Smarter job search for Upwork: hire-rate warnings, keyword filters, opened-job tracking. Unofficial; uses only on-page data.
Users
172
−9 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
2
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#68K
#57K among extensions
Version
0.4.3
updated 22 Jul 2026
Users
monthly, 3 months
Latest, 18 Oct 2026:172 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 3 months
Latest, 18 Oct 2026:2 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Octo for Upwork
Stop feeding connects to clients who never hire.
Upwork shows you a client's hire rate only after you've opened the job. By then your curiosity is spent, and your connects are next. Octo flips the order: the warning comes first.
WHAT IT DOES
• Low hire rate warnings on the search results themselves. Clients who post and post but never hire get flagged before you spend anything on them.
• Every job you open is remembered and marked in future searches. You never get burned by the same client twice.
• Keyword blocklist. Type "wordpress" once, never see a wordpress job again.
• True minimum rate filter. "$5-$25/hr" is not a $25 job, and Octo treats it accordingly.
No dashboards, no setup, no account required. Install it and your next search is already smarter.
BY A FREELANCER, FOR FREELANCERS
Octo exists because one freelancer got tired of gambling connects on ghost clients. And it gets smarter with every member: warnings on jobs you never touched come from jobs the community already opened. Every freelancer browsing protects every other one. Upwork won't warn you about bad clients. We warn each other.
We're early and small, which is the best time to join: say what annoys you in the our Discord and there's a real chance it ships within days. discord.gg/ZWhEHTEDvh
NOTHING SHADY
Octo never contacts Upwork on your behalf. No bots, no scraping, no automation. It only reorganizes what Upwork already displayed on your screen, the same way an ad blocker or a password manager works. Nothing to detect, nothing to abuse. Not affiliated with Upwork.
More at octoforupwork.com