OneTimeThe hiring pipeline a small company actually needs.
Greenhouse and BambooHR ATS add-ons run hundreds per month on annual contracts, priced for 200-person companies. Hirestack is the kanban board and resume folder a 5-20 person company actually needs — post jobs, get an instant careers page, and drag candidates through a pipeline. $49, once.
Hirestack in 60 seconds
Everything in the box
Self-hosted ATS: careers page, kanban pipeline and resumes stored on your own disk.
Job postings
Title, description, location and type; each gets a clean public URL the moment you publish.
Public careers page
Auto-generated at /careers, brandable, server-rendered and fully HTML-escaped.
Application form
Name, email, phone, cover letter and a resume upload with a 10MB cap and file-type validation.
Pipeline kanban
Drag candidate cards between applied, screening, interview, offer, hired and rejected.
Candidate profiles
Resume download, star rating, tags, cover letter and full history in one place.
Notes and email log
Multi-user notes plus a paste-in email thread log per candidate.
Interview scorecards
A simple rubric: criteria rated 1-5 with comments, per interviewer.
Cross-job search
Filter every candidate you have ever had by text, stage, tag or minimum rating.
Hirestack vs Greenhouse / BambooHR
Greenhouse / BambooHR charges $100s/mo. Here's what actually differs.
| Hirestack | Greenhouse / BambooHR | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49 once | $100s/mo |
| Careers page + application form | Yes | Yes |
| Kanban pipeline | Yes | Yes |
| Resume storage | Yes (your disk) | Their cloud |
| Interview scorecards | Yes (simple rubric) | Yes (more complex) |
| Approval chains, HRIS, payroll | No | Yes |
| Candidate data ownership | Yes (SQLite file you can cp) | Vendor export |
| Self-hosted / offline | Yes | No |
One month of a big-name ATS add-on buys Hirestack outright, contract-free.
Pick how you pay
Subscriptions if you want them — but the whole point is the lifetime tier.
Up and running in three steps
Buy once on Whop
One payment of $49 gets you the packaged Windows installer with everything pre-wired, or clone the MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/applicant-tracker-mvp and run it free.
Run desktop or deploy
Run npm run desktop locally auto-logged-in, or docker compose onto a $5 VPS when you need the careers page public.
Post a job
Publish a posting and your careers page and application form go live at /careers immediately.
Fair questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — Hirestack is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/applicant-tracker-mvp. The $49 buys the packaged Windows installer and updates; building from source is free.
Where do resumes and candidate data live?
In a SQLite file plus a plain uploads folder on your own disk — resumes never go in the DB. Back it all up with cp.
Is this a subscription in disguise?
No. $49 once, no renewal, no annual contract. Self-hosted or offline, your candidate data stays yours.
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More about Hirestack
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