Invoice Ninja
Powerful tool to invoice clients online.
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Still maintained? Yes: 472 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v5.13.51 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Stripe Billing and Chargebee.
At a glance
Invoice Ninja quick facts
- Health score
- 96/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 10,385
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v5.13.51, Oct 2026
- Licence
- Elastic-2.0
Top alternatives to Invoice Ninja
Full rankings: QuickBooks alternatives, FreshBooks alternatives, Stripe Billing alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Invoice Ninja Version 5 is here! We've taken the best parts of version 4 and added the most requested features to create an invoicing application like no other. Check the Invoice Ninja YouTube Channel to get up to speed, or try the Demo now."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Invoice Ninja scores 96/100, #5 of 43 in Money, Budgeting & Management: 472 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v5.13.51, today) earns 25.0 of 25, 10,385 stars add 16.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 3.9 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
472 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v5.13.51 released today
- Stars biggest shortfall 16.1 / 20
10k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 472
- Last 90 days
- 2,153
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #5 of 43 tools in Money, Budgeting & Management by health , between Ghostfolio (#4) and Lago (#6) .
Details
| Licence | Elastic-2.0 |
| Platforms | PHP, Docker, K8S |
| Latest release | v5.13.51 · today |
| Stars | 10,385 |
| Open issues | 220 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | invoiceninja/invoiceninja ↗ |
Invoice Ninja vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Invoice Ninja (Money, Budgeting & Management), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invoice Ninja (this tool) | 96 | 10k | Elastic-2.0 | today |
| Lago | 96 | 11k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Kill Bill | 95 | 5.8k | Apache-2.0 | 2 days ago |
| Bigcapital | 94 | 4k | AGPL-3.0 | 2 days ago |
| Akaunting | 86 | 10k | BUSL-1.1 | yesterday |
| SolidInvoice | 82 | 977 | MIT | today |
Invoice Ninja: common questions
What does Invoice Ninja replace?
Repoly lists Invoice Ninja as an open-source alternative to QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Stripe Billing and Chargebee. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Invoice Ninja stands against the others.
Is Invoice Ninja still maintained?
Invoice Ninja had 472 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v5.13.51, is from today. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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