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24 alternatives to I built a dev job post tracker to see if we are in recession (not yet)

The news might be full of tech layoffs and hiring freezes, but looking at the actual numbers of the developer job market provides a more accurate picture. With DevQuarterly (DQ) we are tracking and analyzing every single job post for developers along with all public data about the hiring companies.

Dev Quarterly tracks job postings across the software development industry to monitor economic trends. It collects and analyzes developer job listings to provide insights into whether the tech job market is contracting… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I built a dev job post tracker to see if we are in recession (not yet) launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Play with hackernews' "who is hiring". Contribute to hacker-job/hacker-job development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hire from the world's largest developer community

    Jan 2026 · recruiter.daily.dev · its alternatives →

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    devpilot▲259

    Discover developers who excel with skills, not résumés

    2024 · devpilot.dev · its alternatives →

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    GitHired▲360

    Hey HN - today I’m launching GitHired. A hiring platform that ranks developers based on what they actually build — not what they claim on a PDF. It’s called GitHired, and here’s the core idea: GitHub > Resumes Instead of trusting “proficient in React” bullet points, we analyze a candidate’s actual GitHub: their real tech stack their most complex projects how active they are what kinds of contributions they make which skills match your job description and yes, we detect fake “green square farming.” Why we built this Because engineering hiring is broken. Resumes are inflated. Activity charts…

    Dec 2025 · githired.tech · its alternatives →

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    View, monitor, and analyze 1.8M+ US jobs

    Jun 2026 · bluedoor.sh · its alternatives →

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    Track and organize your entire job search in one place.

    2020 · tealhq.com · its alternatives →

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    In an increasingly digital world, newsletters have become an invaluable tool for businesses, content creators, and organizations looking to engage with their audience directly. Whether you’re a startup looking to build a community, an established company seeking to maintain a connection with your cu

    2011 · jobstractor.com · its alternatives →

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    RankDevs▲197

    Track, analyse and increase your programming activity

    2025 · rankdevs.com · its alternatives →

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    I been building a view into companies based on their job postings. I am hoping it is useful to get a quick snapshot on the company say for interview prep etc. Please be advised that it is still a WIP in terms of data quality. Example urls: https://jobswithgpt.com/company-profiles/openai/ https://jobswithgpt.com/company-profiles/advanced-micro-devi...

    Jan 2026 · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! While Glassdoor and other employment discussion boards offer valuable interview experience data, navigating it to prepare for interviews can be difficult. Onsites.fyi curates interview experiences and insights from Big Tech hiring across various positions and levels. Our collection currently includes interview experiences from top-tier companies like Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon. Reviewing real interview experiences (rounds, questions, format) of others could be an invaluable preparation tool for interviews. Try it out and please share any feedback!

    2023 · onsites.fyi · its alternatives →

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    Devly▲100

    Build a profile that matters to showcase your skillset

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Analytics ready jobs data feeds via API

    2021 · jobspikr.com · its alternatives →

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    The anti-layoffs tracker. Tracking new tech jobs

    2022 · underdog.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! A few days ago I saw a graph[0] that showed the # of job postings on HN was declining. I started wondering what other trends I could glean from the data, so I created this! You can filter through the top level comments by keyword; for example you can filter by "remote" to see the massive spike around March 2020. Another interesting thing I found is that I can compare hiring across cities. I hope you enjoy! I made it so that the links to your search are sharable so if you have some interesting data you should be able to just link the page you're on! [0]…

    2023 · hnhiringtrends.com · its alternatives →

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    Search engine for developer jobs

    2022 · found.dev · its alternatives →

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    (not sure why my previous post didn't appear on Show HN even though I included it in the title, mods please remove if not allowed) Ever applied for a job and never heard back? Many companies just go silent instead of sending rejection emails, leaving you guessing whether to keep waiting or move on. I faced this frustration during my own internship search, especially when there was no real point of contact (automated replies don't count, lol). So, I built didtheyghost.me, a simple open-source tool that crowdsources job application responses. This isn't a job scraper or another job board. It's…

    2025 · didtheyghost.me · its alternatives →

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    Remote jobs, senior jobs, jobs providing equity, etc. from the Hacker News "Who is hiring" threads. Easily sort, filter, and save your favorites to apply to.

    2023 · hacker-jobs.com · its alternatives →

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    Search 1M+ data points for different companies, job titles, career levels, and locations. Explore our tools to help you get paid more!

    2018 · levels.fyi · its alternatives →

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    Hey everyone, My wife graduated in 2022 and she was fortunate enough to land an internship at a small startup which then offered her a permanent position. But ever since then she has been trying to find another job as a frontend dev since the current one doesn't offer any growth opportunities. She started looking in 2023 right when the job market started tanking. She's been at it for months with no success as there are little to no junior roles available and she spent most of her day refreshing linkedin to check for new opportunities. At the beginning of this year I had this idea that I…

    2024 · first2apply.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I got tired of the existing means of finding jobs, so I created a platform that searches company job portals directly for the latest job postings. Originally it was meant for just software engineers, but I've expanded to a larger variety of careers. It's entirely free to use, you can create an account to keep track of the jobs you apply to with the job tracker. I'd love to hear what you all think, and what your experience has been as a job seeker. https://radar.jobs Thanks, Ross

    2025 · radar.jobs · its alternatives →

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    Real-time analytics for the US tech job market

    May 2026 · cvjet.co · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, Check out our technical paper here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.15627 and the video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op8hyLW7Z84 I’ve been obsessed with the art of the interview since I was in college. In my career I interviewed over 100 people and was interviewed from tech companies from startups to big tech and hedge funds. I built Neuraprep because I noticed something missing — while software engineers have leetcode.com and finance folks have quantquestions.com, other engineering domains (like ML, data science, MLOps) don’t have a go-to…

    2025 · neuraprep.com · its alternatives →

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