Manage leave requests, track balances, and view team availability in an AI-powered system built with AI to fit your team's workflow.




Customize your time off calendar with the exact fields and approval steps your team needs. Add features as your policies evolve—no code needed.





Connect HR records, spreadsheets, and employee lists with real-time sync—or manage everything in Softr Databases. Create a single source of truth for your business leave tracking.
Give employees and managers the right views and access. Set up secure logins, user groups, and granular permissions for leave requests in minutes.
Softr apps are mobile-ready. Employees can request time off on the go by turning your calendar into a downloadable PWA in one click.
Softr apps are mobile-ready. Employees can request time off on the go by turning your calendar into a downloadable PWA in one click.
Build native automations to handle status updates and instant email notifications whenever a leave request is submitted or approved.
Provide separate logins for employees and managers, creating personalized dashboards for approval workflows and balance tracking.
Apply rules so employees only see their own requests, while managers can view and approve requests for their entire department.
Protect sensitive employee data and leave history. Softr is fully compliant with SOC2 and GDPR regulations.
No more one-size-fits-all tools or costly custom builds. Softr is easy to use and fully customizable, so you can launch faster, adapt as you grow, and skip the complexity of traditional software.

Build your time off calendar in minutes with AI—no manual configuration or manual entry required.

Add features like automated balance accruals or manager approval workflows as your company grows.

Start with a leave tracker, then add employee portals or internal dashboards—all in one place.
Co-build with AI
Simply describe what you need. Let Softr handle everything - Interface, database, workflows.
Iterate with AI or visually
Control most critical parts of your app yourself - roles, permissions, security.
Ship the same day
Invite team members or external clients and partners right away. No developer handover.
Use drag-and-drop blocks to build a portal that looks sleek and modern out of the box. Add only the features you need, and iterate as your workflows evolve.




