Overview:
Reqcore is a simple, open-source applicant tracking system (ATS) designed to be self-hosted. It provides a lightweight alternative to per-seat-priced SaaS hiring tools, focusing on core recruitment workflows without feature bloat. Targeted at organizations and teams who want to own their hiring data, Reqcore offers job management, a candidate pipeline, a public job board, and document storage. Built with a modern tech stack (Nuxt 4, Vue 3, PostgreSQL), it is designed to be deployed on a single VPS and is currently in active, early open-source development.
Core Features:
Job management: Create, edit, and track jobs through stages from draft to archived.
Candidate pipeline with Kanban: Drag and drop candidates through a visual pipeline covering screening, interview, offer, and hired stages.
Public job board: Generates SEO-friendly job listings with custom slugs for applicants to browse and apply to.
Custom application forms: Allows the addition of custom questions (text, select, file upload) for each job posting.
Multi-tenant organization support: Provides isolated data per organization with role-based membership.
Secure document access: Ensures resumes are never exposed via public URLs; all access is authenticated and streamed.
Use Cases:
Teams wanting to own their hiring data: Organizations looking to avoid vendor lock-in and data storage in third-party cloud services.
Recruiters needing a focused pipeline view: Using the Kanban board and recruiter dashboard to track candidates through stages.
System administrators deploying to a single VPS: Deploying the entire application stack (Postgres, MinIO, app) via Docker Compose and a reverse proxy.
Recruitment teams managing multiple roles: Using the multi-tenant feature to isolate data and manage permissions for different positions or sub-organizations.
Why It Matters:
Reqcore directly addresses the cost and data control issues of commercial ATS tools by being fully self-hosted and free of per-seat fees. Its design explicitly avoids the complexity and pricing models of platforms like Greenhouse, Lever, and Ashby. As an open-source, actively developed project with a modern stack, it offers a transparent and customizable foundation for teams that require simple, owned infrastructure rather than a feature-rich SaaS solution, filling a gap for those who found alternatives like OpenCATS to be stale.
