Hire Gnome
The Open Source ATS for Small Recruiting Agencies·hiregnome.com
Hire Gnome is a free, open-source Applicant Tracking System built for small recruiting and staffing agencies. It provides AI-powered resume parsing, candidate summaries, submission write-ups, interview question generation, and match-fit analysis, alongside full pipeline tracking covering candidates, clients, job orders, submissions, interviews, and placements. The product includes a public career site, Kanban pipeline views, operational reporting, and direct data import/migration from Bullhorn and Zoho Recruit. It can be self-hosted for free or run as a fully managed hosted service.
What it's for
Features 21
- Admin data export (JSON, NDJSON, ZIP) with date-range filtering
- AI candidate summaries generated on demand
- AI email drafting with purpose and tone controls
- AI interview question set generation
- AI match fit explanations for candidates and job orders
- AI resume parsing with fallback parser
- AI submission write-ups for client-facing introductions
- Audit trails and admin diagnostics
- Bullhorn direct API export and migration
- Candidate and job order match workspaces
- Client review portal with persistent magic links
- Custom fields on all modules
- File attachments with S3-compatible storage
- Full pipeline tracking: Candidates, Clients, Contacts, Job Orders, Submissions, Interviews, Placements
- Global search across all entities
- Inbound email logging via Postmark
- List and Kanban pipeline views with drag-and-drop status updates
- Operational reporting with KPIs, pipeline totals, trends, owner performance, and Excel export
- Public career site with quick apply and resume upload
- Role-based access control (Administrator, Director, Recruiter) with division scoping
- Staged import preview with per-row safety checks
At a glance
Integrations
Pricing
Open Source plan is free forever when self-hosted. The Hosted plan is $79/month plus $7 per user per month. The We Set It Up plan is a $499 one-time setup fee. A $799 one-time Bullhorn Migration add-on is available with the Setup or Hosted plans. New signups via the workspace request form are offered the first 14 days free.
Self-hosted on own Node.js 20 server with MySQL 8+; free forever.
Unlimited users (self-managed); community support via GitHub
Bullhorn Migration add-on available for +$799.
One-time professional setup; ready in 24 hours
Plus $7 per user per month on top of the $79/month base fee; billed automatically via Stripe; new signups get the first 14 days free.
Base $79/month plus $7 per user per month