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Keel
An open-core job-application pipeline (discovery, fit scoring, truthful tailoring, prescreen gates) that builds verified application packets; the submission layer stays private.
Version 0.6.6; last push 2026-10-13 (gh api). (checked 2026-10-25)
In Job search tools
Where it stands apart
- How is the main thing licensed? open parts around a closed core (5% of 20 others)
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? public ATS job-board APIs (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby) (11% of 19 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? employers' own career pages or ATS feeds (16% 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)
- How do users pay? free (no paid option) (63% of 19 others)
Not documented
The public sources we read don't say:
- Does it read or act on LinkedIn automatically (LinkedIn's terms forbid bots)?
- By default, where does the user's resume and profile data go?
- Who runs and pays for the AI?
- Is it for tech jobs specifically?
Nearest neighbors
- HN Who's Hiring ranker (hn_whos_hiring) 69% of 13 shared answers match
- Seekter 69% of 13 shared answers match
- Job Seeker 62% of 13 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | stands apart open parts around a closed core The pipeline is Apache-2.0; 'submission-behavior techniques' are private by design. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue Free; no company or paid product named. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes Self-hosted, Python standard library only. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | developers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart public ATS job-board APIs (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby) Reads public ATS board APIs. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which part of the job search is it mainly for? | filling or submitting applications | 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 'Keel never submits an application': the public loop stops at a launch packet for a submission layer you attach. The maker's private pipeline does submit. | 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) 'A job-application autopilot that refuses to lie'; unverifiable items are parked for you. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do its job listings mainly come from? | stands apart employers' own career pages or ATS feeds | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it read or act on LinkedIn automatically (LinkedIn's terms forbid bots)? | Not documented Not mentioned in the README. | source 2026-10-26 |
| By default, where does the user's resume and profile data go? | Not documented Profile is local; whether tailoring calls an AI provider is not clear from the README. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who runs and pays for the AI? | Not documented Standard-library core; the model used for materials is not stated. | 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? | Not documented | 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/KeelDev-tech/keel · read 2026-10-25
- GitHub · github.com/KeelDev-tech/keel/blob/main/llms.txt · collected 2026-10-26
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