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Document Template Filler from CSV

Generate 200 personalised letters or certificates from a template and a sheet.

Beginner8h1 person16/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Document Template Filler from CSV for admin staff, teachers and ngos in ~8h with 1 person. Stack: Next.js + React-PDF + CSV.

Why it wins: Saves admin hours with a tiny build.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Mail merge tools are clunky and often paid.
02 · Solution
Upload a template with placeholders and a CSV, preview each output and download a ZIP of PDFs.
03 · Build
  1. 1Parse the template
  2. 2Read the CSV
  3. 3Render PDFs
  4. 4Bundle outputs
04 · Demo
Generate 50 certificates in seconds.

MVP checklist

  • Placeholder detection
  • Preview
  • Bulk PDF export
  • ZIP download

Tech stack

TechRole
Next.jsFrontend + API routes
React-PDFPDF generation
CSVData import

Reference repos

Open-source projects you can build on. Links checked 2026-10-31.

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