Best Accounting & Invoicing Tools

Explore leading tools in the Accounting & Invoicing category, including open-source options and SaaS products. Compare features, use cases, and find the best fit for your workflow.

10+ open-source projects · 6 SaaS products

Top open-source Accounting & Invoicing

These projects are active, self-hostable choices for knowledge management teams evaluating alternatives to SaaS tools.

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Akaunting logo

Akaunting

Modern online accounting software for small businesses and freelancers

Stars
9,380
License
Unknown
Last commit
4 days ago
PHPActive
Invoice Ninja logo

Invoice Ninja

Source-available invoicing and time-tracking app built with Laravel

Stars
9,361
License
Unknown
Last commit
4 days ago
PHPActive
Crater logo

Crater

Open-source invoicing and expense tracking for businesses

Stars
8,219
License
AGPL-3.0
Last commit
1 year ago
PHPDormant
Frappe Books logo

Frappe Books

Modern offline-first accounting software for small businesses

Stars
3,901
License
AGPL-3.0
Last commit
20 days ago
TypeScriptActive
Most starred project
9,380★

Modern online accounting software for small businesses and freelancers

Recently updated
3 days ago

Self-hosted billing automation platform designed for web hosting and online service providers. Manage invoicing, payments, and client communication with extensible, integration-ready architecture.

Dominant language
PHP • 6 projects

Expect a strong PHP presence among maintained projects.

Popular SaaS Platforms to Replace

Understand the commercial incumbents teams migrate from and how many open-source alternatives exist for each product.

Conta logo

Conta

Free online invoicing software.

Accounting & Invoicing
Alternatives tracked
7 alternatives
FreshBooks logo

FreshBooks

Easy small-business accounting and invoicing.

Accounting & Invoicing
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7 alternatives
Invoice Ninja logo

Invoice Ninja

Free invoicing and payments for freelancers and small businesses.

Accounting & Invoicing
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7 alternatives
invoicely logo

invoicely

Free online invoicing for small businesses.

Accounting & Invoicing
Alternatives tracked
7 alternatives
Xero logo

Xero

Cloud-based accounting software for small businesses

Accounting & Invoicing
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7 alternatives
Zoho Books logo

Zoho Books

GST-ready online accounting software for Indian SMBs.

Accounting & Invoicing
Alternatives tracked
7 alternatives
Most compared product
7 open-source alternatives

Conta helps freelancers and small businesses create and send invoices in minutes with a simple, cloud-based invoicing app and mobile companion.

Leading hosted platforms

Frequently replaced when teams want private deployments and lower TCO.

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