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InvoiceShelf

Open-source invoicing app for freelancers and small businesses

Budgeting & Finance ★ 1.9k stars Medium setup AGPL-3.0

InvoiceShelf is an open-source invoicing application, forked from Crater, for creating invoices and estimates and tracking payments. Built with PHP (Laravel), it supports multiple companies, taxes, and customer management.

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Key features

  • Invoices and estimates
  • Payment tracking
  • Multi-company support
  • Tax configuration

Strengths

  • Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (1.9k GitHub stars)
  • Written in PHP

Is InvoiceShelf secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect InvoiceShelf's latest release (2.4.6). OSV.dev lists 4 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-55610, published 2026-09-23 (21 days ago), fixed in 2.4.1

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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