invoiceninja/README.md

Invoice Ninja

Simple, Intuitive Invoicing

https://www.invoiceninja.com

Introduction

Most online invoicing sites are expensive. They shouldn't be. The aim of this project is to provide a free, open-source alternative. Additionally, the hope is the codebase will serve as a sample site for Laravel as well as other JavaScript technologies.

For updates follow @invoiceninja and @hillelcoren

Site design by kantorp-wegl.in

Features

• Core application built using Laravel 4.1
• Invoice PDF generation directly in the browser
• Integrates with many payment providers
• Recurring invoices
• Tax rates and payment terms

Steps to setup

If you plan on submitting changes it's best to fork the repo, otherwise you can just checkout the code.

git clone git@github.com:hillelcoren/invoice-ninja.git ninja
cd ninja

Install Laravel packages using Composer

Note: you may be prompted for your Github user/pass due to their API limits.

composer install

Install JavaScript packages using Bower

bower install

Configure config/database.php and then initialize the database

php artisan migrate --seed

Frameworks/Libraries

• laravel/laravel - A PHP Framework For Web Artisans
• twbs/bootstrap - Sleek, intuitive, and powerful front-end framework for faster and easier web development.
• patricktalmadge/bootstrapper - Laravel Twitter Bootstrap Bundle
• danielfarrell/bootstrap-combobox - A combobox plugin
• jquery/jquery - jQuery JavaScript Library
• eternicode/bootstrap-datepicker - A datepicker for @twitter bootstrap
• jquery/jquery-ui - The official jQuery user interface library
• knockout/knockout - Knockout makes it easier to create rich, responsive UIs with JavaScript
• rniemeyer/knockout-sortable - A Knockout.js binding to connect observableArrays with jQuery UI sortable functionality
• MrRio/jsPDF - Generate PDF files in JavaScript. HTML5 FTW.
• FortAwesome/Font-Awesome - The iconic font designed for Bootstrap that works with twitter bootstrap
• jasonlewis/basset - A better asset management package for Laravel
• Zizaco/confide - Confide is a authentication solution for Laravel 4
• Anahkiasen/former - A powerful form builder, for Laravel and other frameworks (stand-alone too)
• barryvdh/laravel-debugbar - Laravel debugbar
• DataTables/DataTables - Tables plug-in for jQuery
• Chumper/Datatable - This is a laravel 4 package for the server and client side of datatables
• omnipay/omnipay - A framework agnostic, multi-gateway payment processing library for PHP 5.3+
• Intervention/image - PHP Image Manipulation
• webpatser/laravel-countries - Almost ISO 3166_2, 3166_3, currency, Capital and more for all countries
• briannesbitt/Carbon - A simple API extension for DateTime with PHP 5.3+
• thomaspark/bootswatch - Themes for Bootstrap
• mozilla/pdf.js - PDF Reader in JavaScript
• nnnick/Chart.js - Simple HTML5 Charts using the tag
• josscrowcroft/accounting.js - A lightweight JavaScript library for number, money and currency formatting
• jashkenas/underscore - JavaScript's utility _ belt