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Hung Q. Le

Manta - Flexible invoicing app with customizable templates (Freebie)

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Manta is a flexible invoicing desktop app that allows you to quickly make beautiful invoices without the need of using design software like Photoshop, InDesign or Sketch. It's geared toward people who need to make invoices from time to time such as freelance designers, developers, photographers or writers ... etc. No Internet, monthly fee required!

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Phuc Nguyen
Good design!
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@helloraynext Thanks! :)
Hrvoje Šimić
I like the design! Are you planning to monetize it somehow?
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@shimetweets Thanks! I got this quite a lot but haven't really thought much about it. Just focusing on the next release at the moment. I'm curious what you have in mind :)
Hrvoje Šimić
@lqh88 tried it, I like it, will use for sending quotations to my clients after that's implemented. Was thinking about some notification to donate or something like that after 10 invoices or so. What do you think?
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@shimetweets Hey, sorry I missed this. I'm not really sure about this idea because it reminds me of the rating popups in iOS. And to be honest, if I were the user I wouldn't like it very much haha. But donation is a great idea. I've seen a lot of people do it on their GitHub repos. Thanks for the suggestion! :) Btw, I answered your questions on GitHub, hope that helps!
Hrvoje Šimić
@lqh88 Yeah, the least you can do is adding a button on a Github repo. I would also add some smooth notification on top of the window reminding users to donate if they regularly use it.
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@shimetweets Thanks for the suggestion. I appreciate it. Will setup the donate button now :)
Michael Folling
Love the fact that you're using the product to raise awareness about a social cause. Looking forward to the paid version when it's out!
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@michaelfolling Thanks, Michael. I’m actually thinking about doing a write up about this as the benefits are multifold. It made me feel good about myself and may also help activists like OPS as well. Manta is a magical creature, I ended up with a perfect name and logo/icon for the app. So everyone wins! I really hope this could become a trend for developers.
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@michaelfolling Awesome! Maybe this can help us solve the second hardest thing in Computer Science (naming things) once and for all? ;)
Markus Riegel
Great idea, thanks for making this! +1 that it's open source
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@marcorei Thanks! Hope you found it useful! :)
Rich Peterson
@lqh88 love the design!
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@richp_ Thanks! I’m glad you like it. Have you tried the app yet? Would love to know which could be improved! :)
A good service, with what the future will be integration ?
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@mawabaragoroga hey Shannon, thanks for asking. I’m thinking about integrating Stripe for handling payment at the moment. Any suggestion?
Tom Mathis
I love this app, thanks to the developers )
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@7cloudxb Hey Tom. Thanks for the kind words. If you could spread the words that would be great! :)
Chris Frantz
Beautiful! Just send it to my SO for her to use for her personal practice. Thanks for making it free. 🙏
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@frantzlight That's awesome Chris! Would love to know what she thinks :)
Valuemerce
I would like to see the option of creating an estimate first which than can be converted to an invoice later.
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@valuemerce Hey thanks for the idea. It's actually been discussed here already: https://github.com/hql287/Manta/....
Steven Law
Very nice indeed, keep in dock checked! Thank you
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@stevenlaw Thanks, Steven. I'm glad you found Manta useful. Would love to know more about your thoughts. Any ideas/suggestions for improving the app? :)
Jim Knutt
Great solution! There is such a great need for this, absolutely thrilled to finally see someone/company tackle it!
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@jimknutt Hey Jim, thanks for the kind words!
Kelvin Zhao
Are you able to export your customised template and previous invoiced data to be used on another device?
Hung Q. Le
Maker
@kelvin___ Hey Kevin, I have a repo contains all the HTML/CSS for the templates used in Manta. Will open source it soon so stay tuned! :)
Rolando Vargas

Would love to have paypal as a payment gate. Great app

Pros:

easy to use

Cons:

none

Hung Q. Le
Maker
Hey everyone, Just wanted to let you know that the new version of Manta - v1.1 is out. You can download it here: https://github.com/hql287/Manta/.... This update comes with lots of bug fixes and some new features such as allow using decimal prices for items, better Invoices layout, custom status for your invoices, better tax handling and more date format to choose from... It also has better support for Windows/Linux users. From now on, there will be a new minor release every week and Manta will check it for you automatically. Enjoy!!!