Show HN: InvoiceAtOnce – Easy Invoice Creation

That's a FOSS utility I've been working on for the past two years. I use it for all of my invoices.

You can create your invoices like this:

    ./scripts/envois < scripts/invoice.json > output.html

Any feedback or fresh ideas for improvements would be great.

Thanks...

I have to wonder, sometimes, though. It seems like every other week there's a new invoice app out there. It's like a slightly more advanced version of the To-Do list tutorial app. I get that invoicing is a problem, but given the vast number of alternatives out there, aren't there more interesting problems to solve than Yet-Another-Invoice-App?

(Granted, here I am, typing away at Hacker News and working my day job and not creating anything useful for anyone other than my employer, but... a man can dream...)

I like how simple you've kept it. I built a similar service a few years ago to send invoices to clients directly: http://betterinvoices.com – we were one of the first partners with Stripe. You can hook up your stripe account and accept credit cards – free :)

Looks like one of the philosophies that we both share is not needing to log in before doing anything. I think this is very powerful – especially for people who just want to get things done. But if you're a bit OCD, you can still log in and get more.

Keep up the good work!

Invoiceto.me is a similar service that I can vouch for: http://invoiceto.me/

For me, the invoicing is almost a nice to have (both when I freelanced and as a business owner), and now I've come to expect to be able to press a button and generate an invoice. The info about the client, who the invoice gets sent to within a company, and other things only get set up per project/client. And you can do history and reports.

I've used www.GetHarvest.com, which besides invoicing, does time tracking. I think any serious business money software ends up being more than one feature and requiring lots of integrations. Harvest is one of the best business software suites I've ever seen actually.

That being said - is CREATING invoices really the problem in the invoicing world? I can google for "free invoice generator" and get 800 different webapps that do the same thing (Granted, this is the nicest one I've seen).

To me, the bigger problem is always remembering to send them, then managing the accounts receivable system, and knowing/finding out when the client is late in paying.

Works great for me. Can do pdf or share with team.

This is a great looking option. I've made a similar one with a few additional features:

•Save inputed data for future use (cached for 1 year - no registration) •Add your own logo •Generate PDF OR optimized for print.

Would love to know how more about how the PDF generation works – it's something I've been struggling with!

I like slig's idea of making a CV version of this...