For invoicing, the practical question is not just whether a tool can send bills, but whether the project looks healthy enough to rely on. This May 2026 snapshot compares open/source-visible invoicing tools using ToolVitals data for health, shipping activity, openness, license, GitHub stars, and overall score.

The ranking includes only open/source-visible tools and sorts first by ToolVitals score, with GitHub stars used as a secondary popularity signal when scores are tied. All listed tools in this set are labeled OSI-approved OSS, with licenses shown exactly as reported.

Rankings

Rank Tool Openness License Health Shipping GitHub Stars Score Status
1 InvoiceShelf OSI-approved OSS AGPL-3.0 81 89 1680 82 🟢 Excellent
2 Billmora OSI-approved OSS MIT 74 89 4 82 🟢 Excellent
3 Miru OSI-approved OSS MIT 86 62 257 81 🟢 Excellent
4 SolidInvoice OSI-approved OSS MIT 85 62 881 79 🟢 Good
5 Ubilling OSI-approved OSS GPL-2.0 84 56 179 76 🟢 Good
6 Easy Invoice PDF OSI-approved OSS AGPL-3.0 67 57 839 68 🟢 Good
7 Upcount OSI-approved OSS GPL-3.0 74 0 383 52 🟡 Fair
8 Oreko OSI-approved OSS AGPL-3.0 71 0 15 52 🟡 Fair
9 BillKu OSI-approved OSS MIT 46 38 2 52 🟡 Fair
10 Consultant AI OSI-approved OSS MIT 49 21 0 47 🟡 Fair
11 Crater OSI-approved OSS AGPL-3.0 36 0 8282 34 🔴 Needs Attention
12 Accountill OSI-approved OSS MIT 36 0 1691 34 🔴 Needs Attention
13 BoxBilling OSI-approved OSS Apache-2.0 28 0 835 31 🔴 Needs Attention
14 BillForge OSI-approved OSS MIT 29 0 6 30 🔴 Needs Attention

Top 3 Highlights

InvoiceShelf ranks first with a ToolVitals score of 82, a health score of 81, and the strongest shipping score in the set at 89. Its combination of high shipping activity and solid health makes it the clearest leader in this invoicing group.

Billmora also scores 82 overall and matches InvoiceShelf on shipping score at 89, but it has only 4 GitHub stars, which is why it sits behind InvoiceShelf under the stated tie-break rule. The data points to strong recent project activity, but the very small GitHub footprint is worth treating cautiously.

Miru ranks third with a ToolVitals score of 81 and the highest health score in the list at 86. Its shipping score is lower at 62, but still enough for an Excellent status in this snapshot.

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