StaffPortal
The facts below are what the maker publishes about StaffPortal, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From StaffPortal's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| StaffPortal | Free | MIT licensed · self-hosted · unlimited employees; infrastructure costs may apply |
The facts
Each one read from StaffPortal's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Attendance
- Attendance features include clock-in and clock-out, work-from-home status, late-arrival detection, contracted-hours summaries, and timesheet exports.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The maker describes use cases including growing agencies, manufacturers and warehouses, charities, co-ops, schools, clinics, and professional practices.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audit and privacy
- StaffPortal provides an append-only audit log of privileged actions and a JSON GDPR data export for members.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Email and AI
- Resend handles notifications, while an optional AI assistant uses Groq by default and is disabled when GROQ_API_KEY is unset.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Employee onboarding
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Employee records
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Hosting
- A deployment uses one Supabase project and one Vercel deployment, and the operator must manage both.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The product names Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, GitHub, and GitLab for SSO, and CSV payroll exports compatible with Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Leave
- Leave management supports multiple leave types, up to three sequential approvers, monthly accruals, and PDF certificates.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is released under the MIT license.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Limitations
- Each deployment serves one organisation, SCIM provisioning is not shipped, and StaffPortal does not include a certified payroll engine.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- StaffPortal is a self-hosted, open-source HR and workforce platform for managing attendance, leave, timesheets, expenses, visitors, wellness, and IT support.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says Postgres Row Level Security applies to every table and role checks are also enforced by middleware.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Time-off management
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Time tracking
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Hemel Hempstead, UKchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Maker
- SarmaLinux describes itself as an independent software studio; its About page identifies Sarma as a solo software engineer based in the UK.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Visitor kiosk
- A PIN-based kiosk lets staff clock in or out and visitors check in, with QR-coded visitor references and printable passes.checked 12 Oct 2026
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