InvoiceShelf

A self-hosted invoicing app for freelancers and small businesses, with estimates, payments, expenses, recurring invoices and a customer portal.

1.9k stars, 401 forks PHP On GitHub since January 2024

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InvoiceShelf at a glance

Open sourceYes, AGPL-3.0No paid parts in the repository
Health62 of 100Actively developed
Self-hostingDockerCompose file, 2 services
Interface42 languagesIncluding English, German and French
Issue repliesWithin ~16 daysMedian first reply; 38% of recent issues answered

What is InvoiceShelf?

InvoiceShelf creates invoices and estimates and exports them as PDFs, records payments and shows what each customer still owes. It also tracks expenses and taxes, produces business reports, schedules recurring invoices, and gives customers a portal for their documents and payment history. You can manage several companies and invite team members with scoped roles. The upcoming 3.x line adds EN 16931 e-invoices in ZUGFeRD and Factur-X format through an official module. The interface covers 42 languages.

Good fit if

  • You bill clients regularly and want a focused invoicing tool on your own server.
  • You run more than one small company and want them in one installation.

Look elsewhere if

  • You need full double-entry bookkeeping: Bigcapital.
  • You want a simpler, long-established invoicing app: InvoicePlane.

Before you adopt it

InvoiceShelf is AGPL-3.0, has no paid parts in the repository, and requires a CLA from contributors. Nearly every recent commit comes from a single developer. Use the 2.x release for real data, since the default 3.x branch is an alpha preview. Docker Compose runs it with MySQL.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 31 October 2026. Report a correction

How to run InvoiceShelf yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker/production/docker-compose.mysql.yml: 2 services (mysql)
Setup effort
2 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
42 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish
Show all 42

Albanian, Arabic, Bangla, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese

Install instructions: invoiceshelf.com or the README on GitHub.

InvoiceShelf health: is it still maintained?

62 of 100, actively developed

Release rhythmEvery ~14 daysLatest: 2.4.7, 21 October 2026
Issue repliesWithin ~16 daysMedian first reply; 38% of recent issues answered
Bus factorHigh riskThe most active of 3 authors wrote 98% of recent commits
  • Activity
    470 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 27 October 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    3 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 98% of them.
    5 / 20
  • Releases
    3+ releases in the last 12 months; the latest, 2.4.7, on 21 October 2026.
    15 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 38% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 16 days.
    7 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 6 November 2026. How the score works

InvoiceShelf license: is it open source?

InvoiceShelf uses AGPL-3.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI. Contributors sign a contributor license agreement, which lets the owner relicense their work later.

  1. January 2024First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayAGPL-3.0. A contributor license agreement is required.

InvoiceShelf for developers

Written in

  • PHP 60%
  • Vue 28%
  • TypeScript 9%
  • Blade 2%
  • Shell <1%
  • Other <1%

Getting involved

Contributing guideYesCONTRIBUTING.mdOpen issues62On GitHub
Authors, 90 days3Of the latest 100 commits
DonationsGitHub SponsorsListed on GitHub

Language shares are GitHub’s count of the code in the repository.

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Questions about InvoiceShelf

Is InvoiceShelf open source?

Yes. InvoiceShelf is published under AGPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is InvoiceShelf still maintained?

Its health score is 62 of 100 (actively developed). It had 470 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 27 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 21 October 2026.

How do I run InvoiceShelf?

You can run it with Docker. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What is InvoiceShelf written in?

InvoiceShelf is written mainly in PHP (60% of the code), with Vue (28%) and TypeScript (9%), by GitHub’s count of the repository.

What languages is InvoiceShelf available in?

The repository has interface translations for 42 languages, including English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish and Russian.

What are the alternatives to InvoiceShelf?

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