Frappe HR
Frappe HR is an open-source, self-hosted app in the HR & Time Tracking category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in Python. It is a self-hosted alternative to BambooHR and Workday and ships a Docker image. It has 8,962 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 8,962
- Forks
- 2,825
- Open issues
- 450
- Commits, last 12 months
- 2,955
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v16.52.0Oct 22, 2026
- Created
- Jun 8, 2022
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 2,955 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases9 releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 2,955 |
| Latest release | v16.52.0 (Oct 22, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 9 |
| Releases, all time | 350 |
| Open issues | 450 |
| Open pull requests | 29 |
| Good first issues | 5 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jun 8, 2022 |
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About Frappe HR
Complete HRMS solution with over 13 different modules right from employee management, onboarding, leaves, to payroll, taxation, and more.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/frappe/hrms.
Topics
- hr
- hrms
- payroll
- erpnext
- hcm
- hris
- employee
- performance-management
- recruitment
- attendance
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Is Frappe HR free and open source?
Yes. Frappe HR is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Frappe HR with Docker?
Yes. Frappe HR provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Frappe HR?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Frappe HR include ActivityWatch, solidtime and Ever Gauzy. Frappe HR itself is a self-hosted alternative to BambooHR and Workday.
Is Frappe HR actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Frappe HR was on Oct 26, 2026 with 2,955 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v16.52.0, published Oct 22, 2026. It had 450 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.