Preview. These maps are our reading of public sources and haven't been checked with the projects' maintainers yet.
HN Who's Hiring ranker (hn_whos_hiring)
A local Python dashboard that scores every post in HN's monthly 'Who is hiring?' thread against your resume, drafts emails and prefills forms through Claude Code.
Created and last pushed 2026-10-02, the day of its Show HN (gh api). (checked 2026-10-25)
In Job search tools
Where it stands apart
- Which part of the job search is it mainly for? finding or vetting listings (25% of 20 others)
- Does it submit job applications on the user's behalf? it prepares or fills applications, but a person (or another tool) submits (10% of 20 others)
- How does the maker present automated applying (which many employers dislike)? accepts it with guardrails (true answers only, fit filters, human approval, platform rules) (25% of 20 others)
- Where do its job listings mainly come from? Hacker News hiring threads (5% of 19 others)
- Does the maker promise the AI will not invent experience or answers? yes, a stated rule (25% of 20 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (85% of 20 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? individual side project, no revenue (53% of 19 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (50% of 20 others)
- Who is it for? developers (50% of 20 others)
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? none of these (its own format or interface) (68% of 19 others)
- Does it read or act on LinkedIn automatically (LinkedIn's terms forbid bots)? no (72% of 18 others)
- How do users pay? free (no paid option) (63% of 19 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Keel 69% of 13 shared answers match
- JobTrace 65% of 17 shared answers match
- ResuMorph 65% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes Runs on your machine; model calls go to Anthropic through your Claude Code login. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account No account with the maker; needs a Claude subscription or API key. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | none of these (its own format or interface) Local Python dashboard driving Claude Code; no SKILL.md files. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which part of the job search is it mainly for? | stands apart finding or vetting listings Ranks posts; also drafts emails and prefills forms. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it submit job applications on the user's behalf? | stands apart it prepares or fills applications, but a person (or another tool) submits Fills forms in Chrome and creates Gmail drafts but 'never sends or submits'. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does the maker present automated applying (which many employers dislike)? | stands apart accepts it with guardrails (true answers only, fit filters, human approval, platform rules) Every application ends with you clicking the button; checkboxes only when the profile backs them. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do its job listings mainly come from? | stands apart Hacker News hiring threads | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it read or act on LinkedIn automatically (LinkedIn's terms forbid bots)? | no | source 2026-10-26 |
| By default, where does the user's resume and profile data go? | the user keeps it, but it's sent to an AI provider for processing | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who runs and pays for the AI? | the user's own key, subscription, or local model | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does the maker promise the AI will not invent experience or answers? | stands apart yes, a stated rule | source 2026-10-26 |
| Is it for tech jobs specifically? | tech or software roles only or mainly | source 2026-10-26 |
| How do users pay? | free (no paid option) | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/MaxwellVolz/hn_whos_hiring · read 2026-10-25
RSS for this project · Its own release feed
Are you a maintainer? Claiming and correcting projects is coming soon.