Recruiting teams and job seekers evaluating self-hosted recruiting software need to separate usable options from projects that may be too quiet to depend on. The June 2026 ToolVitals dataset covers 16 Recruiting & ATS tools with health scores, shipping scores, GitHub stars, openness labels, license labels, ToolVitals scores, and status ratings.
This ranking includes open/source-visible tools only and orders them by ToolVitals score first, with GitHub stars used as a secondary popularity signal for ties. Every ranked entry here is labeled OSI-approved OSS, and the top tie shows why the secondary signal matters: Reqcore and OpenATS both have a ToolVitals score of 79, but Reqcore has 35 GitHub stars compared with OpenATS at 5.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reqcore | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 78 | 64 | 35 | 79 | 🟢 Good |
| 2 | OpenATS | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 74 | 67 | 5 | 79 | 🟢 Good |
| 3 | JadeAI | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 77 | 67 | 1781 | 77 | 🟢 Good |
| 4 | openjobseu | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 74 | 61 | 1 | 74 | 🟢 Good |
| 5 | Jobsync | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 69 | 65 | 619 | 73 | 🟢 Good |
| 6 | Aural OSS | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 71 | 46 | 93 | 69 | 🟢 Good |
| 7 | OpenCATS | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 59 | 45 | 697 | 62 | 🟢 Good |
| 8 | LibreHire | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 49 | 45 | 4 | 58 | 🟡 Fair |
| 9 | SlateHub | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 49 | 39 | 0 | 55 | 🟡 Fair |
| 10 | Hire Gnome ATS | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 38 | 24 | 3 | 44 | 🟡 Fair |
| 11 | Mizu HR | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 28 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 12 | OSS ATS | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 13 | SpotAxis | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 26 | 0 | 33 | 32 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 14 | OpenHR | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 24 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 15 | zUdyog | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 16 | Plutomi | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 8 | 0 | 71 | 23 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Reqcore ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 79, a health score of 78, and a shipping score of 64. It is described as an applicant tracking system, carries the status 🟢 Good, and is labeled OSI-approved OSS with license_label AGPL-3.0. Its 35 GitHub stars give it the edge over OpenATS among the two tools tied at the top score.
OpenATS ranks second with the same ToolVitals score as Reqcore at 79, backed by a health score of 74 and the strongest shipping score among the top two at 67. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS with license_label Apache-2.0 and has the status 🟢 Good. Its lower GitHub star count, 5, places it behind Reqcore under the stated tie-breaker.
JadeAI ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 77, a health score of 77, and a shipping score of 67. It is not a full ATS in the supplied description; it focuses on resume building, templates, parsing, and match analysis. It stands out for popularity in this set with 1781 GitHub stars, while still being labeled OSI-approved OSS with license_label Apache-2.0 and status 🟢 Good.
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