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bytefury/crater
===============

Free &amp; Open Source Invoice App for Individuals &amp; Small Businesses. https://craterapp.com

6.0.6(4y ago)8.3k4.2k↓22.2%1.7k[383 issues](https://github.com/bytefury/crater/issues)[40 PRs](https://github.com/bytefury/crater/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

Since Nov 22Pushed 1y ago147 watchersCompare

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

Crater is an open-source web &amp; mobile app that helps you track expenses, payments &amp; create professional invoices &amp; estimates.

Web Application is made using Laravel &amp; VueJS while the Mobile Apps are built using React Native.

Table of Contents
=================

[](#table-of-contents)

1. [Documentation](#documentation)
2. [Download](#download)
3. [Mobile Apps](#mobile-apps)
4. [Discord](#discord)
5. [Roadmap](#roadmap)
6. [Credits](#credits)
7. [Help us translate](#translate)
8. [License](#license)

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Installation Steps](https://docs.craterapp.com/installation.html)
- [User Guide](https://docs.craterapp.com/)
- [Developer Guide](https://docs.craterapp.com/developer-guide.html)
- [API Documentation](https://api-docs.craterapp.com)

Download
--------

[](#download)

- [Download Link](https://craterapp.com/downloads)

Mobile Apps
-----------

[](#mobile-apps)

- [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.craterapp.app)
- [IOS](https://apps.apple.com/app/id1489169767)
- [Source](https://github.com/bytefury/crater-mobile)

Discord
-------

[](#discord)

Join the Crater discord server to discuss: [Invite Link](https://discord.gg/nyTstm6)

Roadmap
-------

[](#roadmap)

~~Here's a rough roadmap of things to come (not in any specific order):

- Automatic Update
- Email Configuration
- Installation Wizard
- Address Customisation &amp; Default notes
- Edit Email before Sending Invoice
- Available as a docker image
- Performance Improvements
- Customer View page
- Add and Use Custom Fields on Invoices &amp; Estimates.
- Multiple Companies
- Recurring Invoices
- Customer Portal
- Accept Payments (Stripe Integration)
- White Labeling (Easy Invoice, Email &amp; Consumer Portal Theme customisation)
- Modules API
- Blockchain Integration
- Web 3.0 Accounting
- Vendors &amp; Bills
- Inventory Management
- Payment Reminders
- Improve Accessibility
- Debit &amp; Credit Notes
- Time Tracking
- Full service Payroll

Copyright
---------

[](#copyright)

© 2022 Crater Invoice, Inc.

**Special thanks to:**

- [Birkhoff Lee](https://github.com/BirkhoffLee)
- [Akaunting](https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting)
- [MakerLab](https://github.com/MakerLab-Dev)
- [Sebastian Cretu](https://github.com/sebastiancretu)
- [Florian Gareis](https://github.com/TheZoker)

Translate
---------

[](#translate)

Help us translate on

**Thanks to Translation Contributors:**

- [Hassan A. Ba Abdullah (Arabic)](https://github.com/hsnapps)
- [Clément de Louvencourt (French)](https://github.com/PHClement)
- [Robin Delattre (French)](https://github.com/RobinDev)
- [René Loos (Dutch)](https://github.com/Loosie94)
- [Stefan Azarić (Serbian)](https://github.com/azaricstefan)
- [Emmanuel Lampe (German)](https://github.com/rexlManu)
- [edevrob (Latvian)](https://github.com/edevrob)

License
-------

[](#license)

Crater is released under the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.

###  Health Score

53

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance27

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity55

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community40

Growing community involvement

Maturity79

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 58% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~28 days

Recently: every ~13 days

Total

30

Last Release

1535d ago

Major Versions

1.1.0 → 2.0.02019-12-02

2.1.0 → 3.0.02020-01-27

3.1.1 → 4.0.02020-12-03

4.2.0 → 5.0.02021-11-30

5.0.6 → 6.0.02022-01-10

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP ^7.2

4.0.0PHP ^7.3

4.1.0PHP ^7.4 || ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ebb668d7515d81741c86e42cf3194f5623636fbb15dd5412e26ea8320865d229?d=identicon)[lagdo](/maintainers/lagdo)

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Top Contributors

[![mohitpanjwani](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8002555?v=4)](https://github.com/mohitpanjwani "mohitpanjwani (639 commits)")[![raishvaria](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/26214655?v=4)](https://github.com/raishvaria "raishvaria (106 commits)")[![Jay04Makwana](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/46000538?v=4)](https://github.com/Jay04Makwana "Jay04Makwana (50 commits)")[![yogesh-gohil](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/33858419?v=4)](https://github.com/yogesh-gohil "yogesh-gohil (44 commits)")[![harshjagad20-dev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/180753166?v=4)](https://github.com/harshjagad20-dev "harshjagad20-dev (41 commits)")[![radhika587](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/106796895?v=4)](https://github.com/radhika587 "radhika587 (22 commits)")[![satyaprakash10](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/53507625?v=4)](https://github.com/satyaprakash10 "satyaprakash10 (19 commits)")[![birkhofflee](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8148095?v=4)](https://github.com/birkhofflee "birkhofflee (18 commits)")[![hastichavda](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/51323751?v=4)](https://github.com/hastichavda "hastichavda (17 commits)")[![radhu587](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/42264397?v=4)](https://github.com/radhu587 "radhu587 (16 commits)")[![azaricstefan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9116773?v=4)](https://github.com/azaricstefan "azaricstefan (16 commits)")[![Asif798](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/95082574?v=4)](https://github.com/Asif798 "Asif798 (15 commits)")[![bansarishukla](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/44024375?v=4)](https://github.com/bansarishukla "bansarishukla (14 commits)")[![artfuld](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6116748?v=4)](https://github.com/artfuld "artfuld (11 commits)")[![TheZoker](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1368405?v=4)](https://github.com/TheZoker "TheZoker (9 commits)")[![jramsgz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47223013?v=4)](https://github.com/jramsgz "jramsgz (7 commits)")[![hypnodev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11596289?v=4)](https://github.com/hypnodev "hypnodev (7 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (6 commits)")[![yashkanakiya](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/76934250?v=4)](https://github.com/yashkanakiya "yashkanakiya (5 commits)")[![cilas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2804957?v=4)](https://github.com/cilas "cilas (5 commits)")

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Tags

invoicesjavascriptlaravellaravel-frameworkpaymentphpvueframeworklaravel

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