Connect your team, visualize hierarchies, and manage talent in an AI-powered system built with AI to fit your company's own workflow.




Customize your employee directory setup with the exact steps and views your team needs. Add features as processes evolve—no code needed.





Connect HR systems, spreadsheets, and team databases with real-time sync—or manage everything in Softr Databases. Create a single source of truth for your business.
Give each teammate the right tools and access. Set up secure logins, user groups, and granular permissions—no IT support or dev work needed.
Give managers, HR, and employees tailored access and dashboards, so each role sees just the profile data they need.
Give managers, HR, and employees tailored access and dashboards, so each role sees just the profile data they need.
Streamline operations with Softr Workflows. Trigger native automations for team notifications or approval steps when records change.
Access your employee directory on the go. Your team can find contact info and search for talent on any mobile device out of the box.
Use Google, email, or SSO logins to give your team fast, secure access to self-service profile updates—no IT tickets needed.
Keep internal team data safe with SOC2 and GDPR compliance, plus fine-tuned access control at every level of the directory.
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 employee directory in minutes with AI—no manual setup or complex configuration needed.

Add features like skill matching or org charts as your team grows—without needing to start from scratch.

Start with a directory, then add onboarding portals, dashboards, or forms—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.




An employee directory is a secure space where your staff can log in to access team information, like contact details, department hierarchies, skill sets, and company announcements. It keeps all organizational knowledge in one place, so your team doesn't have to rely on digging through scattered spreadsheets or old emails. This makes it easier to stay organized, foster internal networking, and provide a better onboarding experience for new hires.
Softr is the first AI-native platform for building business software. It makes it easy to build an employee directory that fits the way your organization is structured. You can describe your needs to the AI Co-Builder to instantly generate your database, team pages, and staff profiles—already connected and secure.
You don't need to code anything. You can start by generating with AI, using a template, or building from scratch. Everything runs on Softr Databases, the native, relational database built into the platform, or you can connect external tools like Airtable, Google Sheets, or HRIS systems like HubSpot. You have full control to adjust the layout visually, decide which roles can see sensitive information like personal phone numbers, and brand it to match your company design. It's quick to get up and running, simple to update as your team grows, and flexible enough to scale with your organization.
You can include a wide range of features in your employee directory, depending on what your HR workflow looks like. A great directory usually mixes classic functional blocks with AI-powered intelligence:
- AI-Powered Intelligence – Use Ask AI to let employees query the team list conversationally (e.g., "Who knows Python in the London office?"), or set up Database AI Agents to generate automated summaries of employee bios and milestones.
- Vibe Coding Blocks – Build complex, custom UI elements—like a dynamic interactive org chart—using the AI Code block to "vibe code" exactly what you need.
- Softr Workflows – Build native automations (like a welcome notification for new hires) that trigger alerts or sync data whenever an employee record is updated.
- User Portals & Logins – Securely manage access so each employee can edit their own profile while only HR admins see performance reviews or private documents.
- Forms & Data Collection – Capture internal information with custom forms for vacation requests, feedback submissions, and file uploads for IDs.
- Dashboards & Charts – Visualize your headcount growth and department distribution with real-time charts and summaries.
- Lists & Advanced Filtering – Display and manage your staff with searchable tables, department-based kanban boards, and detailed profile views.
Everything is built using Softr's drag-and-drop blocks, so you can create these features without writing code. Need something more custom? Use the Vibe Coding block to generate a tailored component with AI. And if your team expands, it's easy to update the directory later.
Vibe coding is all about moving fast and using AI to build exactly what you need. You can "vibe code" an employee directory in Softr by simply describing your requirements to the AI Co-Builder. Softr then generates a production-ready app on top of a stable, secure foundation.
Unlike other tools that just generate raw, fragile code, Softr handles the "boring 80%"—like single sign-on (SSO), database logic, and profile security—natively. This means you get the speed of vibe coding without the "Day Two" headaches of managing raw code. You describe the staff hierarchy and profile requirements, Softr builds it, and it’s ready for your team to use instantly.
Yes. You can manage multiple departments or global teams in a single directory. Each employee only sees the content and staff data relevant to them, based on their login and department role. This is useful for large enterprises or multi-national corporations working with various independent hubs.
Yes, you can. You don't need to bring your staff records from somewhere else to start building with Softr. If you're starting from scratch, you can use Softr Databases, which is built into the platform and integrates perfectly with the staff management application you build.
But if you already have employee data in tools like Airtable, Google Sheets, HubSpot, Notion, Coda, monday.com, Supabase, or SQL, you can connect those too. You can also use the REST API connector to bring in data from your HRIS. Either way, you have full control over how your team data is structured and displayed in your directory.
