Professional invoicing
branded invoices with custom templates
// official site: invoiceninja.com ↗
PRODUCTIVITY · PRO TIER
Invoice Ninjapro
Invoice Ninja is a full-featured invoicing and billing platform — invoices, recurring billing, expenses, time tracking, project management, payment collection. Multi-currency, multi-language. Strong on automation: subscriptions, late-payment reminders, payment gateway integrations.
// What it is
A closer look.
Invoice Ninja is a full-featured invoicing and billing platform — invoices, recurring billing, expenses, time tracking, project management, payment collection. Multi-currency, multi-language. Strong on automation: subscriptions, late-payment reminders, payment gateway integrations.
For freelancers and small businesses where Crater is too simple but Akaunting is overkill, Invoice Ninja is the middle-ground.
// Use cases
What it's for.
Concrete scenarios where teams pick Invoice Ninja over the SaaS alternative.
Recurring billing
subscription invoicing
Time tracking
billable hours feeding invoices
Expense reimbursement
track + bill expenses to clients
Payment collection
Stripe / PayPal / 40+ gateways
// Who it's for
Built for these teams.
If your team profile matches one of these, Invoice Ninja is a strong fit out of the box.
Freelancers
invoicing professionally with subscriptions
Consultancies
managing time-billing + retainers
Service businesses
running project-based billing
Subscription businesses
automating recurring billing
Cost-conscious teams
moving off FreshBooks / Wave
// Differentiators
Why teams pick Invoice Ninja.
When evaluating self-hosted options for this category, here are the dimensions on which Invoice Ninja consistently lands above the alternatives.
- ✓AAL-1.0 (Elastic License v2 evolved) — self-host clear, commercial nuance
- ✓40+ payment gateways — most comprehensive in OSS invoicing
- ✓Recurring + subscriptions — proper billing engine
- ✓Multi-company — handle multiple businesses
- ✓Mobile apps — iOS + Android
- ✓API + webhooks — programmatic everything
// Integrations
Connects to.
The stack you'll plug Invoice Ninja into — services, protocols, and adjacent apps in the BluixApps catalog.
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Payment
Stripe, PayPal, Square, Razorpay, Mollie, 35+ gateways
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Banking
Plaid for transaction import (paid)
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Time tracking
Toggl, Harvest imports
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Accounting
QuickBooks / Xero connectors (paid)
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Email
SMTP for invoice + reminder sending
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Calendar
Google Calendar sync for due dates
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Webhooks
fire on invoice / payment events
// Adoption & deployment
Notable users & community
- 8k+ GitHub stars
- Used by freelancers and small consultancies worldwide
- Active community
- Backed by Invoice Ninja with sustainable open-core
- Featured in invoicing tool comparisons
What we ship
- Docker compose: Invoice Ninja + MariaDB + Redis
- Pinned
invoiceninja/invoiceninja:5(release-tagged) - HTTPS via Let's Encrypt
- Admin user via env config
- Persistent volumes for MariaDB + storage
- SMTP + payment gateway env templates documented
- Backup hook covers MariaDB + PDF / asset storage
// Tips & operations
Run it properly.
Operational guidance from running this in production — what to lock down, what surprises people.
// PERFORMANCE
Set branding upfront
invoices reference company logo + colors
// SECURITY
Configure tax rules per region
taxes impact invoice generation
// OPERATIONS
SMTP for delivery
invoice email sending depends on it
// RELIABILITY
Payment gateway choice
pick based on customer geography
// DEPLOYMENT
Backup MySQL + PDFs
your invoice history is critical
// SCALING
Mobile app
useful for on-the-go invoice creation
1024
// min ram (MB)
5
// min disk (GB)
8099
// access port
http
// protocol
pro
// bluixapps tier
// Alternatives in Productivity
Compare with
Project resources
Official siteinvoiceninja.com ↗