Hire Gnome is a lightweight, open-source Applicant Tracking System (ATS) designed for small recruiting agencies and independent recruiters. Many ATS platforms are expensive and overly complex for smaller teams. Hire Gnome focuses on the core recruiting workflow—managing candidates, tracking submissions, and organizing hiring pipelines—while giving teams the option to self-host and maintain full control over their data.

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Hey Product Hunt 👋 I’m Harry, the developer behind Hire Gnome. After years working with recruiting data systems and platforms like Bullhorn, I kept seeing the same pattern: small recruiting agencies were forced into expensive, complex ATS platforms that were clearly designed for much larger organizations. Many teams just wanted something simple. So I started building Hire Gnome — a lightweight, open-source ATS designed for small recruiting agencies and independent recruiters. The idea is straightforward: • keep the core recruiting workflow simple • allow teams to self-host and own their data • avoid the complexity of enterprise recruiting software Hire Gnome is still early and evolving, but the goal is to build a practical alternative for smaller recruiting teams. If you run a recruiting agency or work in staffing tech, I’d love to hear what features matter most to you. Thanks for checking it out!

Framer — Launch websites with enterprise needs at startup speeds.

Launch websites with enterprise needs at startup speeds.

Hire Gnome

Open-source Bullhorn alternative for small agencies.

Open-source Bullhorn alternative for small agencies.