Invoice Ninja
Powerful tool to invoice clients online.
- Accounting & Invoicing
- PHP
- Elastic-2.0
- Source-available
- Docker
- Actively maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 10,223
- Forks
- 2,736
- Open issues
- 213
- Commits, last 12 months
- 2,002
- Last commit
- Oct 6, 2026
- Latest release
- v5.13.43Sep 18, 2026
- Created
- Nov 26, 2013
- License
- Elastic License 2.0Source-available
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About Invoice Ninja
Powerful tool to invoice clients online. Invoice Ninja is source-available under the Elastic License 2.0 and written mainly in PHP, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.
The project has 10,223 stars and 2,736 forks on GitHub, with 2,002 commits over the last year. It ships a Docker image, which makes it a good fit for a small VPS or a home server running Docker Compose.
Topics
- php
- expenses
- javascript
- invoices
- tasks
- laravel
- payments
- time-tracker
- kanban
- invoice
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What is Invoice Ninja?
Invoice Ninja is a source-available app you can host on your own server, listed in our Accounting & Invoicing category. Powerful tool to invoice clients online. The source code lives at github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja, where it has 10,223 stars.
Is Invoice Ninja free and open source?
Not by the OSI definition. Invoice Ninja is source-available rather than open source: its code is public under the Elastic License 2.0, which is not an OSI-approved open-source license. The Elastic License 2.0 lets you use, modify and self-host the software, but not offer it to others as a hosted or managed service or bypass its license-key features. Check the license in the repository before using it commercially.
Can I run Invoice Ninja with Docker?
Yes. Invoice Ninja provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Invoice Ninja?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Invoice Ninja include Odoo, ERPNext and Aureus ERP. Invoice Ninja itself is a self-hosted alternative to QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks, Wave and Zoho Books.
Is Invoice Ninja actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Invoice Ninja was on Oct 6, 2026 with 2,002 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v5.13.43, published Sep 18, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.