OrangeHRM Open Source Application

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive Human Resource Management (HRM) System that captures all the essential functionalities required for any enterprise. Copyright (C) 2006 OrangeHRM Inc., http://www.orangehrm.com/

OrangeHRM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

OrangeHRM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Getting started

• Install OrangeHRM using the web installer https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/wiki/Getting-started

• For further information on how to use the product please refer the Free User Guide available on http://orangehrm.com/

• In case Installation difficulties there is a seperate Installation Guides also available from the same source.

• For Apache/PHP/MySQL Installation issues please refer to the Environment Setup Guide

• For OrangeHRM Installation issues please refer to the OrangeHRM Installation Guide

Contribute

https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/wiki/How-to-Contribute

Resources

https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/wiki/Resources

Demo

Live demo is available at : https://opensource-demo.orangehrmlive.com/index.php/auth/login

Releases

Sourceforge : https://sourceforge.net/p/orangehrm

Contribute

https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/wiki/How-to-Contribute

Website

https://www.orangehrm.com/

License

GNU General Public License

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 5.6.1

New Feature

• Security
  • Update BE and FE libraries to latest minor versions
  • Sanitize SVG uploads in Corporate Branding
  • Password strength validation in CLI installer
  • Update Docker PHP image
• Supported Environments
  • PHP - 7.4 to 8.3
  • MariaDB - 5.5 to 11.3
  • MySQL - 5.5 to 8.3

Bug Fixes

• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1817 (Support ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY sql_mode throughout the application)
• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1780 (Handle PHP timeout on Windows environments)

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 5.6

New Feature

• Social Media Authentication
  • Allowing OrangeHRM Starter users to create and manage alternative logins using different OpenID Connect providers such as Google.
• License Upgrade to GPLv3
  • Product License upgrade to GNU General Public License v3.0
• Supported Environments
  • PHP - 7.4 to 8.3
  • MariaDB - 5.5 to 11.2
  • MySQL - 5.5 to 8.2

Bug Fixes

• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1731

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 5.5

New Feature

• Claim Module
  • Allowing OrangeHRM Opensource 5x users to create and manage Claims
• Supported Environments
  • PHP - 7.4 to 8.2
  • MariaDB - 5.5 to 10.11
  • MySQL - 5.5 to 8.0

Bug Fixes

• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1684
• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1698
• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1665

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 5.4

New Feature

• Mobile Compatibility
  • Allowing OrangeHRM Starter 5x users to access and utilize the system through OrangeHRM Open Source mobile app
• Help Portal Integration
  • OrangeHRM Starter 5x users can now easily access Starter Help Portal via the application.
• OAuth 2.0 support
  • Allowing secure and standardized authorization for third-party integrations, ensuring smooth and secure data exchange between OrangeHRM and other applications.
• Password Policy Enforcement
  • Enables admins to configure password policies for users and automatically enforce those policies whenever a user creates a new password.
• Supported Environments
  • PHP - 7.4 to 8.2
  • MariaDB - 5.5 to 10.11
  • MySQL - 5.5 to 8.0

Bug Fixes

• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1622
• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1584
• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1583

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 5.3

New Feature

• Buzz Module
  • Allow employees to share thoughts, pictures, and videos within the organization
  • The employees can engage with posts by liking, commenting, or sharing
  • Display upcoming work anniversaries of the employees
• Supported Environments
  • PHP - 7.4 to 8.2
  • MariaDB - 5.5 to 10.10
  • MySQL - 5.5 to 8.0

Bug Fixes

• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1471
• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1500
• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1517

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 5.2

New Feature

• Technology stack upgrade and New UI/UX compliance with Orange eXperience Design (OXD) Standards upgraded for;
  • Dashboard
  • Data Encryption support
  • Custom Language Packages
• LDAP support
• Supported Environments
  • PHP - 7.4 to 8.1
  • MariaDB - 5.5 to 10.9
  • MySQL - 5.5 to 5.7

Bug Fixes

• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1459
• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1457
• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1451

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 5.1

New Feature

• New UI/UX in compliance with the Orange eXperience Design (OXD) Standards
  • Performance, Recruitment, Corporate Directory, Corporate Branding
• Date format support
• Supported Environments
  • PHP - 7.4 to 8.1
  • MariaDB - 5.5 to 10.8
  • MySQL - 5.5 to 5.7

Backward Compatibility Break

• Users are required to configure their corporate branding once they upgraded from 4.x instance to 5.1 version. Corporate branding is facilitated with additional enhancements.

