Invoice App for Freelancers & Small Businesses Using Laravel & VueJs

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

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

Installation

Step 1 : Clone repository

Clone the repository by running these commands:

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/bytefury/crater

Step 2 : Run below commands

Change your current working directory and run your app using below commands:

$ cd crater
$ cp .env.example .env
$ docker-compose up -d
$ ./docker-compose/setup.sh

Step 3 : Complete installation wizard

Open your web browser and go to your given domain and follow the installation wizard.

On Installation wizard – Database setup, use below credentials:

Database Host: db
Database Name: crater
Database Username: crater
Database Password: crater

Features:

• Dashboard
• Customers
• Items
• Estimates
• Invoices
• Payments
• Expenses
• Taxes
• Reports
• Settings

Complete Invoicing Solution

Crater is free for life with all of the below features catered
towards the freelance and small business community

Invoices

Create and send professional invoices to clients and save time for what really matters.

Estimate

Create a quick and detailed quote including prices, discounts, inventory and more.

Track Payment

Easily keep a detailed note of your transactions and never lose a payment history.

Expenses

Keep track of your spending on various services with our easy to use expense tracking.

Reports

Get detailed reports on your
invoices with one or various clients.

Taxes

Input different tax types & calculate them as simple or compound tax per-item or directly on invoice total.

Professional Invoice Templates

Choose between three specially designed templates
for creating invoices and estimates.

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Mobile Apps

You can use Crater IOS and Android Apps to manage your own self-hosted Crater Web Application.

When you open the mobile app for the first time, you will see the below screen which allows you to connect the mobile app to your self-hosted web application.

You just need to enter the URL of your self-hosted Crater Web Application, example: https://example.craterapp.com

That’s it! Just click on Save and you are all set to login into crater using your credentials.