An empty loft studio at golden hour, rows of open wooden desks and leather chairs beside tall windows that look out over a harbour and forested mountains
ARQS Openspot · v1.0 · free browser tool

Every open spot.
Only the ones that fit.

Keep one board of the openings you're weighing: desks, rooms, appointment slots, class seats, moorage, gear, shifts and contracts. Tell Openspot your dates, hours, distance, budget and what you qualify for, and it scores every opening, says why, and flags the ones you need to answer soon. Free, and nothing leaves this browser.

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Discover · match · act

Open capacity is everywhere. Fit is the hard part.

Openings show up in emails, posts, booking pages and phone calls. Put each one on the board once, with its dates, hours, place, capacity, price and any requirements. Openspot compares every opening with what you need and turns it into a fit score out of 100 with plain reasons, so you act on the right ones before they go.

Brass keys with blank cream leather tags hanging on a walnut key rail beside a brass desk bell, a leather notebook and a gold pen under warm lamp light, one hook still free
Practice on fiction

Sample: ten Okanagan openings, all made up.

A hot desk, an evening studio room, a boat slip, a pottery class seat, a kitchen shift, a trailer, an event lawn, a contract, a cancellation appointment and a parking stall that's already gone. Invented providers, prices and dates so every feature works on your first visit.

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Fit you can read

Type, open dates and weekdays, hours against your window, distance or preferred area, places left and price, each with a pass, near-miss or fail reason.

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Eligibility first

Tick what you have, like insurance, a certificate or a licence. An opening that needs something you haven't ticked is set aside, not ranked.

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Act on it

Star a shortlist, note the next step, copy a ready enquiry to send yourself, and export a calendar with the next open date and every respond-by date.

The tool

Your openings board

A labelled fictional sample is loaded. Openings, needs and your shortlist are saved in this browser only.

What this is, and isn't. A free discovery and matching aid that stays in your browser. Openspot reads no live availability and never contacts a provider: every opening is one you entered or imported, the distance is your own estimate, and a fit score is a guide, not a booking. Confirm dates, prices, terms and requirements with the provider before you commit. For the wider OpenSpot venture, availability and opportunity discovery, see OpenSpot. To compare finalists try Decision Matrix, to watch a travel price Dealwatch, to time your departure Exit Pass, and for the whole lab ARQS Software.