Frappe HR
Complete HRMS solution with over 13 different modules right from employee management, onboarding, leaves, to payroll, taxation, and more.
High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.
Commit activity more than 93% of tracked projects; popularity more than 77%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 8.8k |
|---|---|
| Latest release | v16.20.0 · 23 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 25 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Docker, Python, Nodejs |
Is Frappe HR actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 2780 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 680 of them.
The most recent tagged release, v16.20.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
Among the 3 human resources management (hrm) projects we track, Frappe HR currently has the highest health score.
What Frappe HR actually does
Frappe HR is a human resources management system covering thirteen distinct modules. It manages internal organizational data including staff records, onboarding processes, leave tracking, payroll computation, and tax calculations.
Best fit: Organisations looking for a comprehensive, self-hosted human resources suite that covers everything from initial staff onboarding to monthly payroll processing under a single application.
Worth knowing: Deploying and maintaining an extensive enterprise HRM platform built on the Frappe framework requires familiarity with its specific ecosystem, database management, and regular administrative overhead.
Deployment notes
As a Python and Node.js application, deployment typically relies on Docker alongside a persistent relational database backend and a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
Links
Alternatives to Frappe HR
Projects in the same categories, ordered by health score.
User management system for websites of organizations and groups. The system has a flexible role model so that it’s possible to reflect the structure and permissions of your organization.
Tool for Human Capital Management based on two popular, well-known business applications SugarCRM Community Edition and SuiteCRM.