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Ever Gauzy
Open business management platform for collaborative, on-demand and sharing economies (ERP/CRM/HRM/ATS/PM).
DockerNodejs
Automation
Open source alternatives to BambooHR
We track 2 open-source BambooHR alternatives, of which 2 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 2 ship a Docker image. Ever Gauzy leads on health at 96/100 with 4602 commits in the last 90 days; across all 2 projects you are choosing between AGPL-3.0.
updated Oct 2026 2 alternatives best health 96 ★ 9.6k combined 4,613 commits / 90d 2 with Docker
Top picks to replace BambooHR
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Healthiest
Health 96/100: 4,602 commits in 90 days, latest release v111.142.11, Docker image available.
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All 2 BambooHR alternatives, ranked by health
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ChiefOnboarding
Employee onboarding platform that allows you to provision user accounts and create sequences with todo items, resources, text/email/Slack messages, and more! Available as a web portal and Slack bot.
Docker
BambooHR alternatives compared
Ever Gauzy edges ChiefOnboarding 96 to 70, and most of the difference is commit activity: 4,602 commits in 90 days against 11 commits in 90 days. Ever Gauzy also has the largest following, at 8.7k stars.
The most recent release is Ever Gauzy v111.142.11, published yesterday. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, Nodejs (1) is the most common. Ever Gauzy and ChiefOnboarding are copyleft.
2 of these 2 also appear among the Workday alternatives, which lists 1 more.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit | Docker |
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| Ever Gauzy Up 1 point since 11 Sep | 96 | 8.7k | AGPL-3.0 | today | Yes |
| ChiefOnboarding Up 5 points since 11 Sep | 70 | 934 | AGPL-3.0 | 7 days ago | Yes |
BambooHR alternatives: common questions
What is the most maintained open source alternative to BambooHR?
Ever Gauzy scores highest at 96/100, with 4602 commits in the last 90 days, 8.7k stars on GitHub and its latest release (v111.142.11) published yesterday. It is also the most active by raw commit count.
Which BambooHR alternatives use a permissive licence?
None of the 2 tracked alternatives use a permissive licence; 2 are copyleft (GPL, AGPL or similar), which requires publishing changes to any modified version you distribute.
Which BambooHR alternatives run in Docker?
2 of 2 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Ever Gauzy, ChiefOnboarding. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.
Is Ever Gauzy or ChiefOnboarding the better BambooHR alternative?
On measured health Ever Gauzy leads, 96 to 70. Ever Gauzy has 4,602 commits in 90 days, 8.7k stars and v111.142.11 from yesterday; ChiefOnboarding has 11 commits in 90 days, 934 stars and v2.5.0 from 2 months ago. Ever Gauzy is ahead or level on every term Repoly measures.
Are the BambooHR alternatives still maintained?
2 of the 2 measured options score 70 or above. Every measured option had commits in the last 90 days. None scores under 40.
What languages are the BambooHR alternatives written in?
Nodejs: Ever Gauzy. The stack matters if you plan to extend or patch the tool yourself.
