A free applicant tracking system, built for hiring teams.
Most tools labelled free are a two week trial or a locked demo. RabbitHR is a real applicant tracking system you can run at no cost, with unlimited jobs, candidates and logins for everyone who reviews people.
No credit card, no seat limits, no trial clock.
Yes, RabbitHR is a genuinely free ATS for hiring teams, not a resume checker. You get the full applicant tracking system at no cost, and you only pay if you want AI screening or managed cloud hosting.
What the free edition includes
The free plan is the whole hiring workflow, not a stripped teaser. Nothing here is metered.
Post as many roles as you are hiring for, each with its own pipeline and owner, with no cap on active postings.
Track every applicant through every stage. There is no record limit and no charge when your pipeline grows.
Every recruiter, hiring manager and interviewer logs in at zero marginal cost. No per-user bill, ever.
Pipelines, a hosted careers page, scheduling, scorecards, templates and role-based access are all in the free build.
Free versus paid, stated plainly
We do not hide the line. The applicant tracking system is free. The paid plan adds automation and hosting for teams that want them, and nothing migrates when you upgrade because the data is already yours.
Compare free and paidWhy it is free
RabbitHR runs on an open core model. The applicant tracking system is MIT licensed and free because the code is open, so anyone can read it, run it and keep their candidate data in their own database. We fund the project through the optional paid layer, not by charging you per seat to track applicants.
- ✓Open source, so the free edition cannot be taken away
- ✓Your candidate data stays in your own database, exportable any time
- ✓The paid plan funds the roadmap, so free stays maintained
- ✓Built for employers and hiring teams, not for scoring resumes
Read the licence and the code on the open source page.
Search results for a free ATS are crowded with tools aimed at jobseekers trying to beat a scanner. RabbitHR is the opposite side of the table. It is software for the people doing the hiring, so you can post roles, collect applications on your own careers page, and move candidates through a real pipeline.
Free ATS questions
Yes. RabbitHR is a free applicant tracking system with unlimited jobs, candidates and team members. There is no trial clock and no per-seat charge for the free edition.
Yes. The free edition is MIT licensed and stays free. It never expires, never downgrades your data, and never asks for a card. Paid plans add AI screening and managed hosting, but the core ATS remains free.
There is no catch on the free edition. The paid layer is optional: AI screening agents, managed cloud hosting and enterprise governance. If you self-host and screen candidates by hand, you never pay anything.
For most small teams, yes. RabbitHR gives you a pipeline per role, a hosted careers page, scheduling, scorecards and unlimited logins on the free edition, which covers the whole hiring workflow for a small company.
Free forever, live before your next standup.
Unlimited jobs, candidates and seats. Upgrade only when you want AI screening or managed hosting.