Frappe Education is an education management system designed for schools, colleges, and other educational institutions. Built on the Frappe Framework and ERPNext, it brings academic and administrative processes together in a unified web application.
The software helps institutions manage students, teachers, admissions, courses, attendance, fees, assessments, and academic schedules. A dedicated portal lets students view timetables, attendance records, payment information, and grades.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Maintain detailed student and teacher profiles.
- Manage student applications and admission workflows.
- Record attendance for students and instructors.
- Define academic programmes, courses, topics, and instructors.
- Create course schedules and academic calendars.
- Plan examinations and record assessment results.
- Configure fee structures and payment schedules.
- Track student fee payments and outstanding balances.
- Provide students with access to timetables, attendance, fees, and grades.
- Integrate education management with ERPNext functionality.
- Support self-hosted production and Docker deployments.
- Customise workflows and records using the Frappe Framework.
Website: github.com/frappe/education
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Developer: Frappe Technologies
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Frappe Education is written in Python and JavaScript. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn JavaScript with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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