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Deel alternatives

2 open-source projects that already do this job. Free to use - not free to run, which is what the numbers on the right are for.

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The projects

frappe/hrms8,521GPL-3.0Open source HR and payroll system with employee management and payroll features.Open on GitHub horilla/horilla-hr1,313LGPL-2.1Free HR software for managing employees, payroll, and HR workflows.Open on GitHub

What you give up either way

  • Local legal entities, EOR/PEO employment contracts and employer filings
  • Dedicated local compliance experts and in-house payroll operations
  • Built-in global tax filings and statutory reporting across 130+ countries
  • Enterprise SLAs, managed onboarding, and multi-currency treasury scale

An open-source project doing the core job proves a replacement is possible. It does not prove it matches Deel, and it does not prove anyone has run it for a month. How we decide.