Skello
Partly replaceablefrom €79/montheditor verdict · 0 votes
Scheduling and HR rota management for restaurants.
A simple schedule with time clocking can be rebuilt fairly quickly. Compliance with labour law (overtime, mandatory rest, DSN export) is the real work behind it, and needs ongoing legal maintenance.
What you lose
- Legal alerts kept up to date by the vendor.
- Export to payroll software.
- The mobile app and the vendor's support.
Existing alternatives to Skello
- ComboSmaller vendor
French vendor (formerly Snapshift) of scheduling, time clocking and payroll preparation for hospitality.
- StaffSmaller vendor
Team scheduling and time clocking for restaurants, per-venue flat rate from €29 excl. VAT/month.
The prompt to build it yourself
Build me an HR scheduling tool for a restaurant, for my venue, to replace a subscription. Stack: web app (Next.js or Node/Express) with SQLite, hosted on my small server, usable on phone and computer. No mandatory paid service, no telemetry. Core of the tool: - Schedule with templates and configurable compliance alerts. - Availability, leave and shift swaps. - Preview of payroll cost from the hourly rates entered, to steer the schedule. Requirements: - Weekly schedule by position and by shift, with drag and drop, copy of the previous week and publication to the teams. - Availability and leave requests entered by the employee, approved by the manager. - Configurable alerts: 11 h rest between two shifts, 10 h of work per day, weekly working time. Default values from the French Labour Code, to be adapted to the HCR collective agreement by my accountant. - CSV export of hours per employee and per period, for my accountant. - Employee data: role-based access (manager, employee), password or magic link, change log. Out of scope: payroll and DSN. README: installation, backup, and a reminder that this tool is not payroll software and calculates no salary, no DSN, no DPAE, and that legal counts remain to be checked by my accountant.
Frequently asked questions
- Can Skello be replaced by a custom-built tool?
- casevibecode verdict: Partly replaceable. A simple schedule with time clocking can be rebuilt fairly quickly. Compliance with labour law (overtime, mandatory rest, DSN export) is the real work behind it, and needs ongoing legal maintenance.
- What is Skello used for?
- Scheduling and HR rota management for restaurants.
- What alternatives to Skello already exist?
- Combo (smaller vendor), Staff (smaller vendor). Options to compare before committing to a custom build.
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