I built this[1] because I couldn't find any other such tools that met all of the following criteria:<p>* Use SSL
* Save settings through localStorage
* Allow PDF export w/o any watermarks
* The exported invoice must look identical to the preview<p>1: https://www.free-invoice-generator.com
Pet peeve: for ambiguous currency signs, the currency code must always be clearly mentioned on the invoice.<p>I hate it when I buy from companies in the US and they just write their prices as $.<p>Then my accountant doesn't know if that invoice was in USD or HKD. There are dozens of countries that use the $ as their currency symbol.<p>At least mention the currency code somewhere, please.
This is pretty nice and very easy to use, good job!<p>One point: I would normally expect to see a breakdown of how much tax (VAT in my case) has been added, rather than just a percentage - I know you just subtract the subtotal from the total, but having the amount of tax shown as a separate line is actually a requirement for a VAT invoice in the UK [0] and may well be in other countries.<p>When I'm working with new subcontractors who may not necessarily have an invoice system set up already, I normally point them at <a href="http://invoiceomatic.io/" rel="nofollow">http://invoiceomatic.io/</a>, which was built by the geniuses at FreeAgent (which I use myself). [1]<p>[0]: <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/managing/charging/vat-invoices.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/vat/managing/charging/vat-invoices.ht...</a>
[1]: <a href="http://freeagent.com/" rel="nofollow">http://freeagent.com/</a>
This is really good. With the boring, generic, exact-match domain you've given it I was expecting something spammy. Is your aim to go after the SEO benefits or would you consider renaming it to something a bit more characteristic?
Can you make the code available on GitHub? What would be really cool is to add API so that it can be accessible programmatically by other accounting systems.
This is great! Thank you so much.<p>I basically use Freshbooks.com as an invoice generator. This is way cleaner.<p>Some polish-level things that would make it cleaner to use for a SaaS product:<p>* There aren't really "quantities" or "rates". You are a customer of my product, which costs $X amount, so there is just a line with cost $X.<p>* Needs to comma-delimit amounts greater than $1,000<p>* Want to be able to put my logo where "INVOICE" is.<p>* Want to be able to include an "Amount Paid" below the "Total", and then have "Amount Due" under that, which is Total - Amount Paid.<p>Also, I want to be able to save invoices (local storage or server is fine), generate a new one this month from last month's per customer, etc. etc.<p>Feel free to email me (harry@periscope.io) if you want more feedback or some examples.<p>Also: Charge your customers money!
I made one as well [0] for my own invoices as a contractor in the UK which I made to try out Typescript.<p>I just went the way of using the print to pdf feature of the browser rather than generating the PDF myself (and no need for any server side things this way!), works well enough for my case.<p>Code is on github: <a href="https://github.com/Keats/invoicer" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Keats/invoicer</a><p>[0]: <a href="http://vincent.is/working-on/invoicing/" rel="nofollow">http://vincent.is/working-on/invoicing/</a>
Odoo Invoicing has the features you need and his fully open source.
<a href="https://www.odoo.com/page/billing" rel="nofollow">https://www.odoo.com/page/billing</a><p>It implements: SSL, PDF, Export, same preview than print but no local storage. In the other hand, it has: online payments, auto generation (subscriptions), send by email or regular mail, etc.<p>One-click demo: <a href="https://demo.odoo.com/?module=account" rel="nofollow">https://demo.odoo.com/?module=account</a><p>(disclaimer: I am the author of Odoo)
If I set currency to RUB, I has "руб." at left of price, but it must be right of it.<p>Ex. now it "руб.150", but must be "150 руб."
This is great, I really like how clean the interface is! I might start using this from now on.<p>Minor pet peeve: It would be nice to have rich text formatting for the additional notes. Formatting bank information on how to pay me would be added there, so making certain details clear would be ideal.
Shameless Plug: We built a similar tool using AngularJS <a href="http://metaware.github.io/angular-invoicing/" rel="nofollow">http://metaware.github.io/angular-invoicing/</a> which is free and Open Source and folks here at HN enjoyed it we guess. :)
It looks great, I just tested it out and enjoyed the simple layout. Its refreshing to see a service focus on UI over flashy tricks and gimmicks filled with marketing jargon.<p>Also congrats on the URL choice, really easy to remember and should score you some SEO points.
Nice work! Maybe add a way to export/import all invoices (say I want to switch machines). A data table to see all invoices and a reporting tool will be useful. Also, this is front-end only, why do we need ssl?
Nice work! This is very similar to the invoice tool I made: <a href="http://invoice-generator.com" rel="nofollow">http://invoice-generator.com</a>
This is OK only if you have to make one invoice and you are alone.
I personally use Direct Invoice (<a href="https://direct-invoice.com" rel="nofollow">https://direct-invoice.com</a>) it has a customizable dashboard, it's multi-user and the web app is beautiful.
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