Bug Fixes

• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1299
• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1272
• https://github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1305

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 5.0

New Feature

• Supports Admin, PIM, Leave, Time, Attendance and Maintenance modules.
• Technology stack upgrade (Symfony 5.x, Doctrine 2.x, Vue 3, REST APIs & SaaS)
• New UI/UX in compliance with the Orange eXperience Design (OXD) Standards
• PHP 7.4 to 8.1 Support.
• Convenient web installer and upgrader to get started seamlessly
• Supported Environments
  • PHP - 7.4 to 8.1
  • MariaDB - 5.5 to 10.7
  • MySQL - 5.5 to 5.7

Known Issues

Following modules and add-ons are not supported in OrangeHRM Starter version 5.0

• Modules

  • Recruitment
  • Performance
  • Buzz
  • Directory

• Add-Ons

  • LDAP
  • Claim add-on
  • Toggl add-on

• Other features

  • Corporate Branding
  • Dashboard
  • Marketplace
  • Custom Language Packages
  • Custom Date localizations (except YYYY-MM-DD)
  • OrangeHRM Starter mobile app
  • Social media authentication

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.10.1

Bug Fixes

• Security fix [#1044, #1173, #1176]

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.10

New Feature

• PHP 7.4 compatibility

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.9

New Feature

• Corporate Branding
  • It allows admin to customize the OrangeHRM system with their organization's colors, company logo, and banners.
  • Users who have purchased the addon will be able to use it without expiration upon upgrading with 4.9 system.
• Environment Compatability with Maria DB 10.6

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.8

New Feature

• Help portal integration: Employees and admin can access the user guide via the system.

Bug Fixes

• Security fix [CVE-2021-28051]

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.7

New Features

• OrangeHRM Open Source Mobile App Version 2.0 is released with the following features.
  • Employees to Punch In/Out the attendance records
  • Employees to view their attendance records summary and details
  • Admin / Supervisor to view their employees' attendance summary and details

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.6.0.1

Bug Fixes

• Security fix [CVE-2020-29437]

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.6

New Features

• Admin can create the language pack and translate the words to reflect in OrangeHRM System.
  • Admin creates a new language package.
  • Admin filter the words by the module to translate the words in those modules only.
  • Admin exports the translated language pack to share with the OrangeHRM community.

Bug Fixes

• Code improvements to enhance the security of the application.

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.5

New Features

• Mobile app 1.0 version release with leave features
  • Request for leave/time off on the go
  • Check available balances of your leave entitlements before applying for a leave.
  • Supervisors can approve leave requests of their employees
  • Assign leave on behalf of your employees when they cannot make it to the office

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.4

New Features

• Buzz available to all users. It creates a collaborative workspace, and increase engagement.
  • Employees can share thoughts, pictures, and videos.
  • Employees can like, dislike, comment, and share others' posts.
  • Shows the upcoming work anniversaries of the employees.
  • Admin can delete the posts.
  • Employees can view the most commented, liked posts.

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.3.5

Bug Fixes

• Sendmail email not sending issue. Git Issue #604
• Quick start guide points to non existing resource. Git Issue #602.
• Dockerfile build failure. Git Issue #601 #407.
• REST API bug in LeaveEntitlementAPI->validateLeavePeriods(). Git Issue #599.
• REST API get leave entitlement forces optional parameter. Git Issue #549.
• Errors upgrading from 3.3.2 to 4.3.4 because of issue in database character encoding. Git Issue #612.
• Errors upgrading from 3.1.1 to 4.3.4. Git Issue #595.
• CSS break issue in login page. Git Issue #611 #584.
• Error thrown when installing in Windows environment due to directory path issue. Git Issue #607.
• Cannot login if the system configured with french language. Username and Password fields are not typable.
• When login to the system through Google alternative login, user redirect to an internal error page.

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.3.4

New Features

• ESS user to subscribe OrangeHRM updates.
• Code Enhancements: JQuery library upgraded to version 3.4.1.

Bug Fixes

• Warning message is shown when apply to leave using a specific time option. git Issue #581.
• Leave gets approved when approving the request which contains canceled leave request. git Issue #576.

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.3.3

New Features

• Upgrade supportability to upgrade the addons with latest versions.
• Corporate Branding Improvements
  • Admin can install the corporate branding and configure their organization logo and theme colors.

