Is dossier still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change 4 days ago. Latest release v1.13.0, 4 days ago.

New, little track record. 5.1k stars, 1 months old. Look at the code and the owner before running it.

How to install on macOS

AienTech/dossier

A self-hosted job search and resume builder app that writes tailored resumes and cover letters from your profile.

Node.jsNext.js#caprover#cover-letter#docker#job-application-tracker

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (AGPL-3.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change 4 days ago. Latest release v1.13.0, 4 days ago.
Can I trust it?: New, little track record5.1k stars, 1 months old. Look at the code and the owner before running it.

Difficulty: Moderate
Time: about 15 min
Stars: ★ 5,065
Activity: Updated this month

Saved setup from 7 h ago

Will it work on macOS?

Yes, with Docker on macOS

Apps are only published for Windows and Linux.
It's a self-hosted app: the README runs it with Docker, and you open it in your browser.
On macOS that means installing Docker Desktop first.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗dossier.aien.meThe project's own site.

Heads-upBuilding it yourself? It also needs PostgreSQL and 3 settings in .env (2 secret).

Run it with Docker

A self-hosted app: Docker runs it on your computer and you open it in the browser. Needs Docker Desktop (or Docker Engine on Linux). Run docker compose commands inside the cloned repo folder.

Docker

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/aientech/dossier hash-password

Docker

docker compose up -d

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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Parts list

1×Node.js 24runtime
1×Docker tool
1×yarn yarn@4.18.1package manager
1×PostgreSQL service

3× settings in .env

DOSSIER_PASSWORDsecret
DOSSIER_SECRETsecret
DATABASE_URL

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Good to know

Dockerfile available (base image: node:24-trixie-slim).
Nested projects: desktop/package.json

Details

License: AGPL-3.0
Open issues: 26
Branch: main

package.json scripts (12)

devnext dev
buildnext build
startnext start
linteslint
typechecknext typegen && tsc --noEmit
testvitest run
test:watchvitest
test:coveragevitest run --coverage
test:e2eplaywright test
hash-passwordtsx scripts/hash-password.ts
generateprisma generate && prisma generate --schema prisma/sqlite/schema.prisma
sqlite-schematsx prisma/sqlite/derive.ts

Files we read (12)

.env.example

.github/workflows/ci.yml

.github/workflows/desktop.yml

.github/workflows/image.yml

.github/workflows/pages.yml

.github/workflows/release.yml

DEVELOPMENT.md

Dockerfile

README.md

compose.yml

package.json

prisma/schema.prisma

1,031 files in the repo

Yes, with Docker on macOS

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