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Self-hosted alternatives to Wave

Wave is hosted accounting software for small businesses, with invoicing, payments, receipt scanning and payroll. One listed app does its main job and runs in your own Cloudflare account.

Each answer comes from the app’s README and source code, compared with the features Wave describes on its own site.

  • Minvoice invoice list with status tabs, client filter, due dates, totals and Draft, Sent, Overdue and Paid labels

    Invoicing for one business: PDF invoices by email, Stripe or PayPal pay links and overdue reminders

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    One-click
    License
    MIT
    GitHub stars
    37 stars
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Wave features, app by app

FeatureMinvoice
Invoicing with templates and brandingYes
Estimates and depositsNo
Online payments by card and bank transferPartly
Automatic overdue remindersYes
Accounting and bookkeepingNo
Receipt scanningNo
Financial reportsPartly
PayrollNo

Invoicing for one business: PDF invoices by email, Stripe or PayPal pay links and overdue reminders

What a Wave user would miss
Accounting and bookkeeping, expense and receipt tracking, estimates and payroll.
What it adds
MIT licensed, keeps the books in a D1 database in your Cloudflare account, with no subscription.
  • Yes Invoicing with templates and branding. Invoices with line items, a print view, a generated PDF, logo upload and an accent color.
  • No Estimates and deposits. No estimates or deposits in the README or schema.
  • Partly Online payments by card and bank transfer. Card payments through Stripe Checkout and PayPal pay links; bank transfers are recorded by hand.
  • Yes Automatic overdue reminders. Opt-in reminders on an editable schedule, 1, 7 and 14 days after the due date by default.
  • No Accounting and bookkeeping. No accounting ledger or bookkeeping; invoices and payments only.
  • No Receipt scanning. No receipt scanning.
  • Partly Financial reports. Monthly reports filterable by client and CSV export; no profit and loss or balance sheet.
  • No Payroll. No payroll.

Sources:github.com/ddyy/minvoicewww.waveapps.com/