# Open-source alternatives to Workday

> Workday: An enterprise cloud suite for human capital management, payroll and finance. The best self-hosted, open-source alternatives are Frappe HR, OrangeHRM and Horilla. All of them can run on your own server, so your data stays under your control. All 5 apps here are open source.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Commercial product | Workday |
| Category | HR & Time Tracking |
| Alternatives listed | 5 |
| Top pick | Frappe HR (8,879 stars, GPL-3.0) |
| Canonical URL | https://appsgit.com/alternatives/workday |

## Alternatives, in recommended order

- [Frappe HR](https://appsgit.com/apps/frappe-hr): Complete HRMS solution with over 13 different modules right from employee management, onboarding, leaves, to payroll, taxation, and more. (8,879 stars, GPL-3.0, Python, Docker)
- [OrangeHRM](https://appsgit.com/apps/orangehrm): Long-running open-source HR management system covering employee records, leave, time and recruitment. (1,148 stars, GPL-3.0, PHP, Docker)
- [Horilla](https://appsgit.com/apps/horilla): Django HRMS with employee management, recruitment, onboarding, attendance, leave, payroll and performance reviews. (1,451 stars, LGPL-2.1, HTML, Docker)
- [MintHCM](https://appsgit.com/apps/minthcm): Tool for Human Capital Management based on two popular, well-known business applications SugarCRM Community Edition and SuiteCRM. (438 stars, AGPL-3.0, PHP)
- [Ever Gauzy](https://appsgit.com/apps/ever-gauzy): Open business management platform for collaborative, on-demand and sharing economies (ERP/CRM/HRM/ATS/PM). (8,194 stars, AGPL-3.0, TypeScript, Docker)

## Comparisons

- [Frappe HR vs OrangeHRM](https://appsgit.com/compare/frappe-hr-vs-orangehrm)

More in this category: [HR & Time Tracking](https://appsgit.com/categories/time-tracking)

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