# Invoice Ninja

> Invoice Ninja is a source-available app you can self-host in the accounting & invoicing category. Powerful tool to invoice clients online. It has 10,223 GitHub stars, is source-available under the Elastic License 2.0 (not an OSI-approved open-source license) and ships a Docker image. It is a self-hosted alternative to QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks, Wave and Zoho Books.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja |
| Website | https://www.invoiceninja.org/ |
| Demo | https://app.invoiceninja.com/invoices/create |
| GitHub stars | 10,223 |
| Forks | 2,736 |
| Open issues | 213 |
| License | Elastic License 2.0 |
| License type | Source-available |
| License file | https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/blob/v5-stable/LICENSE |
| Language | PHP |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker, K8S |
| Categories | Accounting & Invoicing, Finance & Budgeting |
| Commits, last 12 months | 2,002 |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Latest release | v5.13.43 (Sep 18, 2026) |
| Created | Nov 26, 2013 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: php, expenses, javascript, invoices, tasks, laravel, payments, time-tracker, kanban, invoice

## Install

Invoice Ninja ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja for the image name and environment variables.

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## Invoice Ninja replaces

- [QuickBooks alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/quickbooks): Intuit's accounting and invoicing software for small businesses.
- [Xero alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/xero): Cloud accounting software for small businesses with bank feeds, invoicing and reporting.
- [FreshBooks alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/freshbooks): Invoicing, expense and time-tracking software for freelancers and small service businesses.
- [Wave alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/wave): Accounting and invoicing software for small businesses, with paid add-ons for payments and payroll.
- [Zoho Books alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/zoho-books): Zoho's online accounting software for invoicing, expenses, inventory and tax.

## Comparisons

- [Akaunting vs Invoice Ninja](https://appsgit.com/compare/akaunting-vs-invoice-ninja): Pick Akaunting for general small-business bookkeeping with bills, banking and reports, within its free-use limits; pick Invoice Ninja if your main job is quoting, invoicing and getting paid, with native desktop and mobile apps. Neither is OSI open source: Akaunting uses the Business Source License and Invoice Ninja the Elastic License 2.0.

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- [Odoo](https://appsgit.com/apps/odoo): Free open source ERP system. (54,848 stars, LGPL-3.0, Python, Docker)
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## Articles

- [The best open-source accounting software in 2026 (self-hosted bookkeeping and invoicing)](https://appsgit.com/blog/best-open-source-accounting-software-2026): The best open-source accounting software you can self-host in 2026: Bigcapital, ERPNext, LedgerSMB, Odoo, Invoice Ninja and InvoiceShelf, with licences checked.

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