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23 May, 2026 6 min read Aigars Silkalns

10 Best HR Dashboard Templates 2026

TheFrontKit HR Dashboard — Next.js 16 + shadcn/ui HR template with 37 production-ready screens

Looking for a polished HR dashboard template you can deploy this week? These 10 picks cover everything from premium React/Next.js HR admins to free open-source HRMS platforms — every demo verified live in May 2026.

A 2026-grade HR dashboard handles five core surfaces: an employee directory with org chart, attendance and leave management with approval workflows, payroll with payslips, recruitment with applicant tracking, and performance reviews tied to OKRs or KPIs. Building all of that from scratch is months of work. Starting from a dedicated HR template — or self-hosting an open-source HRMS — gets you to a working internal tool in days.

We’ve grouped the 10 picks below into premium dedicated HR templates (SmartHR React, TheFrontKit, Multipurpose HRMS, SmartHR 9-in-1, GXON), premium with HR variant (Admindek), free open-source HRMS products (Frappe HR, OrangeHRM, IceHrm), and free admin foundations to extend (Tailwindadmin). Every demo URL has been opened, screenshotted, and verified clean as of May 2026.

Related reading: our CRM dashboard templates, SaaS admin dashboard templates, and analytics dashboard templates roundups.

Quick Picks

  • Best premium overall: SmartHR React — most comprehensive React HRMS template at $35
  • Best for shadcn/ui: TheFrontKit HR Dashboard — Next.js 16 + shadcn/ui, 37 screens, $99
  • Best for multi-stack teams: SmartHR 9-in-1 — Bootstrap, Angular, React, Vue, Laravel, HTML
  • Best with RTL: GXON HR Management — Bootstrap 5.3 with Arabic/Hebrew/Persian support
  • Best as part of a kit: Admindek HR — DashboardPack, HR + 8 other dashboards in one license
  • Best open-source HRMS: Frappe HR — 7.9k stars, no per-user pricing, AGPL-3.0
  • Best veteran: OrangeHRM Open Source — 5M+ users, 20+ years, GPL
  • Best free foundation: Tailwindadmin — free shadcn/ui scaffold to build a custom HR dashboard

1. SmartHR React & Next.js

SmartHR React HR Management Template — premium React + Next.js HR dashboard
Next.js + React 19 + Bootstrap 5 + Redux + SCSS
$35 Regular / $499 Extended (ThemeForest)
Best for: Most comprehensive React HRMS at the lowest price

Why we like it: Modules: employee profiles, attendance with leave approvals, payroll with payslips, recruitment with applicant tracking, performance with goals + appraisals + training. Bootstrap 5 (not Tailwind) — useful when your team prefers Bootstrap utility classes.

Editor’s Pick — The most comprehensive premium React HR template available — and at $35, the cheapest serious option in this list. Ships five dashboard variants (Admin, Employee, Deals, Leads, Super Admin) and full HRMS modules on a Next.js + React 19 + Bootstrap 5 + Redux stack.

Sold via ThemeForest at the standard $35 Regular / $499 Extended split. Use Extended only if you’re reselling — the Regular license covers internal product use.

2. TheFrontKit HR Dashboard

TheFrontKit HR Dashboard — Next.js 16 + shadcn/ui HR template with 37 production-ready screens
Next.js 16 + Tailwind v4 + shadcn/ui
$99 (7-day money-back)
Best for: shadcn/ui HR dashboard on the latest stack

Why we like it: A polished HR template on the most current shadcn stack — Next.js 16, Tailwind v4 design tokens, React 19. Ships ~37 HR-specific screens covering attendance, leave, OKR-style goals, employee directory, org chart, recruitment, performance, and onboarding. WCAG AA accessibility throughout.

Same vendor as TheFrontKit Finance and Kanban PM Kit — see our finance and project management roundups. Tailwind v4 design tokens (oklch values) make rebranding painless.

3. Multipurposethemes HRMS Admin

Multipurposethemes HRMS Admin — premium Bootstrap HRMS dashboard
Bootstrap + jQuery + SCSS (HTML)
Premium
Best for: Bootstrap HRMS from a 100+ template vendor

Why we like it: Multipurposethemes is one of the longest-running premium admin template vendors. The HRMS Admin variant covers employee management, attendance, leave, payroll, and recruitment.

The advantage isn’t any single template — it’s the ecosystem. If your project later needs CRM, e-commerce admin, or finance dashboards, you stay within the same vendor and design language across 100+ templates.

4. SmartHR Bootstrap (9-in-1)

SmartHR 9-in-1 Bootstrap — multi-stack HR template (Bootstrap, Angular, React, Vue, Laravel)
Bootstrap 5 + HTML + Angular + React + Vue + Laravel
Premium (multi-stack license)
Best for: Teams that need the same HR template across multiple stacks

Why we like it: Same HR template ships in HTML, Bootstrap 5, Angular, React, Vue, and Laravel — buy once and use whichever stack matches each project.

Different vendor (smarthr.co.in) than the React-and-Next.js-only SmartHR template at #1. Pick this when your team works across multiple stacks or maintains separate Angular / Vue / Laravel projects in parallel.

