Offline_Invoicing

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

An Electron desktop app that creates quotes and invoices and exports them as PDF or emails them.

Adopt it when

Only as a code sample; it has not been updated since 2020.

Watch out

Abandoned since 2020 on an old Electron version, so expect security and compatibility issues.

Ready for

Experimental

Runs as

Desktop app

Built with

JavaScript, Electron and jQuery

How established

Established: started 6 years ago, no tagged release yet.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Offline_Invoicing → V8 → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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