Hey everyone, I’ve been working on a self-hosted invoicing app called Rachoon (the name comes from the Bosnian word račun, which means invoice). I built it because I wanted something lightweight, fully under my control.

It all started back in 2016 when I became self-employed where I needed something to create invoices. At first I used a proprietary SaaS product, which was a good product itself, but their support was miserable - to say the least. I looked at self-hosted alternatives which - at that time - looked to basic for my needs. So I took matters into my own hands, and started working on Rachoon.

I got it to a point where it served my needs more than well, and kept using it privately, hosted on my HomeLab. Now that I have more time, I decided to make it production ready for everyone else to use.

Here’s what it does:

• Create and manage invoices and quotes

• Keep track of clients and payments

• Highly customizable invoice templates with your branding using nunjucks

• Generate PDFs and previews

• Support for multiple currencies and taxes

It’s open source, so I’ve been able to tweak things to fit my workflow, and I can see how it would be useful for freelancers or small teams who want to keep everything local.

If you’re into self-hosting and want to avoid subscription invoicing tools, it might be worth checking out: https://github.com/ad-on-is/rachoon

I’m happy to answer questions about setup or how I’ve been using it in my own workflow.