Payroll and benefits teams often need more than a generic employee directory: the tools in this set cover HR management, attendance, leave, overtime, payroll, compliance, and compensation transparency.
The ranking includes open/source-visible tools only and orders them by ToolVitals score first, with GitHub stars used as a secondary popularity signal for ties. Every listed tool here is labeled OSI-approved OSS, and the license labels are reported exactly as supplied.
Rankings
| Rank | Tool | Openness | License | Health | Shipping | GitHub Stars | Score | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horilla | OSI-approved OSS | LGPL-2.1 | 74 | 49 | 1225 | 72 | 🟢 Good |
| 2 | OpenHRApp | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 64 | 63 | 5 | 70 | 🟢 Good |
| 3 | MinT HCM | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 70 | 36 | 360 | 65 | 🟢 Good |
| 4 | Open Attendance | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 59 | 45 | 0 | 61 | 🟢 Good |
| 5 | Celeryband | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 54 | 38 | 6 | 56 | 🟡 Fair |
| 6 | jorani | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 49 | 37 | 408 | 55 | 🟡 Fair |
| 7 | Nepal Compliance | OSI-approved OSS | GPL-3.0 | 46 | 37 | 138 | 51 | 🟡 Fair |
| 8 | Hrevolve | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 49 | 31 | 2 | 51 | 🟡 Fair |
| 9 | ATGO | OSI-approved OSS | Apache-2.0 | 56 | 14 | 0 | 49 | 🟡 Fair |
| 10 | Farik | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 41 | 25 | 1 | 47 | 🟡 Fair |
| 11 | timeoff-management-application | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 27 | 0 | 1034 | 33 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 12 | OfficeLife | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 28 | 0 | 946 | 31 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 13 | Headcount | OSI-approved OSS | AGPL-3.0 | 26 | 0 | 96 | 30 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
| 14 | Nivara | OSI-approved OSS | MIT | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 🔴 Needs Attention |
Top 3 Highlights
Horilla ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 72, the highest health score in the group at 74, and 1,225 GitHub stars.
OpenHRApp ranks second with a ToolVitals score of 70 and the highest shipping score in the list at 63. Its GitHub footprint is very small at 5 stars, so its position is driven by ToolVitals signals rather than popularity. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS under MIT and focuses on HR and employee attendance.
MinT HCM ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 65, a health score of 70, and 360 GitHub stars. Its shipping score is lower at 36, which keeps it behind Horilla and OpenHRApp despite solid health signals. It is labeled OSI-approved OSS under AGPL-3.0 and is positioned as a Human Capital Management system.
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