Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Instead of opentowork on LinkedIn, I'm desperate cos it's true
Just made a random fun tool over at LinkedIn, but why should they have all the fun
This is a fun tool created as an alternative to LinkedIn's "Open to Work" feature. It lets users express job interest in a more casual and humorous way outside the professional platform. The tool is designed for anyone… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Instead of opentowork on LinkedIn, I'm desperate cos it's true launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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LinkedIn feels more like Facebook every day — noisy feeds, fake engagement, and everyone shouting into the void. Thats why I used to built a personal microsite on Squarespace and uploaded a video resume to YouTube to stand out - it helped me land interviews and get into Big Tech. But I always wondered: why isn’t there a platform designed to help you stand out like that? So I built OpenSpot: a public, curated platform where you can showcase who you are — with video, audio, and proof of your work. No endless feeds. No humblebrags. Just real people open to new opportunities. We’ve already…
2025 · heyopenspot.com · its alternatives →
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Minerva AI▲234Chrome extension to simplify job hunt, optimize LinkedIn use
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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I had the problem of having a boring office job, where im not busy at all, i sit in an office and my bosses keep walking around. And i also enjoy scrolling (twitter) . So to fix this i made a simple free Chrome Extension to make it look like a PDF file. And here i made a little landing page for it. (am proud btw) : https://xdisguise.com/ So i made this :)
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Navox Networkfree tier, from $39/mo▲115Turn your LinkedIn connections into a job search map.
Mar 2026 · navox.tech · its alternatives →
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A brand new, sleek and intuitive editor
2016 · linkedin.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I've designed the site based on what I wanted a couple of years ago when I had been looking for a remote job. It's very early and any feedback is appreciated. I've also used this opportunity to reduce some of that front-end framework fatigue by using just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Edit: I'll add location and salary filters as soon as I wake up tomorrow
2022 · remotefriendly.com · its alternatives →
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Solidarity▲11Chrome extension that makes everyone appear #opentowork.
Feb 2026 · workingon.studio · its alternatives →
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I have some friends who were laid off and are on the job hunt. We were all quite surprised to learn that LinkedIn does not have a "view jobs only at companies where I have connections", so I built https://jobsbyreferral.com/ It's powered by https://rapidapi.com/letscrape-6bRBa3QguO5/api/jsearch, which is a little pricey, so I'm trying to decide whether to put more effort into the project (I'd have to charge _something_ to offset the costs).
2025 · jobsbyreferral.com · its alternatives →
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Your new favorite LinkedIn automation tool. $30/month.
2025 · botdog.co · 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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Generally, I found resumes too vague to get to know anyone (hence why no one networks with them), professional blogs too low ROI, walking up to people unscalable, and cold messaging fairly low success-rate. I wanted the 'marketing tool' of networking to get myself out there. Something that lets me: 1) Draw people into a conversation before they've realized it 2) Make them remember me and ultimately reach out to me 3) See what people asked me so I can further refine my interactive profile and start the networking cycle again So I built a website where anyone can create these interactive…
2023 · protoconstruct.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! Quick TL; DR: I set up scrapers for the websites of ~20k tech companies, fed the results through GPT, spent some sleepless nights building a web app, and voilá. I started this after getting fed up with how slow LinkedIn felt. I finally got it working and easy to use, so I wanted to share it with you guys. The job list is free. But I’m currently paying a lot of money to OpenAI for all the data I’m passing through GPT, so I may end up eventually charging for some advanced features, or putting ads on it or something. Please let me know what you think! I’m actively developing this so I’m…
2024 · techjobs.xyz · its alternatives →
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LinkGenie▲12I made a tool to make LinkedIn posting feel less like a chore. it’s called Linkgenie, and I just opened it up for early users. Using Claude for generating post and get for hooks its saves you time. I’d love if you gave it a try + told me what’s missing, what slaps, and what needs a glow-up.
2025 · linkgenie.one · its alternatives →
- 16CA
Based on the multiple "Who's hiring remotely?" and similar posts on HN, I thought it might be useful to have a site that aggregates remote programming jobs. There is way too much spam out and an inconsistent way to say "work from home" so traditional searching doesn't work (or rather, takes a long time per person). I've worked in a few remote programming positions so I figured I might know of some companies or searching tricks to find them. Let me know if you'd find this type of thing useful. If we can get some traffic going, then maybe we can start attracting companies to actually list…
2010 · workfromhomeprogrammingjobs.com · its alternatives →
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Stack: WASM + Rust + Macroquad I saw that a company had posted a cool job ad where you had to apply directly via a REST API. That gave me the idea to gamify my resume as well. Since I was bored, I vibe coded a bit and voilà, the result was ready. I think it's something new and fun that might put a smile on people's faces. (Please don't spam my email address, but feel free to send me an email with your high score if you want!)
Feb 2026 · breezko.dev · its alternatives →
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Searching for job roles in tech? I've been there. For six months, I was stuck in the LinkedIn job application loop, getting nowhere. It was soul-crushing. I started to wonder if I was just a bad developer. But I changed my modus operandi and started reaching out to founders building super cool startups that got recently funded but didnt have the chance to post online yet that they are hiring, the response rate was much more significant and I wwas having super cool convos! This approach was so effective, I turned it into a product. I've tapped into premium data sources (we're talking $25K+…
2025 · its alternatives →
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userpitch.ai▲11LinkedIn has become a carnival of fake engagement, spammy DMs, and job listings that lead nowhere. After years of watching my resume vanish into the abyss of the "Jobs" tab, I realized it was time for something new. I’m not alone. I surveyed 1,000 recent college grads—and the vast majority shared the same frustration: Why is there no platform that helps candidates stand out, instead of blend in? So I built userpitch: a candidate-first public platform where people can showcase who they are—not just what they've done—through short, voice-based elevator pitches. No feeds. No spam. No corporate…
2025 · userpitch.ai · its alternatives →
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Proving▲6Hey HN, Founder here. I recently left a job and had a lot of time on my hands so I decided to build an app that will help people navigate the current job market and ensure they are being paid fairly. I wanted to build something that gives the career benefits of LinkedIn without the social feed or self-promotion. Let people privately post about their work, keep track of their brags, and have an idea of where their career gaps are. Maybe help them to realize they are being underpaid so they can make a bit more. Applied to YC on a whim but I'm thinking that's more of a lottery ticket. Mostly…
May 2026 · proving.app · its alternatives →
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The LinkedIn toolkit you'll actually use. 100% free.
May 2026 · linkedinforge.com · its alternatives →
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Recently, I was exploring the OpenAI Agents SDK and building MCP agents and agentic Workflows. To implement my learnings, I thought, why not solve a real, common problem? So I built this multi-agent job search workflow that takes a LinkedIn profile as input and finds personalized job opportunities based on your experience, skills, and interests. I used: - OpenAI Agents SDK to orchestrate the multi-agent workflow - Bright Data MCP server for scraping LinkedIn profiles & YC jobs. - Nebius AI models for fast + cheap inference - Streamlit for UI (The project isn't that complex - I kept it…
2025 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I made a thing that roasts people's LinkedIn profiles and it's low-key hilarious. Just throw your LinkedIn URL in there and watch it tear apart all the cringey jargon and humble-brags. 70K+ people have gotten roasted so far. Check it out: https://liroast.web.app/ But be warned - it has no chill! Lemme know what you think and if you have any ideas to make the burns even sicker.
2024 · its alternatives →
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