Frappe HRMS is a full-featured Human Resource and Payroll management system built as a Frappe/ERPNext application. It covers the complete employee lifecycle including recruitment, onboarding, attendance and shift management, leave administration, payroll processing, expense claims, performance appraisals, and separation. The system provides both a desktop interface via the Frappe framework and a mobile-first Progressive Web App (PWA) built with Vue.js and Ionic for employee self-service. A separate roster application handles shift scheduling and assignment. The architecture follows Frappe's monolithic pattern with custom DocTypes, server-side Python controllers, client-side JavaScript, and extensive reporting. Payroll processing is a key strength, supporting salary structures with formula-based components, tax slabs, multi-currency, gratuity, and benefit claims. The codebase demonstrates strong engineering practices with comprehensive test coverage, data migration patches across versions, and reusable patterns such as safe formula evaluation, immutable leave ledger entries, and push notification mixins. It integrates tightly with ERPNext for accounting entries and payment processing.
ruoyi-vue-pro (芋道) is a large-scale, multi-module enterprise rapid development platform built on Spring Boot 2.7, MyBatis-Plus, and Vue 3. It provides a comprehensive backend infrastructure for building business applications such as ERP, CRM, HRM, MES, WMS, OA, BPM (Flowable), IoT, AI, IM, Pay, Mall, and more. The codebase is structured around a reusable framework layer (`yudao-framework`) with many Spring Boot starters for security, data permission, multi-tenancy, WebSocket, Excel, monitoring, and protection (rate limiting, idempotency). Business modules follow a consistent layered pattern (DO → Mapper → Service → Controller → VO) with MapStruct converters. The system supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and Dameng databases, and integrates with Redis, RabbitMQ, Kafka, RocketMQ for messaging. It includes a code generator, a workflow designer, and AI chat/image/mind-map capabilities. The architecture is modular and well-organized, though the sheer number of modules (20+) introduces some duplication and complexity. Overall, it is a mature, actively maintained project with strong adherence to common enterprise patterns.