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An open-source alternative to BambooHR

OrangeHRM is the one project in our catalog listed as a replacement for BambooHR. It is operations software with 1.2K GitHub stars. Below is how it measures against the questions people usually ask first.

OrangeHRM

Operations

Manage employee operations in one place.

OrangeHRM places the employee directory and the routine processes around it in one web application. Administrators maintain people, jobs, reporting lines, qualifications, roles, and configuration, while employees and supervisors use the same system for leave, time, attendance, self-service tasks and, in supported Starter releases, recruitment and performance.

  • Maintain employee, job, organization, qualification, and reporting-line records
  • Run leave, attendance, timesheet, and work-schedule processes
  • Coordinate recruitment and performance in supported Starter releases, with roles and reports

What people use it for

Maintain a central employee directory

Record personal and employment information, job assignments, organizational units, supervisors, qualifications, documents, and the permissions that govern who can see or change those records.

Process leave and working time

Define leave types and entitlements, submit and approve requests, view calendars and usage, capture attendance, manage schedules, and record timesheets.

Coordinate hiring and reviews

In Starter releases that include these modules, publish vacancies, track candidates, and manage performance goals and appraisals alongside employee records.

1.2K starsGPL-3.0-onlyPHPLatest release Jun 2026Website ↗Full profile →

Fact checklist

The same questions the pages with more alternatives let you sort by, answered for OrangeHRM.

  • Does not meet: Permissive licence (MIT, Apache, BSD)Licence: GPL-3.0-only (copyleft)
  • Open-source licence (copyleft or permissive)Licence: GPL-3.0-only (copyleft)
  • Does not meet: Released in the last 90 daysLatest GitHub release Jun 28, 2026 (Jun 2026)
  • Does not meet: Gaining stars this week+4 stars in the last 7 days
  • Written in PHPMain language on GitHub
  • Recommended in a stackIn Medical clinic

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