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Best free Rippling alternatives (open source, self-hosted) 2026
The best open-source alternative to Rippling is Frappe HR (or OrangeHRM) with ERPNext, self-hosted on Railway. People ops you host. Frappe HR is GPL-3.0 — BambooHR, Greenhouse, Gusto, and Rippling without the employee or applicant seat.
Estimated save $2,400 a year.
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How Rippling compares
| Rippling | Frappe HR | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Hosted subscription | Open-source or fair-code license; you pay the host |
| Hosting | Vendor cloud | Self-hosted on Railway or any VPS |
| Rough monthly cost | Public list price not verified this run | Hosting only — no SaaS seat meter in this repo |
- Frappe HR
GPL-3.0 HR, payroll, and recruitment (github.com/frappe/hrms)
- OrangeHRM
GPL-3.0 HRIS if you want that PHP stack
- ERPNext
GPL-3.0 ERP the Frappe HR app sits on
FAQ
- What is the best free open-source Rippling alternative?
- The best open-source alternative to Rippling is Frappe HR (or OrangeHRM) with ERPNext, self-hosted on Railway. People ops you host. Frappe HR is GPL-3.0 — BambooHR, Greenhouse, Gusto, and Rippling without the employee or applicant seat.
- Is it free?
- The Frappe HR licenses are open source or fair-code. You still pay hosting (Railway or any VPS) and any APIs the stack calls. There is no Rippling seat or task bill on this path.
- Can I migrate from Rippling?
- Yes. Start with the workflows or data you actually use, then cut over. The Frappe HR stack page has the agent prompt and the cost table; most teams rebuild the slice that matters and leave old Rippling links until they expire.
- How do I deploy it?
- Open the Frappe HR stack, copy the agent prompt, and deploy on Railway (one service, PORT, and a volume when the app needs disk). Placeholder: Frappe HR + ERPNext (MariaDB, Redis, workers) plus a volume. This is several services. No one-click template in this repo yet — Start on Railway. CRM contacts stay on /stacks/twenty-crm.
- What does this replace?
- BambooHR / Greenhouse / Gusto / Rippling. The published small-team estimate on this stack is $2,400 a year.
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