About Horilla

Built by people who
know enterprise software.

Horilla is a product of Cybrosys Technologies — a 500-person engineering company from Kerala, India. We've been building open-source enterprise tools since 2013. Horilla is our most ambitious: a full HRMS and CRM, purpose-built for growing teams worldwide.

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2013
Cybrosys founded
50+
Engineers & support staff
11,000+
Companies on Horilla
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Countries using Horilla
Our story

From Odoo partners to HRMS builders

Cybrosys Technologies started in 2013 as one of the earliest Odoo implementation partners in South Asia. Over a decade, we implemented ERP systems for hundreds of companies — manufacturing, retail, professional services, hospitality. We saw the same problem everywhere: HR and sales software was either too expensive, too generic, or too hard to maintain.

In 2021, we started building Horilla — an open-source HRMS designed from the ground up for modern teams. Not a rebrand of something older, not a feature parity clone. A product built with the specific belief that HR software should be free to adopt, easy to extend, and honest to price.

In 2023, we launched Horilla CRM to give sales teams the same experience: a focused, opinionated tool that does pipeline, leads, and forecasting without trying to also be your ERP. Today, both products are actively used by 11,000+ teams across 40+ countries.

Horilla is dual-licensed: open-source under LGPL-2.1, and available as a managed Cloud service for teams that want zero ops. We believe open-source is a competitive advantage, not a charity — it means you can inspect, audit, and extend every line of code you run your business on.

Timeline

2013
Cybrosys Technologies founded
Started as an Odoo implementation partner in Calicut, Kerala. Built custom modules for manufacturing and retail clients across India and the Middle East.
2018
500-person milestone
Expanded to 50+ engineers, with offices in Calicut, Kochi, and Dubai. Deepened expertise in HR workflows, payroll compliance, and ERP customization.
2021
Horilla HRMS launched (open-source)
First public release on GitHub. Core modules: employee records, attendance, leave, payroll. Built on Django 4 + HTMX. LGPL-2.1 licensed from day one.
2022
Horilla Cloud launched
Managed hosting service for teams who want Horilla without the ops. Reached 200 Cloud customers within 6 months. Custom domain and daily backups included.
2023
Horilla CRM launched
Sales pipeline, lead management, email sync, and revenue forecasting. First open-source CRM tightly integrated with an HRMS at the data model level.
2024
11,000+ customers worldwide
Expanded to 40+ countries. Added regional compliance packs for India (PF, ESI, TDS) and UAE (WPS, EOSB). Horilla v2.0 development begins.
2025
Horilla v2.0 — under active development
Modern dashboard, SaaS onboarding wizard, enterprise SSO, improved API coverage, and AI-assisted HR workflows. Track progress on GitHub.
Our values

What we believe

These aren't framed posters. They're the constraints we use to make product decisions.

Open source, always

Every line of Horilla's core is LGPL-2.1 licensed and publicly auditable. We will never close-source features that were once open. Open-source is a promise, not a tactic.

Honest pricing

No per-module fees, no seat minimums, no surprise charges. Self-hosting is free forever. Cloud pricing is flat and transparent. Enterprise pricing is negotiated honestly, not extracted.

Users before upsells

We build features because HR and sales teams need them, not because they unlock a pricing tier. If something should be in the core product, it goes in the core product.

Quality over features

We'd rather ship fewer features that work reliably than more features that are half-finished. Every module in Horilla is actively maintained by the team that built it.

Built for the world

We started in India and serve customers in 40+ countries. Regional compliance isn't a plugin — it's a first-class concern. PF/ESI/TDS for India, WPS/EOSB for UAE, and expanding.

Privacy by design

HR data is among the most sensitive data a company holds. We design for data minimization, access control, and auditability. You own your data in every deployment mode.

The team

The people behind Horilla

Core product team based in Kerala, India — backed by 50+ engineers at Cybrosys Technologies.

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