# hql287/Manta

🎉 Flexible invoicing desktop app with beautiful & customizable templates.

Repository: https://github.com/hql287/Manta
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/manta
Homepage: https://www.getmanta.app
Language: JavaScript
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: invoice, invoice-pdf, invoice-generator, invoice-template, invoicing-application, invoicing-software, electron-app, electronjs, react, reactjs, react-redux, electron-react, react-app, webpack, freelancer, electron, customizable-templates, freelancing, taxes, receipt
Last push: 2025-02-02T23:27:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 25/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 4, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3215, "days_push": 577, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5483, forks 484 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:19.732481+00:00)

## What it is
Manta is a free, open-source desktop application for creating professional invoices with beautiful, customizable templates. Built with Electron, React, and Redux, it targets freelancers who need flexible invoicing and receipt generation.

## Use cases
- generate invoices as a freelancer
- create pdf invoices with custom templates
- make receipts for clients
- track invoicing for freelance taxes
- offline invoicing desktop app
- customize invoice template branding

## When to choose
- you want a free, offline desktop invoicing tool
- you need customizable invoice templates and multi-language support
- you're a freelancer or small business without complex accounting needs

## When to avoid
- you need recurring billing, payment processing, or full accounting
- you want cloud-synced multi-user invoicing
- you need a web-based or mobile invoicing solution

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: pdf, templating, gui
- domain: developer-tools, fintech, cross-platform, desktop-applications
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: invoicing, invoice-generator, freelancer-tools, receipts, electron-app, customizable-templates, taxes, desktop, electron, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- hql287/Manta (main) score 25

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:19.732481+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:56:22.465797+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hql287/Manta (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:19.732481+00:00, sha 0724e82f1663)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.