invoice mit Homebrew installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• invoice

Projektgeschichte

The public repository describes Invoice as a command-line invoice generator and documents the core workflow with `invoice generate`. The repository release list records an initial release in June 2023, with the README directing users to either install from Go source or download release binaries.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Invoice gained package-manager visibility through the Homebrew formula and Nix metadata supplied in the input package facts. Its GitHub repository also shows a visible small-utility audience, with stars and forks centered around a compact CLI rather than a larger invoicing platform.

Wie es verwendet wird

The primary usage is generating a PDF invoice by supplying sender, recipient, line items, quantities, rates, tax, discount, notes, and output path on the command line. The README also documents environment variables for repeated values and importing JSON/YAML data for repeatable invoice generation.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Invoice is notable as a clean example of a personal-productivity CLI that does not try to become an accounting system. For package maintainers, it is a small Go binary with a direct upstream, a short release history, and behavior that is easy to smoke-test by generating a PDF.

Zeitleiste

• 2023-06: Public attention and initial GitHub release for the Invoice CLI.
• 2023: README documents Go installation, release binaries, CLI flags, environment variables, and JSON/YAML import.
• Package-manager era: Homebrew and Nix package the `invoice` executable.

Related projects

• Go's module installer is an official installation route via `go install github.com/maaslalani/invoice@main`.
• Homebrew and Nix provide package-manager routes for users who prefer managed binaries.

Quellen

• https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/invoice
• https://github.com/maaslalani/invoice
• https://github.com/maaslalani/invoice/releases