Bug Fixes

• Code Improvements

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.3.2

New Features

Claim addon :-

• Employee submit claims and supervisor/admin approves.
• Admin / Supervisor assign claims to employees.
• Email notifications on the apply and approve.
• Admin manage claim types & event types.
• Compatibility with PHP 7.3
• Compatibility with MariaDB 10.4.6

Bug Fixes

• Security fix [CVE-2019-12839]

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.3.1

New Features

• Reset forgotten password.
• Compatibility with PHP 7.2.16
• Compatibility with MySQL 5.7.24
• Compatibility with MariaDB 10.3.14

Bug Fixes

• Pending leave request is not showing in the dashboard for admin or supervisor git Issue #470
• Google OpenID Support git Issue #472 & #222
• French Add User not working git Issue #452

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.3

New Features

• Market Place
  • Install or uninstall free add-on by admin users.
  • Request paid add-on by admin users.
  • View all compatible add-ons by all users.

Bug Fixes

• French Add User not working git Issue #452

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.2.0.1

Bug Fixes

• Remove HTTPS restriction introduced in OrangeHRM 4.2 release.
• Revert secure cookie attribute of session cookie.
• Add SimpleXML modules to pre-requisites check.

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.2

New Features

• Introduce maintenance module to achieve GDPR compliance

  • Purge employee records.
  • Purge candidate records.
  • Access employee records.

• Security enhancements

  • Update .htaccess restrictions.
  • Improve CSRF token validation.
  • Resolve Path-Based vulnerability.
  • Enable secure cookie attribute to application cookie.

• Enhancement on OS installation error messages

Bug Fixes

• Verify installation supports in different mysql ports.
• Verify if pdo/mysqli has been enabled during installation #361

Removed Features

• Remove unix_socket support at the installation

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.1.2.1

Bug Fixes

• Installation fails if cURL is not enabled
• Resolved issue with relative paths running into an error in certain environments
• Resolved issue with supported environment version verification during installation

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.1.2

New Features

• Enhancement of system configuration wizard during installation. Setup instance with user entered data during installation. Supported language packs -English -French -German -Spanish (Costa Rica) -Spanish -Dutch -Chinese (Traditional Han) -Chinese (Simplified Han)
• Support of cli installer

Bug Fixes

• "Csrf token validation failed" message appears in login screen even after trying to login with valid credentials git issue #247
• Incorrect version number in config file git issue #262
• Cannot install in mysql 5.7.23, supporting version is equal or lesser version than 5.7.22
• Web installer: "Help" link should be changed with a new guide
• System becomes inaccessible after changing password by accessing the change password link

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.1.1

New Features

• Verification of supported environment during the installation.
  • Supported php version range
    • Minimum version: 5.6
    • Maximum version: 7.25
  • Supported MySQL Version Range
    • Minimum version: 5.5
    • Maximum version: 5.7.22
  • Supported MariaDB Version Range
    • Minimum version: 5.5
    • Maximum version: 10.3.7

Usability improvement when adding user. Shows a message on adding a user when there are no employees added to the system.

Bug Fixes

• Recruitment - vacancy page is crashed when a hiring manager is deleted in the system.
• Blank page when refreshing the login page after entering the invalid credentials.
• Leave is assigned as half day when specific time option is chosen for "End day - partial day" option
• Leave - internal error is occurring when admin enters lengthy integer when adding an entitlement.
• Pim-membership: does not add multiple records for a selected membership type to an employee
• Recruitment - sorted by candidate list screen is leading to crash page when vacancy list is open in another tab.
• Google openid provider not working in 4.1 #git issue 222
• Can not install using web installer if the database is on mariadb 10.2
• Unable to install the build for php 7.2 with any mysql version.

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.1

New Features

• Integration with toggl. Users can sync the time entries tracked in toggl to orangehrm time module.
• Enforcement of having a strong password for the user account.
• Compatibility with ldap add-on
• Environment compatibility with php 7.1 & mariadb 10.2
• Security Fixes

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 4.0

New Features

• Compatibility with PHP 7.1 & Maria DB 10.1
• Enabling REST APIs in Admin, PIM, Leave & Time

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 3.3.3

• Security Fixes

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 3.3.2

• Security Fixes

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 3.3.1

• Security Fixes

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 3.3

New Features

• Introducing Corporate Directory
• Support for login with OpenID & Google+ authentication
• Web services
• Bug Fixes and Security Fixes

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 3.2.1

• Bug Fixes

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 3.2

New Features

• Enhancement in Performance module
• Introducing of Dashboard Plugin
• Introducing Performance Tracker Plugin

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 3.1.2

New Features

• Changed Registration page during installation to a much simpler one
• Removed 'Help' and 'Join Community' items from the application header
• Added 'About' menu item to the 'welcome' menu, which contains logout and change password

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 3.1.1

New Features

• Improved support for configurable authorization.
• Bug Fixes

New & Changed Features for OrangeHRM ver 3.1

New Features

• Ability to apply for half day / partial day leave for a single day or range of days
• Ability to specify work day start/end time for workshifts
• Security fixes in all modules