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RabbitHR
What RabbitHR is
RabbitHR is an open-source applicant tracking system for organizing hiring work from application through decision. It runs on the web, through an API, or as self-hosted software. Teams can create drag-and-drop pipelines for each role or start with templates; stages may trigger notifications, scorecards, and emails. Candidate records combine owners, statuses, notes, files, and a decision trail, with shared scorecards and team mentions for collaboration. The hosted careers page can use a hiring team’s domain, while incoming applications retain their source. Paid Rabbit Agents screen resumes against a role, rank applicants, and display reasoning, but recruiters control advancement. Interview scheduling, workflow automation, REST API access, webhooks, and CSV or API imports are included. Community Edition is MIT licensed. Self-hosting uses Docker, Postgres, and an S3-compatible attachment bucket. Community is free; Small Team costs $20 a month and adds AI screening, managed hosting, and email support.
Who it suits
RabbitHR suits startups, recruiting agencies, and small to mid-size teams managing hiring pipelines. It also fits teams needing self-hosting, API access, or a hosted careers page.
What it does well
- Open-source Community Edition uses an MIT license
- Drag-and-drop pipelines support role-specific hiring workflows
- Hosted careers page can use the team’s domain
- Agents show ranking reasoning while recruiters decide
- REST API and webhooks support integrations
What to know first
- Self-hosting requires Docker, Postgres, and S3-compatible storage
- AI screening is limited to the paid Small Team plan
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Community | forever · Unlimited jobs and candidates · Unlimited team members · Pipelines, scheduling, scorecards · Hosted careers page · REST API and webhooks | Free |
| Small Team | monthly; cancel any month · AI resume screening · Candidate ranking with visible reasoning · Managed hosting option · Email support | $20 a month |
| Enterprise Cloud | Managed hosting and upgrades · SSO, SCIM and granular RBAC · Analytics and compliance modules · Agent controls and audit logs · Dedicated support and SLA | On request |
As rabbithr.co lists them, read 12 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
RabbitHR combines pipeline management, candidate collaboration, careers pages, scheduling, and integrations in one recruiting system. Its free Community plan covers core hiring features, while paid functionality adds AI screening and hosting options.
Facts from RabbitHR's own pages
- Agent controls
- Agents do not move candidates between stages or send decisions, and can be switched off per pipeline. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- AI screening
- Paid Rabbit Agents screen resumes against a role, rank candidates and show their reasoning; recruiters decide who advances. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- Career site
- Yes · rabbithr.co, 20 Sept 2026
- Careers pages
- RabbitHR publishes a hosted careers page that can use the hiring team's domain, and applications enter the pipeline with their source attached. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Candidate records include owners, statuses, notes, files and a decision trail, with shared scorecards and team mentions. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- Data portability
- Users can import candidates, jobs and stage history from CSV or the REST API, with attachments included, and can downgrade while retaining their data. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · rabbithr.co, 20 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- RabbitHR provides a REST API and webhooks for imports and integrations. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- RabbitHR describes itself as built for startups hiring their first twenty people, recruiting agencies managing multiple clients, and small to mid-size teams. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- Interview scheduling
- Teams can share panel availability so candidates can book interviews, with scorecards attached to invites. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- License and data
- The Community Edition is MIT licensed, and self-hosting keeps candidate records in the user's own Postgres database and chosen region. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- Pipelines
- Drag-and-drop pipelines can trigger stage notifications, scorecards and emails, and can be set up per role or from a template. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy and compliance
- The FAQ says self-hosting lets teams choose the applicant-data region and manage retention windows, deletion requests and consent records on candidate records. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- RabbitHR is an open-source applicant tracking system for managing hiring pipelines, candidates, interviews and careers pages. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- Self-hosting requires Docker, Postgres and an S3-compatible bucket for attachments, and the project provides a Docker Compose setup. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- Community users get support through GitHub; Small Team includes email support with a one-day reply, and Enterprise includes dedicated support with an SLA. · rabbithr.co, 12 Oct 2026
- Workflow automation
- Yes · rabbithr.co, 20 Sept 2026
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