RabbitHR is a free, open source ATS.
The whole applicant tracking system is MIT licensed. You can read the code, run it on your own server, change it, and keep your candidate data in your own database. Nothing about the free edition expires.
Use it commercially, modify it, run it for clients. No licence key and no contributor agreement to sign.
Candidate records sit in your own Postgres, in the region you choose, exportable at any time.
Pipelines, scheduling, careers page, templates, RBAC and unlimited seats are all in the open-source build.
AI agents, managed hosting and enterprise governance are the commercial layer. Everything else is free.
Running it yourself
One compose file brings up the app, the database and the worker. Most teams are hiring on it the same afternoon. If nobody wants to own a server, managed hosting is on the paid plan and the product is identical.
- ✓Docker, Postgres and an S3 compatible bucket
- ✓Standard database dumps for backup, no proprietary format
- ✓REST API and webhooks for imports and integrations
- ✓Tagged releases with a readable changelog
Deeper technical documentation is on the way. Until then, the repository README covers setup end to end.
Common questions
No. It is free forever, with unlimited jobs, candidates and team members.
To self-host, one person with basic server experience. To use the hosted plan, no.
A funded core team plus outside contributors, working in public issues with a visible roadmap.
Free, open, and running today.
Self-host it, or let us host it for you. Same product either way.
support@rabbithr.co, github.com/rabbithr