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    frappe/hrms

    Open Source HR and Payroll Software

    backend
    attendance
    employee
    erpnext
    exits
    frappe
    Python
    GPL-3.0
    9.0K stars
    2.9K forks
    9.0K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 4, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 254 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #45 in the weekly ranking the week of Feb 1, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a comprehensive open-source HR and payroll management system with modules covering employee lifecycle, attendance, payroll, performance, and more.
    • Offers an integrated, modular HRMS built on the Frappe Framework enabling seamless customization and extension within an open-source ecosystem.
    • Use for managing employee onboarding, promotions, transfers, and exit interviews to streamline the entire employee lifecycle.
    • Use for automating leave policies, attendance tracking with geolocation, and multi-level approval workflows for expense claims.
    • Use for running payroll with configurable salary structures, tax slabs, off-cycle payments, and generating detailed salary slips.

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    License

    GPL 3.0

    Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

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    From the README

    Open Source, modern, and easy-to-use HR and Payroll Software

    Frappe HR has everything you need to drive excellence within the company. It's a complete HRMS solution with over 13 different modules right from Employee Management, Onboarding, Leaves, to Payroll, Taxation, and more!

    When Frappe team started growing in terms of size, we needed an open-source HR and Payroll software. We didn't find any "true" open-source HR software out there and so decided to build one ourselves. Initially, it was a set of modules within ERPNext but version 14 onwards, as the modules became more mature, Frappe HR was created as a separate product.

    Excerpt from the frappe/hrms README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    2.9K+290

    Open issues

    482+6

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