Frappe HR
Complete HRMS solution with over 13 different modules right from employee management, onboarding, leaves, to payroll, taxation, and more.
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Still maintained? Yes: 494 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v16.53.0 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
Frappe HR quick facts
- Health score
- 96/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 8,989
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v16.53.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Frappe HR scores 96/100, #1 of 3 in Human Resources Management (HRM): 494 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v16.53.0, today) earns 25.0 of 25, 8,989 stars add 15.8 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 4.2 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
494 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v16.53.0 released today
- Stars biggest shortfall 15.8 / 20
9k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 494
- Last 90 days
- 2,965
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #1 of 3 tools in Human Resources Management (HRM) by health , just above admidio (#2) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Docker, Python, Nodejs |
| Latest release | v16.53.0 · today |
| Stars | 8,989 |
| Open issues | 452 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | frappe/hrms ↗ |
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Frappe HR: common questions
Is Frappe HR still maintained?
Frappe HR had 494 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v16.53.0, is from today. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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