bytefury/crater
Crater
Crater 是一个发票和账单软件系统，专为创建专业发票、估算单和定期账单计划而设计。它充当多实体会计管理器，允许在多个不同的商业组织之间组织和分离财务数据及账单记录。
该平台集成了支付网关服务以直接从客户处收款，并提供了一个安全的客户账单门户，客户可以在其中访问账户详情并支付未结发票。它还充当费用跟踪应用程序，用于记录支出和收入，以监控业务余额。
该系统包括自动化定期账单、管理自由职业者账单工作流以及跨发票和门户自定义品牌形象的功能。
Features
- Billing & Invoicing Systems - Provides a comprehensive system for managing professional invoices, estimates, and recurring billing schedules for business clients.
- Invoice Generation - Creates professional business documents including PDF invoices and quotes using customizable fields and notes.
- Billing Portals - Provides a secure web interface for customers to manage their payment methods and pay outstanding invoices.
- Business Financial Ledger Tracking - Provides a central ledger that tracks revenue, payments, and expenditures using double-entry transactions for financial accuracy.
- Client Billing Management - Provides tools to organize and monitor professional billing documents, project estimates, and client-specific financial records.
- Expense Trackers - Functions as a financial tool to log outgoing costs and incoming payments to monitor overall business balances.
- Multi-Entity Management - Manages and separates financial records and billing workflows for multiple distinct business organizations within one system.
- Operational Expense Tracking - Includes tools for recording business expenditures and monitoring incoming payments to control operational spending.
- Payment Gateway Integrations - Integrates with external payment gateway services to collect funds directly from customers online.
- Recurring Billing Automation - Automates the generation and delivery of invoices on a repeating schedule for consistent subscription or retainer payments.
- Customer Portals - Maintains a secure, self-hosted dashboard where clients can independently access their account details and invoices.
- Freelance Billing Tools - Provides specialized utilities for freelancers to generate professional invoices and cost estimates for their clients.
- Document Generation Templates - Generates professional invoices and estimates by injecting customer data into standardized HTML or PDF templates.
- Multi-Tenant Data Management - Implements a system for isolating financial data by tenant using distinct identifiers to prevent data leakage across different business entities.
- Payment Webhooks - Updates internal invoice statuses automatically by listening for event notifications from external payment gateway webhooks.
- Client Access Roles - Restricts external client access to specific invoice data by verifying authentication tokens against customer account records.
- Background Job Schedulers - Uses background job scheduling to trigger recurring billing cycles and automated email deliveries independently of user sessions.
- Brand Identity Customization - Allows the application of corporate themes and logos to invoices, emails, and portals for a consistent visual identity.
- Applications and Platforms - Invoicing application for freelancers and small businesses.
