Cover letter generator with Ollama/local LLMs (Open source)
Details
- External ID
- 46428699
- Source
- HN
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- Product
- Cover letter generator with Ollama/local LLMs (Open source)
- Website domain
- github.com
- Launched
- Dec. 30, 2025
- Cohort
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- Upvotes
- 14
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.5868320610687023
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- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
I built an open source web app that generates cover letters using local AI models (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, etc.) so your resume and job application data never leaves your machine.No placeholders. No typing. Letters are ready to copy and paste.The workflow is: 1. Upload your resume (PDF) - it gets parsed and cached in your browser. 2. Paste the job description 3. Get a personalized cover letter in ~5 secondsIt connects to any OpenAI-compatible local LLM endpoint. I use it with Ollama + llama3.2, but it works with any local model server.Key features: - 100% local and private depending on the LLM of your choice - Smart resume parsing with pdf-parse - Multi-language support (you can add more languages) - Editable output with one-click copyI made this because I was tired of wasting time with writing letters while applying for jobs. All other tools I tried weren't as quick as I wanted because I still needed to modify the letters to replace placeholders.I also didn't find any tool that let's me use my local LLM for free, and I didn't want to pay for ChatGPT/Claude API calls for every job application.The output quality is good, and it can bypass some AI detectors.It's open source too and free to use. You can self-host it or run it locally in development mode.GitHub: https://github.com/stanleyume/coverlettermakerCheers :)
Enrichment
- Theme
- Vertical
- HR & recruiting
- Function
- Content generation
- Audience
- B2C
- AI stance
- AI-native
- Project type
- Hobby / open-source project
- Normalized one-liner
- cover letter generator with local llms
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes It is an open-source web application that parses an uploaded PDF resume and feeds the text into a local LLM runner (like Ollama) via a standard REST API prompt.
Discussion
17 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: AI-generated letters indistinguishable from each other, reduce uniqueness, Hiring systems already use AI filtering, making cover letters irrelevant, Applicants using AI when companies explicitly prohibit it, Tool enables laziness rather than genuine effort and preparation, LLM-generated text has detectable stylistic hallmarks that signal inauthenticity
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