What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about self-hosted job board software — measured weekly across 4 engines, published as open data.
Updated 2026-08-04 · 40 sampled answers · rolling 4-week window · methodology
Rankings are measured from sampled AI answers — never editorial, never paid. Orbator builds AI-visibility tooling; when Orbator itself appears in any category, it is measured by the same rules as everyone else.
Sample: 40 AI answers · Window: Jul 7, 2026 – Aug 4, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (38 answers)
Across 40 sampled AI answers from 4 engines, WordPress is recommended most often — appearing in 90% of recommendations, followed by WP Job Manager (90%) and PeelJobs (70%).
This is a measurement of share of voice across 4 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WordPress wordpress.com Best for: AI recommends WordPress most when buyers ask “best open-source job board platform for a community or industry association that wants to own listing data” (100% of those answers) | 90% 95% CI 76.9–96% 36 mentions · avg pos 3.4 first pick 36.1% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 87.5%CLAUDE 100%PERPLEXITY 87.5% | Claim |
| 2 | WP Job Manager wpjobmanager.com Best for: AI recommends WP Job Manager most when buyers ask “best self-hosted job board software for building a niche hiring site” (100% of those answers) | 90% 95% CI 76.9–96% 36 mentions · avg pos 3.6 first pick 44.4% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 87.5%CLAUDE 100%PERPLEXITY 87.5% | Claim |
| 3 | PeelJobs peeljobs.com | 70% 95% CI 54.6–81.9% 28 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 3.6% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 81.3%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 56.3% | Claim |
| 4 | Bordful bordful.com Best for: AI recommends Bordful most when buyers ask “best self-hosted job board software for building a niche hiring site” (77.8% of those answers) | 67.5% 95% CI 52–79.9% 27 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 11.1% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 68.8%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 62.5% | Claim |
| 5 | Next.js nextjs.org | 57.5% 95% CI 42.2–71.5% 23 mentions · avg pos 4.1 first pick 17.4% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 62.5%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 50% | Claim |
| 6 | Django djangoproject.com Best for: AI recommends Django most when buyers ask “best open-source job board platform for a community or industry association that wants to own listing data” (62.5% of those answers) | 52.5% 95% CI 37.5–67.1% 21 mentions · avg pos 5.1 first pick 0% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 75%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 31.3% | Claim |
| 7 | GitJobs Best for: AI recommends GitJobs most when buyers ask “best self-hosted job board software for building a niche hiring site” (66.7% of those answers) | 50% 95% CI 35.2–64.8% 20 mentions · avg pos 5.9 first pick 5% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 50%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 50% | Claim |
| 8 | Airtable airtable.com Best for: AI recommends Airtable most when buyers ask “best self-hosted job board software for building a niche hiring site” (55.6% of those answers) | 32.5% 95% CI 20.1–48% 13 mentions · avg pos 5.1 first pick 23.1% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 56.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 9 | OpenCATS opencats.org | 30% 95% CI 18.1–45.4% 12 mentions · avg pos 5.7 first pick 8.3% | — | GEMINI 50%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 10 | CNCF Best for: AI recommends CNCF most when buyers ask “best self-hosted job board software for building a niche hiring site” (44.4% of those answers) | 27.5% 95% CI 16.1–42.8% 11 mentions · avg pos 7.9 first pick 0% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 43.8%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 11 | TypeScript typescriptlang.org | 22.5% 95% CI 12.3–37.5% 9 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 22.2% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 31.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 12 | Jobberbase Best for: AI recommends Jobberbase most when buyers ask “best open-source job board platform for a community or industry association that wants to own listing data” (50% of those answers) | 22.5% 95% CI 12.3–37.5% 9 mentions · avg pos 6.1 first pick 11.1% | — | GEMINI 31.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 18.8% | Claim |
| 13 | PostgreSQL postgresql.org | 20% 95% CI 10.5–34.8% 8 mentions · avg pos 4.9 first pick 12.5% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 43.8% | Claim |
| 14 | Automattic automattic.com Best for: AI recommends Automattic most when buyers ask “best self-hosted job board software for building a niche hiring site” (33.3% of those answers) | 20% 95% CI 10.5–34.8% 8 mentions · avg pos 5.8 first pick 25% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 18.8%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 15 | Ejobsitesoftware Best for: AI recommends Ejobsitesoftware most when buyers ask “best self-hosted job board software for building a niche hiring site” (44.4% of those answers) | 17.5% 95% CI 8.7–32% 7 mentions · avg pos 3.6 first pick 28.6% | — | GEMINI 18.8%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 18.8% | Claim |
| 16 | Elasticsearch elastic.co | 17.5% 95% CI 8.7–32% 7 mentions · avg pos 5.9 first pick 0% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 37.5% | Claim |
| 17 | osclass osclass.org Best for: AI recommends osclass most when buyers ask “best self-hosted job board software for building a niche hiring site” (33.3% of those answers) | 17.5% 95% CI 8.7–32% 7 mentions · avg pos 9.2 first pick 0% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 25%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 18 | FossJobs fossjobs.net | 17.5% 95% CI 8.7–32% 7 mentions · avg pos 9.9 first pick 0% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 31.3%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 19 | Redis redis.io | 15% 95% CI 7.1–29.1% 6 mentions · avg pos 6.2 first pick 0% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 31.3% | Claim |
| 20 | Cloud Native Computing Foundation cncf.io | 15% 95% CI 7.1–29.1% 6 mentions · avg pos 7.2 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 37.5% | Claim |
| 21 | Smart Job Board | 15% 95% CI 7.1–29.1% 6 mentions · avg pos 8.5 first pick 16.7% | — | GEMINI 12.5%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 22 | Job Boardly jobboardly.com Best for: AI recommends Job Boardly most when buyers ask “best self-hosted job board software for building a niche hiring site” (55.6% of those answers) | 15% 95% CI 7.1–29.1% 6 mentions · avg pos 15 first pick 0% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 6.3%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 23 | Celery celeryproject.org | 12.5% 95% CI 5.5–26.1% 5 mentions · avg pos 6.6 first pick 0% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 25% | Claim |
| 24 | Job Board.io jobboard.io | 12.5% 95% CI 5.5–26.1% 5 mentions · avg pos 6.6 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 25 | JOBS | 12.5% 95% CI 5.5–26.1% 5 mentions · avg pos 8.5 first pick 20% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 18.8%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 26 | ejobsitesoftware.com ejobsitesoftware.com | 10% 95% CI 4–23.1% 4 mentions · avg pos 4.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3%PERPLEXITY 18.8% | Claim |
| 27 | Stripe stripe.com | 10% 95% CI 4–23.1% 4 mentions · avg pos 6 first pick 0% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 6.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 28 | JobMount | 10% 95% CI 4–23.1% 4 mentions · avg pos 7.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 29 | React react.dev | 10% 95% CI 4–23.1% 4 mentions · avg pos 7.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 18.8%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 30 | YAWIK | 7.5% 95% CI 2.6–19.9% 3 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 12.5%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 31 | OpenJobs | 7.5% 95% CI 2.6–19.9% 3 mentions · avg pos 5.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 18.8% | Claim |
| 32 | MongoDB mongodb.com | 7.5% 95% CI 2.6–19.9% 3 mentions · avg pos 5.7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 18.8% | Claim |
| 33 | AcademicJobs | 7.5% 95% CI 2.6–19.9% 3 mentions · avg pos 6.7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 34 | WooCommerce | 7.5% 95% CI 2.6–19.9% 3 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 33.3% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 6.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 35 | JobPortal | 7.5% 95% CI 2.6–19.9% 3 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 36 | Niceboard niceboard.co | 7.5% 95% CI 2.6–19.9% 3 mentions · avg pos 13 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 37 | Vercel vercel.com | 5% 95% CI 1.4–16.5% 2 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | GROK 100%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 38 | SimpleJobScript | 5% 95% CI 1.4–16.5% 2 mentions · avg pos 3.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 39 | Svelte | 5% 95% CI 1.4–16.5% 2 mentions · avg pos 5.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 6.3% | Claim |
| 40 | JobBoard | 5% 95% CI 1.4–16.5% 2 mentions · avg pos 7.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 41 | Cavuno cavuno.com | 5% 95% CI 1.4–16.5% 2 mentions · avg pos 11 first pick 0% | — | GROK 100%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 42 | NGINX nginx.org | 5% 95% CI 1.4–16.5% 2 mentions · avg pos 13 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 43 | JBoard jboard.io | 5% 95% CI 1.4–16.5% 2 mentions · avg pos 15 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 44 | Madgex madgex.com | 5% 95% CI 1.4–16.5% 2 mentions · avg pos 16 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 45 | Wellfound | 5% 95% CI 1.4–16.5% 2 mentions · avg pos 20.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 46 | Let's Encrypt letsencrypt.org | 5% 95% CI 1.4–16.5% 2 mentions · avg pos 23.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 47 | Supabase supabase.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 100% | — | GROK 100% | Claim |
| 48 | Tailwind CSS tailwindcss.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 100% | — | GEMINI 6.3% | Claim |
| 49 | WAMP | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 100% | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 50 | WP Career Board | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 100% | — | GEMINI 6.3% | Claim |
| 51 | Knack knack.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 2 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 52 | Simple Job Board | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 2 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3% | Claim |
| 53 | Web Scribble | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 2 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 54 | Drupal drupal.org | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3% | Claim |
| 55 | WordPress.org wordpress.org | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3% | Claim |
| 56 | Rails rubyonrails.org | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3% | Claim |
| 57 | Artha arthajobboard.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 11 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3% | Claim |
| 58 | PayPal paypal.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 12 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3% | Claim |
| 59 | Glassdoor glassdoor.com | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions · avg pos 18 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 6.3% | Claim |
| 60 | GuideFlow guideflow.com Best for: AI recommends GuideFlow most when buyers ask “best self-hosted job board software for building a niche hiring site” (33.3% of those answers) | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 61 | Hasjob | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 62 | JoobsBox | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 63 | Parodia | 2.5% 95% CI 0.4–12.9% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
Reading the numbers: Share is a point estimate on 40 sampled answers, so each row also shows its 95% CI — the Wilson score interval around that share. When two products' intervals overlap, the gap between them isn't statistically meaningful at this sample size. First pick is the share of a product's recommending answers where it was named first, which separates “always mentioned” from “usually the top recommendation”. Full methodology.
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