OrangeHRM
OrangeHRM is an open-source, self-hosted app in the HR & Time Tracking category, licensed GPL-3.0 and written mainly in PHP. It is a self-hosted alternative to BambooHR and Workday and ships a Docker image. It has 1,156 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Jun 28, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- HR & Time Tracking
- PHP
- GPL-3.0
- Docker
- Maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 1,156
- Forks
- 762
- Open issues
- 98
- Commits, last 12 months
- 37
- Last commit
- Jun 28, 2026
- Latest release
- v5.9Jun 28, 2026
- Created
- Jan 5, 2017
- License
- GPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
MaintainedMaintained: last commit Jun 28, 2026.
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Jun 28, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 37 |
| Latest release | v5.9 (Jun 28, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 3 |
| Releases, all time | 36 |
| Open issues | 98 |
| Open pull requests | 15 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jan 5, 2017 |
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About OrangeHRM
Long-running open-source HR management system covering employee records, leave, time and recruitment.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm.
Topics
- orangehrm
- open-source
- hr
- restful-api
- php
- mysql
- leave-management
- human-resources-management-system
- enterprise
- sourceforge-downloads
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Is OrangeHRM free and open source?
Yes. OrangeHRM 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 OrangeHRM with Docker?
Yes. OrangeHRM 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 OrangeHRM?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to OrangeHRM include ActivityWatch, solidtime and Frappe HR. OrangeHRM itself is a self-hosted alternative to BambooHR and Workday.
Is OrangeHRM actively maintained?
The most recent commit to OrangeHRM was on Jun 28, 2026 with 37 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v5.9, published Jun 28, 2026. It had 98 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Maintained" as of Oct 26, 2026.