5. GXON HR Management

GXON HR Management Bootstrap admin — modern HR dashboard with payroll and attendance
Bootstrap 5.3 + jQuery + SCSS (HTML, also Laravel variant)
Premium (HTML + Laravel editions on ThemeForest)
Best for: Bootstrap HR admin with full RTL support

Why we like it: Ships RTL layouts out of the box — useful for Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian deployments where most templates require manual RTL retrofitting. Both HTML and Laravel editions available.

Less-known vendor than ThemeSelection or Multipurposethemes, but RTL-ready Bootstrap HR templates are rare enough that GXON earns its slot. Light + dark modes, fully mobile responsive.

6. Admindek HR Dashboard

Admindek HR Dashboard by DashboardPack — shadcn/ui HR variant with headcount trend and department breakdown
Next.js 16 + TypeScript + shadcn/ui + Tailwind v4
$69 lifetime
Best for: 9-in-1 typed shadcn/ui kit with an HR page

Why we like it: A typed Next.js + shadcn/ui kit with 9 dashboards (Analytics, CRM, eCommerce, Finance, Crypto, Project, SaaS, HR, Marketing). Light + dark themes, RTL support, lifetime updates. Built on Next.js 16 + Tailwind v4 (the more current stack).

Same family also covered in our finance, crypto, and project management roundups. $69 one-time covers all 9 dashboards.

7. Frappe HR

Frappe HR — open-source HR management platform with full HRMS features
Python + Frappe Framework + MariaDB (AGPL-3.0)
Free self-hosted / Frappe Cloud paid
Best for: Open-source HRMS with low-code customization

Why we like it: Modules cover employee management, leave, attendance, payroll, performance, recruitment, and onboarding. ERPNext integration means HR data flows naturally into accounting, projects, and payroll.

Editor’s Pick — The leading open-source HRMS in 2026. AGPL-3.0 licensed with no per-user pricing — pay for hosting only. Frappe Framework underneath provides extensive low-code customization for forms, workflows, reports, and integrations.

Same Frappe stack also covered in our healthcare (ERPNext Healthcare) and LMS (Frappe LMS) roundups. AGPL-3.0 — fine for self-hosted internal use, but if you sell HR-as-a-service the network clause requires you to publish modifications.

8. OrangeHRM Open Source

OrangeHRM Open Source — free GPL HR software with employee, leave, attendance, recruitment modules
PHP + MySQL (GPLv3)
Free Starter / paid Advanced + Enterprise
Best for: Veteran open-source HRMS (since 2005)

Why we like it: The Starter edition (GPLv3) covers personnel information management, leave, time + attendance, performance management, recruitment, training, and reporting. Advanced and Enterprise tiers add features for larger organizations.

PHP + MySQL stack — straightforward to self-host on any LAMP setup. Veteran project (active since 2005) with a large user base, but the UI shows its age compared to newer Frappe HR or shadcn-based kits.

9. IceHrm

IceHrm — open-source HR management software with cloud and self-hosted options
PHP + MySQL (Apache-2.0)
Free self-hosted / IceHrm Cloud paid
Best for: Apache-licensed open-source HRMS

Why we like it: Apache-2.0 license — the most permissive of the OSS HRMS options here. Lets you wrap, modify, or commercialize without copyleft constraints (unlike Frappe HR’s AGPL or OrangeHRM’s GPL).

Modules: Employee Management, Leave, Attendance, Performance Reviews, Recruitment, Payroll, Expenses, Time tracking. Web app plus iOS and Android. Lighter than Frappe HR but with a more modern UI than OrangeHRM.

10. Tailwindadmin

Tailwindadmin — free shadcn/ui admin dashboard foundation for building custom HR tools
shadcn/ui + Tailwind + React (also Next.js / Angular / Vue / TanStack Start variants)
Free
Best for: Free shadcn/ui admin foundation

Why we like it: Free, MIT-licensed shadcn/ui admin template with React, Next.js, Angular, Vue, and TanStack Start variants. Not HR-specific — strongest pick when you want a clean modern foundation to build employee / leave / attendance / payroll routes on top of.

Pair with our shadcn/ui data table templates guide if you’re building employee tables.

How to Choose the Right HR Dashboard Template

The 10 options split along three practical axes:

By how much HR you actually need

By tech stack

By license & deployment

A practical pattern in 2026: prototype your HR tool with Tailwindadmin or TheFrontKit HR Dashboard, validate the workflows with HR stakeholders, and either scale up to a premium template (SmartHR React) for a custom build OR migrate to a self-hosted HRMS application (Frappe HR, OrangeHRM) once you need the full enterprise feature set without per-user pricing.

Aigars Silkalns
Aigars Silkalns

Frontend web developer and founder of AdminLTE, the most popular open-source admin dashboard template on GitHub with 45,000+ stars. Over 10 years of experience building web applications with Bootstrap, React, Vue, Angular, Tailwind CSS, and WordPress. Creator of Colorlib and DashboardPack.