I Built a Simple Invoice Generator That Doesn’t Make You Sign Up

https://handypebble.com/invoice-generator/

It’s mainly for freelancers, small businesses, or anyone who only needs to send an invoice once in a while.

The reason I made it is pretty simple. A lot of invoice tools feel like they turn a five-minute job into a whole process. You open the site, create an account, set up a company profile, add a client, start a project, and sometimes hit a pricing page before you’ve even made the invoice.

Sometimes I just want to make an invoice and send it.

So that’s what this one does.

You can enter your business name, email, phone number, address, and logo, then add your client’s information, invoice number, invoice date, and due date.

After that, just add whatever you’re billing for.

For example, it could be:

Web design — 1 project — $100

Photo editing — 3 hours — $40/hour

Or it could be consulting, repairs, design work, freelance work, or pretty much any other service.

The totals are calculated automatically as you type. You can also add sales tax, discounts, shipping, or other charges. If the client has already paid part of the invoice, enter that too and the remaining balance updates automatically.

There’s a live preview on the right side, so you can see what the finished invoice will look like while you’re working on it.

When everything looks right, click Print / Save PDF. You can print it directly or save it as a PDF and email it to your client.

I also added an option to save your own business details in the browser. If you make invoices regularly, you don’t have to type your company name, contact information, default currency, tax rate, and payment notes every time.

Client information and individual invoice details aren’t saved with it, which was intentional.

Privacy was another thing I cared about when making this.

Your invoice is created in your browser. The client information and logo you add don’t need to be uploaded to HandyPebble just to build the invoice.

Invoices can contain real business information, so if something can stay on your own computer, I’d rather keep it there.

The layout is mostly based on the way invoices are commonly used in the U.S., with fields for things like invoice number, due date, purchase order number, sales tax, discount, shipping, amount paid, and balance due.

It doesn’t try to decide your taxes for you. If sales tax applies to your work, you’ll still need to use the correct rate for your location and situation. The tool just handles the invoice and the math.

That’s really all there is to it.

I’ve been making more small tools like this lately because I like software that does one useful thing without asking for much in return.

Open the page, make the invoice, save the PDF, send it, and get back to work.

Sometimes a tool doesn’t need to be a platform. It just needs to be useful.