Reactive Resume v6 is a full redesign. Your resumes, letters and applications carry over, but many things live in new places. This page explains what changed from v5 and where to find what you used before.
At a glance#
| In v5 | In v6 |
|---|---|
| Separate Resumes and Cover Letters dashboards | One Documents page with All, Resumes and Letters tabs |
| Builder with left and right sidebars and a dock | Editor with four modes: Write, Design, Check and Share |
| Export panel, sharing section and version history | The Share mode, and Download & history for downloads and versions |
| Agents page and the builder’s AI sheet | The Assistant panel inside the editor (⌘ J) |
| Cover letters inside resumes, or in their own library | Cover letters are documents of their own |
| Applications table, board and insights | Applications List, Board, Insights and Calendar |
| Dates typed as free text | Structured dates: a month and year, or just a year |
| Six settings pages | Settings with Account, Preferences and AI & developer |
Documents replaces the dashboards#
The Resumes and Cover Letters pages are now one page, Documents. Use the tabs to show everything, only resumes or only letters, search with /, sort by Last edited, and switch between a grid and a list. Old links to the resume and letter dashboards still open Documents.
Everything you create starts from New in the sidebar (or press N). The New document dialog offers Import a resume, Copy a resume for a job, Start blank, New cover letter instead and Try with a sample resume. You can also drop a file anywhere on Documents to import it.
Deleting a document now moves it to Trash, with an undo. Documents stay in Trash for 30 days, and you can restore them or delete them for good before then. The Trash link appears in the sidebar only while Trash has something in it.
Learn more in Managing documents and Using the Trash.
The editor has four modes#
The builder’s sidebars, dock and panels are replaced by one editor with four modes. Switch with the control at the top of the editor, or press 1, 2, 3 or 4.
- Write holds your content: the Basics card (name, photo, contact details and custom fields), then your sections in print order. Each section and entry has a ⋯ menu for options such as hiding, duplicating or moving it. You can also select a block on the page to jump to it in the panel.
- Design holds the look: Template, Entries, Type, Color, Page and Advanced (custom fonts, the date format, custom CSS and more). The template gallery shows all 17 templates filled with your own content.
- Check reviews your resume. It lists issues pinned to the lines they belong to and gives a readability score, a Job match against a posting, and an AI Writing review. It replaces the ATS section of the old builder; the public ATS checker page is still available.
- Share publishes your resume as a web page. See the next section.
The document name at the top left opens the document menu: Rename…, Duplicate, Lock editing, Notes, Details, Print, More download formats, History and Move to Trash. Private notes and printing moved here.
Learn more in Editor overview and Checking your resume.
Sharing has its own mode#
Share in the editor bar is the fourth mode. It publishes your resume as a web page in your template, sets its address, can Require a password or Hide contact details, and shows views and downloads for the last 30 days. The public address moved here from the old “edit details” dialog.
Downloads and version history live in the Download & history panel. Open it with the arrow beside Download PDF (More download formats) or the History icon in the editor bar. It has two tabs:
- Download saves a PDF, Word, Markdown or JSON file, with a file name you can change.
- History lists earlier versions of your document. You can name a version (for example, the one you sent to a company), preview it and restore it. Restoring no longer asks for confirmation, because it can be undone: your state before the restore is kept as a version called Before restore.
Download PDF in the editor bar downloads right away, and ⌘ P now downloads the PDF instead of opening the print dialog. To print, use Print in the document menu.
Learn more in Sharing your resume publicly, Exporting your resume and Undoing changes and version history.
The Assistant replaces Agents#
The separate Agents page is gone. The AI assistant now opens as a panel beside the page in the editor, for resumes and letters alike. Open it with the sparkle button in the editor bar or ⌘ J.
The biggest change: the assistant never edits your document directly. It proposes edits, showing the old text struck through, the new text and why, and you accept or reject each one. It can ask you a clarifying question when a request is unclear. Your earlier conversations are under Past conversations in the panel, and old Agents links open the right document with the conversation showing.
The assistant, Improve on a line of text, and Check’s Writing review use an AI provider you connect yourself in Settings → AI & developer.
Learn more in Connecting an AI provider and Using the assistant.
Cover letters are documents of their own#
In v5, a cover letter could be a section inside a resume. In v6, every letter is its own document in Documents, with its own editor (Write and Design modes), downloads and history. A letter can be linked to a resume, and it then uses that resume’s contact details and design unless you give the letter its own design.
When your account moved to v6, every cover-letter section in your resumes was saved as a separate letter linked to that resume, named after the resume and the section. The resumes themselves no longer contain letters. Letters don’t have public links.
Learn more in Writing a cover letter.
Applications got a redesign#
The job tracker now has four views: List, Board, Insights and Calendar. On phones, the list is used in place of the board and calendar.
- Add application starts from a job link or a pasted posting.
- Each application moves through Saved, Applied, Screening, Interview and Offer. When it ends, you close it with a reason instead of marking it rejected or archiving it. Use Show closed to see closed ones.
- Selecting an application opens its detail sheet with the stage, the next step (interviews and follow-ups), what you sent, notes, contacts and activity.
- The Calendar view shows your interviews. Add to calendar on an interview saves it as an
.icsfile for your own calendar app. - From an application, you can tailor a resume or write a letter for that job.
Learn more in Tracking job applications and Tailoring a resume for a job.
Dates are structured#
Dates used to be free text. Now each date is a month and year (such as Mar 2022) or just a year, and ongoing entries use Present. Because Reactive Resume understands the dates, it can sort entries and check them, and every date on your resume prints the same way. Choose how they print in Design → Advanced → Date format: Mar 2022, March 2022, 03/2022 or 2022-03.
Your existing dates were converted automatically. Anything that couldn’t be read exactly, such as “Summer 2016”, still prints as you wrote it until you edit that date.
Learn more in Entering dates.
A new PDF engine that runs in your browser#
The page you see in the editor is the real PDF, rendered in your browser as you type. Downloads are made in your browser too, so they match the preview exactly and don’t wait for a server. The engine runs in the background, so typing stays responsive even on long resumes.
Settings are consolidated#
The six settings pages are now three. To open them, select your name at the bottom of the sidebar, then Settings:
- Account: your profile and photo, password, two-step verification, passkeys and linked sign-in methods, exporting all your data, and deleting your account. Sign out is here too.
- Preferences: appearance (Light, Dark, or following your system), language and motion.
- AI & developer: AI providers, API keys and the MCP server.
Old settings links open the matching new page.
Learn more in Updating your profile and Changing appearance and language.
Faster ways to get around#
Press ⌘ K (Ctrl K on Windows and Linux) anywhere to open the command bar. Search your resumes, applications and assistant conversations, jump to a page, change the theme or language, or type a question to ask the assistant. See Using the command bar and the full list of keyboard shortcuts.
What was removed#
A few v5 features didn’t make it into v6:
- The compact view on the resume dashboard (grid and list remain) and the collapsible sidebar.
- Automatically applied AI edits. Every assistant edit is now a proposal you review.
- Adding a cover letter inside a resume, and the cover-letter tab in a resume’s downloads. Use a separate letter.
- Archiving assistant conversations and showing token counts.
- The fit score stored on applications.
If you self-host#
Upgrading your own server from v5 to v6 involves database migrations and a few API changes. Follow Migrating from v5 before you update.