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Re: Ask HN: Free/Open-Source Invoicing Software?

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Uhm, surprised no one has mentioned https://invoiceplane.com/ yet, which is the first thing that comes up if you google "open source invoice".

For my purposes free doc templates (in my case Google Docs) serve my invoicing purposes perfectly well though. Plain docs are also nice in that they're more flexible than a web based app.

Re: Ask HN: Free/Open-Source Invoicing Software?

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How do your clients usually pay you?

I do freelancing on the side and would use Paypal with smaller clients, but now I'm getting larger clients and wanted to make it more professional. I started using a free app a while ago and then realized I can only have 6 free invoices which just ran out. It also doesn't have an option for reciepts, which I just got asked for for the first time.

definitely recommend waveapps.com in that case. Free plan and no limit on number of customers or invoices, does receipts and links to your bank account, pretty much everything you need as a sole trader it seems!

Re: Ask HN: Free/Open-Source Invoicing Software?

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Seems strange to me that you cannot afford the "great options" if you're getting bigger clients! QuickBooks costs $10/mo, and the competitors like FreshBooks are in the same range (~$12/mo). I use QB and am quite happy with it; worth every penny to me :)

My bigger clients probably don't meet your expectations as bigger clients. Also, I do this on the side so the jobs are few and far between so the sporadic nature of it makes me reluctant to pay for a service at well.
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