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Frappe HR
Complete HRMS solution with over 13 different modules right from employee management, onboarding, leaves, to payroll, taxation, and more.
★ 9k 494 commits / 90d ⟳ today GPL-3.0 Docker
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Open source human resources management (hrm)
A human resources management system combines a number of systems and processes to ensure the easy management of human resources, business processes and data. This page ranks 3 open-source human resources management projects by a health score recomputed every night from repository data; nothing else affects the order. Frappe HR leads at 96/100 with 494 commits in the last 90 days and 9k stars, followed by admidio (91) and MintHCM (53). 2 of the 3 score 70 or above, 2 publish a Docker image, and the median health is 91. GPL-3.0 is the most common licence, carried by 1 of them.
updated Oct 2026 3 tools ★ 9.9k stars 2 with Docker median 91
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admidio
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.
★ 485 1107 commits / 90d ⟳ today GPL-2.0 Docker
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MintHCM
Tool for Human Capital Management based on two popular, well-known business applications SugarCRM Community Edition and SuiteCRM.
★ 438 6 commits / 90d ⟳ 2 days ago AGPL-3.0
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| 1 | Frappe HR Docker | 9k | 494 | GPL-3.0 | today | |
| 2 | admidio Docker | 485 | 1107 | GPL-2.0 | today | |
| 3 | MintHCM | 438 | 6 | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
How the human resources management tools compare
Frappe HR edges admidio 96 to 91, and most of the difference is stars: 9k stars against 485 stars. admidio is the busier codebase, though, with 1,107 commits in 90 days to 494.
The most recent release is Frappe HR v16.53.0, published today. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, PHP (2), Nodejs (1) and Python (1) are the most common. Frappe HR, admidio and MintHCM are copyleft.
Human Resources Management (HRM): common questions
What is the best open source human resources management tool?
By Repoly's GitHub health score, Frappe HR at 96/100 (494 commits in 90 days, v16.53.0 from today). admidio is next at 91; Frappe HR's lead comes mostly from stars. The score measures maintenance, not features, so shortlist the top few and try them.
Which human resources management tools are the most actively developed?
admidio (1,107 commits in 90 days), Frappe HR (494 commits in 90 days) and MintHCM (6 commits in 90 days). Commit activity is 35 of the 100 health points, the largest single term.
Which human resources management tools can I run in Docker?
2 of 3 publish a Docker image or Compose file, led by Frappe HR and admidio.
Which human resources management tools have a permissive licence?
None; 3 of 3 are copyleft, which requires publishing changes to a modified version you distribute.