Invoiceninja

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

Invoice Ninja is a full-featured invoicing and billing platform — invoices, recurring billing, expenses, time tracking, project management, payment collection. Multi-currency, multi-language. Strong on automation: subscriptions, late-payment reminders, payment gateway integrations.

For freelancers and small businesses where Crater is too simple but Akaunting is overkill, Invoice Ninja is the middle-ground.

What it's for

  • Professional invoicing — branded invoices with custom templates
  • Recurring billing — subscription invoicing
  • Time tracking — billable hours feeding invoices
  • Expense reimbursement — track + bill expenses to clients
  • Payment collection — Stripe / PayPal / 40+ gateways

Who it's for

  • Freelancers invoicing professionally with subscriptions
  • Consultancies managing time-billing + retainers
  • Service businesses running project-based billing
  • Subscription businesses automating recurring billing
  • Cost-conscious teams moving off FreshBooks / Wave

Why teams pick Invoice Ninja over alternatives

  • AAL-1.0 (Elastic License v2 evolved) — self-host clear, commercial nuance
  • 40+ payment gateways — most comprehensive in OSS invoicing
  • Recurring + subscriptions — proper billing engine
  • Multi-company — handle multiple businesses
  • Mobile apps — iOS + Android
  • API + webhooks — programmatic everything

Integrations

  • Payment — Stripe, PayPal, Square, Razorpay, Mollie, 35+ gateways
  • Banking — Plaid for transaction import (paid)
  • Time tracking — Toggl, Harvest imports
  • Accounting — QuickBooks / Xero connectors (paid)
  • Email — SMTP for invoice + reminder sending
  • Calendar — Google Calendar sync for due dates
  • Webhooks — fire on invoice / payment events

Notable users & community

  • 8k+ GitHub stars
  • Used by freelancers and small consultancies worldwide
  • Active community
  • Backed by Invoice Ninja with sustainable open-core
  • Featured in invoicing tool comparisons

Tips & operations

  • Set branding upfront — invoices reference company logo + colors
  • Configure tax rules per region — taxes impact invoice generation
  • SMTP for delivery — invoice email sending depends on it
  • Payment gateway choice — pick based on customer geography
  • Backup MySQL + PDFs — your invoice history is critical
  • Mobile app — useful for on-the-go invoice creation

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Docker compose: Invoice Ninja + MariaDB + Redis
  • Pinned invoiceninja/invoiceninja:5 (release-tagged)
  • HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
  • Admin user via env config
  • Persistent volumes for MariaDB + storage
  • SMTP + payment gateway env templates documented
  • Backup hook covers MariaDB + PDF / asset storage
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Stacks119 curated stacksStandard$19/moDetailDeploy
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Pro25Full catalogPriority bugfix+$15–25/mo$149/moDetailDeploy
Growth100Full catalogPriority bugfix+$15–25/mo$349/moDetailDeploy
Scale500Full catalog7-day window+$15–25/mo$799/moDetailDeploy
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