Softr Databases is the recommended native, relational data source for Softr. It is built explicitly for business apps, offering the highest performance for searching large staff lists, instant automation triggers for onboarding, and a lightning-fast experience because the data is native to the platform.
If you already have your staff data elsewhere, Softr also connects to 17+ external data sources. You can connect to Airtable, Google Sheets, HubSpot, SmartSuite, BigQuery, and more. You can even integrate multiple data sources into the same app—so your directory could pull in contact info from Softr Databases and professional certifications from LinkedIn or HubSpot at once. Most sources support real-time, two-way sync, so any updates made by employees to their profiles stay in sync automatically.
Yes, Softr gives you full control over how your staff experiences the employee directory. You can customize the layout, navigation, and content to match your internal brand and HR workflow. Each profile block or department list can be shown or hidden based on who's logged in, so employees only see info appropriate to their level.
You can also set up different user roles, such as Employee, Manager, or Admin—and define exactly what each role can view or edit. For example, employees can update their own headshots and bios, while HR admins can manage compensation data or contract files. You can also create personalized views by filtering the directory to show only colleagues in the same office as the logged-in user.
This level of customization is especially useful when you're managing hundreds of employees across different teams. It helps keep the experience clean, secure, and tailored to each staff member.
Yes, you can fully white-label your employee directory in Softr. You can use your company logo, brand colors, custom typography, and a custom internal domain to make the directory feel like a natural extension of your company intranet. You can also remove all Softr branding, so your employees only see your organization's identity throughout their daily use.
Yes, you can. Softr gives you a lot of flexibility to control both the design and layout of your employee directory. You can adjust colors, fonts, spacing, and page structure to match your brand style guide. You can also choose how each page is laid out, decide where the search bar goes, and set what different departments see when they log in.
To display your team data, you can add different types of blocks depending on what you need:
- Table blocks – to show structured data like payroll schedules or equipment inventory.
- List or Card blocks – to highlight employee headshots, bios, and social links.
- Detail View – to show a comprehensive individual profile page for each team member.
- Forms – for employees to update their personal information.
- Charts – to show organizational growth or diversity metrics.
- Calendar blocks – to display company holidays, team birthdays, or work anniversaries.
If your organizational structure or design needs change later, it's easy to go back and make updates right in the visual builder.
Softr is built with security in mind. All sensitive employee data is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest, and your directory is hosted on secure, reliable infrastructure. Softr apps also give you full control over who can see salary info or home addresses. You can set up role-based permissions, manage users directly within your HR data source, set visibility rules, and apply global restrictions to protect sensitive PII across your entire app.
For directories using Softr Databases, your data is stored in Softr's secure environment, with all data hosted in Europe (Germany) and SOC 2 Type II compliance. For apps connected to external sources like Airtable or SQL, Softr doesn't store your data—it just displays it in real time based on your access settings. You're always in control of your data and who can view or edit it.
Softr also follows industry best practices for authentication, access control, and platform monitoring to help keep your employee information safe.
It is fully production-ready. Unlike many AI tools that just "vibe code"—generating fragile, custom code that is hard to maintain or secure—Softr builds your employee directory on top of a stable, business-grade foundation.
We handle the "boring 80%" (like secure employee authentication, hosting, and granular field-level permissions) natively, so you don't have to. This solves the "Day Two" problem of AI: you get the speed of instant generation without the headache of managing raw, unreliable code. Your directory is secure, scalable, and ready for your entire workforce to use from day one.
Softr is the first AI-native platform for building business software. Unlike pure "vibe coding" tools that generate fragile code, or traditional no-code tools that require hours of manual configuration for user permissions, Softr's AI Co-Builder creates directories on top of a secure, production-ready foundation.
What sets it apart is the hybrid advantage: you can use AI to generate your staff database, app structure, and logic in minutes, then use visual controls for precise design edits. You get the speed of AI with the reliability of business-grade infrastructure (SSO, user roles, and hosting) already built-in. It's designed for HR and operations teams who want to move from a manual list to a live production directory on day one.
Yes. Softr supports powerful native workflows and a wide range of integrations so you can connect your employee directory to the rest of your internal stack. You can automate tasks using Softr Workflows, like triggering a Slack message when a new hire is added, or sync with tools like Google Calendar and Intercom. Softr also supports REST API and webhooks for more advanced HRIS workflows.
Whether you need to send employee data to a payroll system, trigger onboarding sequences based on a status change, or display hardware data from other tools, you can build it into your directory without writing code.
Describe what your business needs. Softr's AI builds your directory and database in minutes.