In simple English
This program helps you run your company hiring process from one place. It replaces messy spreadsheets, lost emails, and separate hiring tools. You can post jobs, read resumes, schedule interviews, and send job offers. You run it on your own server, so your candidate data stays private. It is free to use under an open-source licence.
What it is
OpenATS is a self-hosted applicant tracking system built with Next.js, Express, and PostgreSQL. It includes a candidate pipeline board, resume text search, automated assessments, calendar scheduling, and team scorecards.
What it is good for
Small teams and solo founders who want to manage job applicants without paying for expensive hosted recruitment software or sharing data with third parties.
- Keeps all resumes, notes, and interview schedules in one organized place.
- Includes automated resume text search and scoring tools.
- Runs on your own infrastructure with your own database and storage.
- Requires Docker, Node.js, and manual setup of environment variables and object storage.
- Needs 2 to 4 GB of memory, plus running PostgreSQL, Redis, and a background worker.
- Apache-2.0 licence gives free use but requires preserving copyright notices.
Spreadsheets and paid hosted recruitment software
PostgreSQL
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git clone https://github.com/chamals3n4/OpenATS.git && cd OpenATS make setup make dev