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Is it really free? How do you make money?
The job feed, match scores, tracker, ghost-job flags, salary check, follow-up reminders, exports and backups are free, with no account. Money comes from the optional AI passes: 3 free fit scores and 1 free Reach out draft, then a one-time pass of €9 for 7 days or €19 for 30 days (AI fit scores and Reach out drafts to hiring managers), or €29 Pass Plus (30 days, adds AI cover letters, interview prep, a tailored CV and a negotiation script). Or paste your own Anthropic key and it’s free from HireWire: Anthropic bills you directly, roughly $0.002 per score. No subscription: nothing renews. The other plan is a hand-sold, clearly labelled sponsor card.
Check itSettings & more → AI fit score → Passes & your key lists every price; Stripe’s checkout page shows a one-time payment.
Where is my data?
In this browser: localStorage, mirrored to IndexedDB so a wiped store can be rebuilt. There’s no account and no HireWire database of your profile, CV text or pipeline. Your CV leaves the browser only when you press Score with AI, Write with AI or Generate in Reach out, for that one request: through HireWire’s function to Google’s Gemini API (paid tier: Google doesn’t use those prompts to improve its products), or straight to Anthropic if you use your own key. It isn’t stored by HireWire. Optional encrypted sync (included with any pass) uploads only ciphertext, encrypted on your device with a recovery code only you hold.
Check itDevTools → Application shows the data under Local storage and IndexedDB “hirewire-kv”; the Network tab shows a sync talks only to public job feeds. Privacy, in plain language.
What if I switch browsers, or Safari wipes it?
Data lives per browser, so a new browser starts empty. Settings & more → Backup saves one .json file (profile, pipeline, people, settings) and Restore loads it anywhere. Safari can delete site data after 7 days without a visit, so HireWire asks the browser for persistent storage and reminds you to back up once your last backup is 6 days old. With a pass, encrypted sync does this for you.
Check itSettings & more shows “Last backup: …” and where your data is stored.
Are the jobs real and fresh?
They come from 55 official public feeds, fetched by your own browser and refreshed hourly while HireWire is open: job boards’ public APIs plus companies’ own Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, SmartRecruiters, Personio, Workable and Recruitee career boards, including German and EU employers such as N26, Celonis, HelloFresh, Trade Republic, Delivery Hero, SIXT and Bosch. Every posting gets a ghost-job risk flag (age, reposts, talent-pool wording, no pay…) and “Hide ghosts” filters the worst. The flag is a heuristic, not proof.
Check itThe header shows how many feeds answered (FEEDS UP); every posting’s ↗ opens the original ad.
Why should I trust the match score?
You don’t have to take it on trust: the formula is published. Base 32 · +13 per skill of yours in the title · +7 in tags or description · +12 if pay meets your floor, −18 below, −3 if unstated · up to +9 for freshness, −8 if stale · +4 remote · −28 per blocked word. It runs in your browser on your profile, and nobody can pay to rank higher; sponsor cards are separate and labelled. The optional AI fit score is separate too, and shows its reasons and fixes.
Check itSettings & more → “How the score works”, or the guide.
Do you track me?
No ad trackers. This app page counts anonymous feature use with PostHog (US): autocapture, automatic pageviews, session recording, surveys and performance capture are all off. It sends named events only (like “export” or a stage name), never job titles, companies, searches, skills, your CV, notes or salary, and never sponsor clicks. URLs are cut before any ? or #. No cookies: a random ID is kept in this browser. It is off unless you say yes in the small banner, and nothing from PostHog is loaded before that; change it any time with “Analytics” in the footer. Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control count as no. Like any web request, PostHog sees your IP address. The guide, tool and German pages load no analytics.
Check itThe footer link “No ad trackers · anonymous feature counts” lists what’s counted; DevTools → Network, filter “posthog”.
Who is behind it?
Gaurav Jindal, a solo maker in Berlin. Questions, bugs and corrections: hey@hirewire.fyi, or the CONTACT GAURAV button in the footer.
Why not just paste jobs into ChatGPT?
You can, for one job. HireWire is built for the other 200: it pulls 55 public feeds into one list, screens every posting automatically and for free (skills, salary floor, blocked words, ghost-job and salary flags), and keeps your pipeline, reminders and exports on one board instead of in old chat threads. No account, and your board and CV stay in your browser; text leaves your device only when you press an AI button (fit score, Reach out or Write with AI). Free, or a week of AI scores for €9 instead of a monthly chatbot subscription.
Use bothChatGPT to polish your cover letter, HireWire to decide which jobs deserve one.
Can it build my CV?
Yes, free: the CV builder has three single-column, ATS-friendly templates (Classic, Modern, Compact) and a German tabular Lebenslauf. You download a PDF with real, selectable text through your browser’s print dialog, with no sign-up and no watermark. The CV is saved only in this browser, and one click hands it to HireWire to match it against live jobs. It doesn’t export Word files and doesn’t write the CV for you.
Check itOpen the CV builder with DevTools → Network: typing sends nothing, and your draft sits under Local storage.
Can it help me email the hiring manager?
Yes: ✉ Reach out on any posting drafts a short email to the hiring manager or the contact named in the posting (under 120 words), a LinkedIn note and a follow-up for day 5, in English or German, from your CV and the posting only. HireWire never sends anything: the draft opens in your own mail app, and the contact’s email address stays in your browser. The job is marked “Reached out” and the follow-up reminder comes due five days later. Your first draft is free; after that it is included in every pass. Template and tips.
Check itOpen a posting → ✉ Reach out with DevTools → Network: one request when you press Generate, and the contact’s email isn’t in it.
What can’t it do?
Only postings from the feeds can be saved: no manual job entry, and no import from other trackers or spreadsheets yet. The app’s interface is in English (with German guides). Pay is compared with static, approximate exchange rates.