A time off calendar is a secure, centralized view where employees and managers can track vacation days, sick leave, and personal time. It provides a visual representation of team availability, allowing staff to submit leave requests and managers to approve them without relying on messy email threads or outdated spreadsheets. This makes it easier for HR teams to stay organized and ensures everyone has clear visibility into upcoming absences.
Softr is the first AI-native platform for building business software, making it the ideal choice for creating a custom time off calendar that fits your specific HR policies. You can describe your leave tracking needs to the AI Co-Builder to instantly generate your employee database, request pages, and approval logic—all fully connected and secure.
You don't need to code anything. You can start by generating with AI, using a pre-built employee portal template, or building from scratch. Everything runs on Softr Databases, or you can connect external sources like Airtable or Google Sheets where your payroll data might already live. You have full control to adjust the calendar layout, decide which departments can see each other’s schedules, and brand it to match your company’s internal look and feel. It’s quick to launch and flexible enough to scale as your team grows.
You can include a wide range of features in your time off calendar app, depending on your company's leave policies. A great time off solution usually mixes functional management blocks with AI-powered automation:
- AI-Powered Intelligence – Use Ask AI to let employees query their remaining balance conversationally, or set up Database AI Agents to automatically calculate holiday entitlements based on tenure.
- Vibe Coding Blocks – Build custom UI elements—like a team-specific availability heat map—using the AI Code block to "vibe code" exactly what your HR team needs.
- Softr Workflows – Build native automations that trigger Slack notifications to managers when a new request is submitted or sync data to your payroll system once a leave is approved.
- User Portals & Logins – Securely manage access so employees only see their own private leave history while managers see their entire team’s schedule.
- Forms & Data Collection – Capture leave requests with custom forms including date pickers, reason dropdowns, and file uploads for medical certificates.
- Dashboards & Charts – Visualize leave trends, such as peak vacation months or departmental absenteeism, with real-time charts.
- Lists & Advanced Filtering – Manage all pending requests with searchable tables and filterable calendar views to prevent scheduling conflicts.
Everything is built using Softr’s drag-and-drop blocks, but you can always use the Vibe Coding block for tailored HR components.
Vibe coding is all about using AI to build a custom HR tool at the speed of thought. You can "vibe code" a time off calendar in Softr by simply describing your requirements—like 'an approval workflow for sick leave'—to the AI Co-Builder. Softr then generates a production-ready application on top of a stable foundation.
Unlike other tools that just generate raw code meant for developers, Softr handles the heavy lifting—like employee authentication, relational database logic, and secure permission layers—natively. This means you get the speed of AI generation without the risk of fragile code breaking your HR processes. You describe the workflow, Softr builds it, and your employees can start booking time off instantly.
Yes. You can manage multiple departments or regional teams within a single portal. Each employee only sees the time off data relevant to them or their team based on their specific login and role. This is particularly useful for large companies or managers who need to oversee vacation schedules across several different business units without cluttering the view.
Yes, you can. You don't need an existing HRIS or database to start building with Softr. If you are starting fresh, you can use Softr Databases, which is built into the platform and allows you to store employee profiles, leave balances, and request histories directly.
However, if you already have your staff list in tools like Airtable, Google Sheets, or HubSpot, you can connect those seamlessly. You can also use the REST API to pull data from more traditional payroll software. Either way, you have complete control over how your time off records are structured and displayed.
Softr Databases is the recommended native, relational data source for your time off calendar. It provides the highest performance for things like instant leave balance updates and lightning-fast calendar loading because the data lives where the app does.
If your employee data is stored elsewhere, Softr connects to 17+ external sources including Airtable, Google Sheets, HubSpot, and SmartSuite. You can even combine sources—for example, pulling employee names from HubSpot but tracking leave requests in Softr Databases. Most sources support real-time, two-way sync, so when a manager approves a vacation in the app, it updates your source data automatically.
Yes, Softr gives you full control over how employees and managers interact with the time off calendar. You can customize the dashboard layout and navigation to match your internal HR branding. Each page or calendar block can be restricted so that an employee only sees their own leave history, while a supervisor sees a collective view of their direct reports.
Users can be assigned roles like 'General Staff', 'Dept Manager', or 'HR Admin', each with unique permissions. For example, staff can create new requests, while managers have the power to edit statuses from 'Pending' to 'Approved'. This ensures your internal leave management remains secure, private, and easy to navigate for everyone involved.
Yes, you can fully white-label your employee portal in Softr. You can use your company logo, secondary brand colors, corporate fonts, and a custom domain (like portal.yourcompany.com) to make the time off calendar feel like an official internal tool. You can also remove all Softr branding to provide a seamless, professional experience for your workforce.
Yes, you can. Softr provides deep flexibility to control the aesthetics and layout of your portal. You can adjust the visual hierarchy, spacing, and page structure to ensure the calendar is intuitive for all employees. You can choose from several block types to display your data:
- Calendar blocks – to visualize holiday dates and team availability at a glance
- Table blocks – for HR admins to review and sort through all historical leave requests
- List or Card blocks – to show remaining balance summaries for different leave categories
- Detail View – to allow employees to see the full notes and approval status for a specific request
- Forms – for staff to submit new vacation or sick leave applications
- Charts – to track total days taken versus company-wide averages
If your leave policies or company structure change, making updates in the visual builder is simple and requires no downtime.
Softr is built with enterprise-grade security. All employee data is encrypted in transit and at rest, ensuring that sensitive information like medical leave reasons stays private. You have granular control over visibility; you can set rules so that no user can see another person’s private leave notes unless they have the 'Manager' or 'HR' role.
For apps using Softr Databases, your information is hosted securely in Germany and is SOC 2 Type II compliant. If you connect to external sources like Airtable or SQL, Softr fetches the data in real-time without storing it on our servers. This ensures you maintain full ownership and compliance over your internal staff records and personal data.
It is fully production-ready. Unlike many AI experimental tools that generate 'throwaway' code, Softr builds your time off calendar on a robust, business-grade foundation.
We handle the critical infrastructure like employee logins, data security, and role-based access natively. This solves the challenge of maintaining an AI-built tool over time; you get the benefit of instant creation without the burden of fixing code bugs. Your system is scalable and ready for your employees to start requesting vacation days the moment you hit publish.
Softr is the first AI-native platform designed for business software. While other no-code tools require manual setup of every button and database link, Softr’s AI Co-Builder generates your entire time off system—including the data structure and internal logic—in minutes.
It offers a unique hybrid advantage: the speed of AI combined with the reliability of a visually editable, professional-grade platform. You don't have to choose between a flexible 'vibe coding' approach and a stable internal tool; Softr gives you both. This makes it the go-to choice for HR and Ops teams who need to launch functional, secure tools without waiting for IT resources.
Yes. Softr supports powerful native workflows and integrations to connect your time off calendar with the rest of your internal tech stack. You can automate tasks using Softr Workflows, such as sending email confirmations or updating Google Calendar events automatically. You can also integrate with Stripe for paid leave tracking or Intercom for internal support.
Whether you need to trigger a notification in Microsoft Teams or push data to an external payroll API via webhooks, you can build these complex automations into your portal without writing a single line of code.
Describe your leave policy. Softr's AI builds your custom calendar and portal in minutes.