of creating, updating, and sharing your resume. It offers a real-time preview as you type, professionally designed templates, and multiple export formats, with complete data ownership and no tracking or analytics by default for self-hosted deployments.
Reactive Resume Docker Compose example
Self-host Reactive Resume on your own server, homelab, or VPS starting from this Docker Compose example.
It runs Reactive Resume in Docker containers using the official ghcr.io/amruthpillai/reactive-resume:latest, postgres:latest, redis:latest, chrislusf/seaweedfs:latest, quay.io/minio/mc:latest images, with persistent volumes and automatic restarts preconfigured.
Review the environment variables and adjust them to your setup, save the file as compose.yml (or docker-compose.yml), and start the stack with docker compose up -d.
services:
reactive_resume:
image: ghcr.io/amruthpillai/reactive-resume:latest
restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
- app_data:/app/data
environment:
# Port the app listens on inside the container.
PORT: "3000"
# Public URL where users reach Reactive Resume. Must match the external hostname
# (used for auth callbacks, OAuth issuer, email links, OpenGraph and upload URLs).
APP_URL: "http://localhost:3000"
# PostgreSQL connection string (points at the bundled postgres service).
DATABASE_URL: "postgresql://postgres:postgres@postgres:5432/postgres"
# Secret used by Better Auth to sign sessions. Generate with: openssl rand -hex 32
AUTH_SECRET: "changeme"
# Secret used to encrypt saved AI-provider credentials in the agent workspace. Generate with: openssl rand -hex 32
ENCRYPTION_SECRET: "changeme"
# Redis connection string (points at the bundled redis service).
REDIS_URL: "redis://redis:6379"
# S3-compatible object storage (points at the bundled SeaweedFS service).
S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID: "seaweedfs"
S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: "seaweedfs"
S3_REGION: "us-east-1"
S3_ENDPOINT: "http://seaweedfs:8333"
S3_BUCKET: "reactive-resume"
S3_FORCE_PATH_STYLE: "true"
# SMTP server for sending verification / password-reset emails.
# When left blank, emails are logged to the container console instead of sent.
SMTP_HOST: ""
SMTP_PORT: ""
SMTP_USER: ""
SMTP_PASS: ""
# Sender identity for outgoing email.
SMTP_FROM: "Reactive Resume <noreply@rxresu.me>"
# Use an implicit TLS connection to the SMTP server (true) or STARTTLS/plain (false).
SMTP_SECURE: "false"
# Set to "true" to prevent new users from registering.
FLAG_DISABLE_SIGNUPS: "false"
depends_on:
postgres:
condition: service_healthy
redis:
condition: service_healthy
seaweedfs:
condition: service_healthy
seaweedfs_create_bucket:
condition: service_completed_successfully
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "node", "-e", "fetch('http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/health').then((r) => { if (!r.ok) process.exit(1); }).catch(() => process.exit(1));"]
start_period: 60s
interval: 30s
timeout: 10s
retries: 3
postgres:
image: postgres:latest
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
POSTGRES_DB: "postgres"
POSTGRES_USER: "postgres"
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "postgres"
volumes:
- postgres_data:/var/lib/postgresql
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-U", "postgres", "-d", "postgres"]
start_period: 10s
interval: 30s
timeout: 10s
retries: 3
redis:
image: redis:latest
restart: unless-stopped
command: redis-server --appendonly yes
volumes:
- redis_data:/data
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
start_period: 5s
interval: 30s
timeout: 10s
retries: 3
seaweedfs:
image: chrislusf/seaweedfs:latest
restart: unless-stopped
command: server -s3 -filer -dir=/data -ip=0.0.0.0
environment:
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: "seaweedfs"
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: "seaweedfs"
volumes:
- seaweedfs_data:/data
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "wget", "-q", "-O", "/dev/null", "http://localhost:8888"]
start_period: 10s
interval: 30s
timeout: 10s
retries: 3
seaweedfs_create_bucket:
image: quay.io/minio/mc:latest
restart: on-failure
entrypoint: >
/bin/sh -c "
sleep 5;
mc alias set seaweedfs http://seaweedfs:8333 seaweedfs seaweedfs;
mc mb seaweedfs/reactive-resume;
exit 0;
"
depends_on:
seaweedfs:
condition: service_healthy
volumes:
app_data:
postgres_data:
redis_data:
seaweedfs_data:
Values set to changeme are required — replace them with your own
values before starting Reactive Resume.
Prefer a managed setup? WinterFlow installs, configures, and updates Reactive Resume for you using this same Docker Compose configuration.