InvoiceShelf vs Invoify
InvoiceShelf and Invoify are both invoicing software. InvoiceShelf is open source under AGPL-3.0, with 1.9k GitHub stars. Invoify is open source under MIT, with 6.4k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick InvoiceShelf when
- You need straightforward invoicing on your own server and do not need full accounting.
- Pick Invoify when
- You need to produce good-looking one-off invoices without signing up for an invoicing service.
Side by side
A self-hosted invoicing app for freelancers and small businesses: estimates, invoices, payments, expenses and customer records, forked from Crater.
A web invoice generator with 13 templates, live preview, PDF rendering with headless Chromium, email sending and data kept in the browser.
No double-entry accounting or tax filing, and AGPL licensed.
No client ledger or payment tracking, and saved invoices live only in that browser's storage.
Usable (both)
Self-hosted server
Cloud service and self-hosted server
PHP, Laravel and Vue
TypeScript, Next.js, React, shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS
Open source, AGPL-3.0 (network copyleft)
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Use inside your business is unrestricted. If you change it and let customers use it over the internet, you must publish your changes.
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
1.9k GitHub stars
6.4k GitHub stars
Established: started 2 years ago, latest release 2.4.7.
Established: started 3 years ago, no tagged release yet.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.