Brilliant CV
Brilliant CV is a free, open-source portfolio template. Another CV template for your job application, yet powered by Typst and more. It has 846 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license. A live demo is linked from this page.
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Get started
Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.
npx degit yunanwg/brilliant-CV my-site
cd my-sitegit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yunanwg/brilliant-CV.git my-siteSources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.
About Brilliant CV
A modern, modular, and feature-rich CV template for Typst. v4 is a breaking change. Coming from v3? See the Migration Guide for the v3 fields that now panic with a migration message (language, nonlatinfont, [lang. ], injectaiprompt, …) and their v4 replacements.
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How do I use Brilliant CV?
Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit yunanwg/brilliant-CV my-site (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.
Can I use Brilliant CV for commercial projects?
Yes. Brilliant CV is released under the Apache-2.0 license, a permissive license that allows commercial use as long as you keep the copyright and license notice. Third-party assets bundled with it (images, fonts, icons) may have their own terms.
Is Brilliant CV maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 20, 2026. Its latest release is v4.1.1. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.