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Ask HN: Why is there no open-source applicant tracking system (ATS)?

7 pointsby seestrawover 2 years ago
Greenhouse and Lever are good but are there any open source alternatives? I need one for my company but I don&#x27;t want to spend the exorbitant amount and I want some customizations.<p>The existing options don&#x27;t seem anywhere as good as existing closed-source software.

6 comments

Jugurthaover 2 years ago
We used GitLab to track applications.<p>Each application was an issue. It contained the résumé and information about the applicant. We had an issue template.<p>Stages of the process were labels. We&#x27;d move the issue around and our discussions would be in comments on the issue. It worked for us really well.<p>We used GitLab for administration as well.
solardevover 2 years ago
Are there any coders who would voluntarily work in HR?
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gadflyinyoureyeover 2 years ago
As was pointed out, you haven&#x27;t built one. More particularly you need to create software that allows a community to support, use and profit from it. For example, could you make it so that niche industry build one and pay for a low support contract or even run it on their own like a Discord server?
bogdanuover 2 years ago
I was thinking about implementing a OSS one, I even started a thread about it. Sadly, I don&#x27;t have any experience in this domain.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=32618545" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=32618545</a>
necovekover 2 years ago
Because YOU didn&#x27;t build one. :)<p>Only half joking, things happen when one needs them in free software.
quickthrower2over 2 years ago
Maybe CRM software is good enough?