crater-invoice-inc/crater

Health v2 · maintenance only

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Crater is an open-source, self-hosted invoicing application for individuals and businesses, built with Laravel and Vue.js, with companion React Native mobile apps. It supports creating professional invoices and estimates, tracking expenses and payments, recurring invoices, a customer portal, and Stripe payment integration.

Use cases

• create and send professional invoices to clients
• generate estimates and convert them to invoices
• track business expenses and payments
• set up recurring invoices for subscription clients
• self-host an invoicing alternative to SaaS tools
• let customers view and pay invoices through a portal
• manage multiple companies from one installation

When to choose

• you want a free, self-hosted invoicing system you fully control
• you need invoices, estimates, and expense tracking in one web app
• you want mobile apps for invoicing on the go
• you need multi-company support and white-labeling

When to avoid

• you need full double-entry accounting, payroll, or inventory management (not implemented)
• you want a commercially supported embedded AR/AP API product (the company has pivoted to that)
• you require active feature development - the open-source project appears to be in maintenance mode
• you need vendor/bill management or time tracking

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

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