Invora — Invoicing & Billing System (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted)
Self-hosted invoicing you own — no monthly fee, no per-invoice cut.
The problem it solves
Freelancers, consultants, and small businesses that invoice clients are stuck paying a hosted invoicing tool a monthly fee forever, and that tool keeps their client and revenue data. Cheap invoice scripts often get the numbers subtly wrong too — floating-point drift, discounts and tax applied in the wrong order, and manual status juggling to work out what's paid, partial, or overdue.
- Monthly SaaS fees that never stop
- Client and revenue data living on someone else's server
- Invoice math you can't verify yourself
What you get
Provable money math
Integer-cents arithmetic with per-line tax rates and proportional discounts, plus automatic paid/partial/overdue status derived from recorded payments and the due date.
Live line-item editor
Totals update as you type, pulling from your saved item catalog.
Estimates to invoice in one click
Convert a quote or estimate straight into an invoice.
Branded PDF & public link
Print-perfect branded PDF invoices plus a read-only public client link that needs no login.
Dashboard & collection chart
See invoiced, collected, outstanding, and overdue totals alongside a 6-month collected chart.
Reusable clients & item catalog
Saved clients and items with default tax rates, auto-numbering, and one-click demo data.
Pricing — one-time, yours forever
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Honest limitations
- No recurring or subscription billing
- No built-in online card payment collection — payments are recorded manually
- Not full double-entry accounting or an ERP
- No automated invoice email sending (branded PDF + public client link instead)
2-minute web installer, plain PHP 8 + MySQL (or SQLite for a trial), no Composer or build step — Docker image included.
Frequently asked questions
Does Invora support recurring invoices?
Not in 1.0 — each invoice is created individually, or one-click duplicated.
Does it email invoices automatically?
It produces a branded print/PDF invoice and a read-only public client link; automated email sending is on the roadmap.
Can it collect online payments?
No — you record payments manually; built-in payment gateways are roadmap.
What do I need to run it?
PHP 8.0+ with PDO and MySQL/MariaDB or SQLite, on Apache/LiteSpeed (mod_rewrite) or Nginx/VPS.
What if the developer disappears?
You get the full source code and your data stays in one database you own — nothing phones home.
See it running before you buy
The live demo is being prepared — check back shortly.
Demo — coming soon