# Install invoice with Homebrew, Nix

Command-line invoice generator. Version 0.1.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#invoice.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:invoice
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install invoice
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#invoice
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/invoice/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:invoice
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.1.0
- **Source summary:** Command-line invoice generator
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/maaslalani/invoice>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/maaslalani/invoice>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T04:07:50+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- invoice (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.1.0
## Project history and usage

Invoice is a small Go command-line utility for generating PDF invoices from terminal arguments, environment variables, or imported JSON/YAML data. It belongs to the modern single-purpose CLI tradition: one binary, examples in the README, and binary distribution through GitHub releases and package managers.

### Project history

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.

### Adoption history

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.

### How it is used

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.

### Why package nerds care

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.

### Timeline

- 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.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/invoice>
- <https://github.com/maaslalani/invoice>
- <https://github.com/maaslalani/invoice/releases>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - invoice: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/invoice/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/invoice.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/invoice.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph