{
  "id": 10997946,
  "title": "I Open-Sourced ApplyTrack — A Job Application Tracker for Android & Web",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/i-open-sourced-applytrack-a-job-application-tracker-for-android-web",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-30T17:50:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/mudasir_unar/i-open-sourced-applytrack-a-job-application-tracker-for-android-web-1ldj"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "I'm excited to share that I've recently turned my personal project, ApplyTrack, into an open-source job application tracker for Android and web platforms. My goal was to take this project beyond just a portfolio piece and make it a collaborative effort, inviting contributions and feedback from developers worldwide. ApplyTrack aids users in managing their job search process by tracking applications, statuses, notes, links to applications, relevant documents, and their overall activity. The project presently includes two clients: one for Android and another for web usage.\n\nFor Android, the app is built using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, MVVM architecture, Room for database management, Coroutines/Flow for asynchronous programming, and WorkManager for background tasks. On the web side, it utilizes React, Vite, and Firebase Authentication combined with Firestore for authentication and data synchronization. The Android version ensures an offline-first experience, meaning users can continue their job search even without an internet connection.\n\nSome of the features of ApplyTrack include tracking job applications and statuses, searching, filtering, and sorting through applications, generating application analytics, providing a GitHub-style activity grid, attaching resumes and other documents, implementing backup and export options, and offering both guest and offline modes. The app also facilitates cross-platform synchronization, ensuring consistency across devices.\n\nTo encourage involvement from the developer community, I've made the project open source under the MIT License. The repository includes a CONTRIBUTING.md file, a Code of Conduct, a Security policy, Issue and Pull Request templates, automated CI tests, comprehensive architecture and setup documentation, versioned releases, and beginner-friendly contribution issues. There are already several open issues available for contributors, and I am particularly looking for Android/Jetpack Compose developers and React developers to help with coding, bug reporting, feature suggestions, or providing general feedback on the architecture.\n\nI am still new to maintaining open-source projects, so I greatly appreciate advice from experienced maintainers on enhancing the contributor experience. You can find the project on GitHub at github.com/mudasirunar/ApplyTrack and access the live web app at apply-track-alpha.vercel.app.",
  "summary": "Hey everyone! 👋 I've been working on ApplyTrack, a job application tracker that started as one of my personal projects. Instead of leaving it as just another portfolio project, I've now turned it into a proper open-source project, and I'm looking for contributors and feedback. What is ApplyTrack? ApplyTrack helps users organize their job search by tracking applications, statuses, notes,…",
  "key_points": [
    "ApplyTrack is an open-source job application tracker for Android and web.",
    "Features include offline-first experience, analytics, and cross-platform synchronization.",
    "Project is hosted on GitHub with beginner-friendly contribution opportunities."
  ],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}