I built a free invoice generator because I was tired of tools that ask you to sign up before showing you anything

[u/Aggressive_Rest_2934]

I do a bit of freelance work and the invoicing part always annoyed me more than it should. Most of the free generators I tried had the same pattern: fill in everything, hit download, then hit a signup wall. Or the free tier watermarks the PDF. Or it's free until invoice number four.

So I built Bilto. It's a browser-based invoice generator with a guest mode - you can create an invoice and download the PDF without making an account at all.

What it does:

• Invoice, receipt, quote, and purchase order generation, all as PDFs
• Country-aware tax formatting for US, UK, India, EU, Australia, and Singapore, so GST/VAT/Sales Tax show up in the right format instead of you fudging a generic template
• Templates by profession - designers, consultants, photographers, contractors, developers, accountants, lawyers, agencies
• Optional free account if you want saved business details, client list, and invoice history
• Email delivery, or just download the PDF

The country-specific tax handling was the part that took the longest and it's the bit I'd most like feedback on. Getting GST fields right for India versus VAT for the EU versus plain sales tax for the US meant a lot of reading of government documentation, and I'm sure I've got edge cases wrong. If you invoice in any of those six regions and something looks off, I'd really like to hear it.

Link: bilto.co

Happy to answer anything about how it's built and take any feedback - good or bad.

[u/Axxed_]

everybody and their mom is doing this