freehire
freehire — the open-source search engine for job seekers
⭐ 3,239 stars on GitHub · 🍴 335 forks · 📜 License: mit · 💻 Language: Go
What is freehire?
A self-hosted Backend-as-a-Service — Firebase/Supabase alternative with built-in Auth, DB, Storage, Realtime, and Functions.
The biggest strength is ~10% the cost of commercial BaaS for medium-sized projects.
Best for indie hackers, startups, agencies shipping fast without Firebase costs at scale.
Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:
- 🏷️
ats - 🏷️
career - 🏷️
careers - 🏷️
golang - 🏷️
hiring - 🏷️
job-aggregator - 🏷️
job-board - 🏷️
job-portal - 🏷️
job-scraper - 🏷️
job-search
📸 Screenshots

Quick install
The project supports Docker Compose:
git clone https://github.com/strelov1/freehire.git
cd freehire
docker compose up -d
Check the README in the repo for required env variables.
Minimum system requirements
| Component | Recommended |
|---|---|
| RAM | 2048 MB |
| CPU | 2 vCPU |
| Disk | 25 GB SSD |
| OS | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / Debian 12 |
| Docker | 24.0+ |
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Resources
- 🔗 GitHub: strelov1/freehire
- 🌐 Homepage: https://freehire.me
- 📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
- 💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions
Article compiled from GitHub data on 27/10/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.