# dnl-blkv/mcdowell-cv

A Nice-looking CV template made into LaTeX

Repository: https://github.com/dnl-blkv/mcdowell-cv
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mcdowell-cv
Homepage: https://www.careercup.com/resume
Language: TeX
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: latex, cv, curriculum-vitae, template, resume, tidy, clean, simple, mcdowell-cv, class, neat, easy-to-use, gayle, mcdowell
Last push: 2024-05-10T15:00:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3915, "days_push": 845, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2704, forks 848 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:11.530551+00:00)

## What it is
A LuaLaTeX document class implementing Gayle L. McDowell's clean, space-efficient CV/resume design. It provides commands for headers, contacts, and CV sections, and ships with an example template.

## Use cases
- create a clean one-page resume in latex
- format a cv using the mcdowell design
- build a resume pdf from tex
- make a tidy curriculum vitae template
- typeset a job application resume

## When to choose
- you want a proven, recruiter-friendly resume layout in LaTeX
- you prefer compiling documents with lualatex
- you need a simple, space-efficient CV class with an included example

## When to avoid
- you need a graphical WYSIWYG resume editor
- you don't want to install a LaTeX toolchain
- you need highly creative or multi-column resume designs

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: templating, pdf, documentation
- domain: documentation, developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: latex, cv-template, resume, lualatex, mcdowell-cv, typography

## Member repositories
- dnl-blkv/mcdowell-cv (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.530551+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:15:51.813942+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/dnl-blkv/mcdowell-cv (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:11.530551+00:00, sha edbede60e15b)
  - homepage: https://www.careercup.com/resume (fetched 2026-08-29T09:58:53.235231+00:00, sha 515abab8718a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.