Nice! I recently built an invoice generator (not open sourced) for my own needs. I built mine because I needed something when I discontinued a SaaS that had provided it. Mine is written in C# and uses a JSON file to define the contents of the invoice. It's run from the command-line and just produces the PDF.

Very cool :)

We should talk; I'm doing the same thing except U.S.-focused.

Sounds great - feel free to email me at [email protected]

Nice to see you're also AGPL-3.0 too.

Yep, AGPL-3.0 for open-source use, and a commercial license is available as well.

https://github.com/VladSez/easy-invoice-pdf/blob/main/LICENS...

Are you planning to turn this into a full-fledged CRM of some sort? Are you planning to add user login with templates/company fields auto-populated at one point? Looks very clean, congrats.

Thanks! Appreciate it. No plans for that at the moment - I mainly built it for my own use =)

Why would you do something like this instead of using a cheap script from a codecanyon-type website (a true CRUD crm) where you can collect customer data and provide complete service in the long run? Just saying this because you said you built it for your own use.

I actually hadn’t heard of Codecanyon before! I used to use a paid invoicing service, but these days I just need a simple way to generate invoice PDFs - that’s really all I need.

You can use invoice generators that have complete control over your customers. Most scripts are php, and if you want something very detailed I'd go with Perfex. Codecanyon is the biggest code marketplace on the internet, owned by Envato.

I wonder if you could just send invoices to Comcast for price increases to their Payable Accounts department and if they'd just pay them. Or just invoice companies for "inconvenience fees" of sorts when they actually create inconveniences.

If you're targeting the EU, you might want to look into PEPPOL.

Thank you, will look into this. I have plans adding e-invoice support - https://github.com/VladSez/easy-invoice-pdf/issues/121

I think this is amazing. I work in the construction sector and there are so so so many small one-man tradesperson companies that need to know about this.

Thank you. Appreciate it

Something worth considering: the e-Rechnung directive enforcing b2b invoices with standardised metadata. They're becoming mandatory in Germany and I think they already are in some other EU countries.

Yep, thanks for the heads-up. It’s already planned: https://github.com/VladSez/easy-invoice-pdf/issues/121

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Wow well done!