The Invoice Ninja v5 BETA is now available!

hillel · June 28, 2020, 12:05pm

We are extremely excited to share the BETA release of the new Invoice Ninja!

Demo: https://demo.invoiceninja.com
Install: https://invoiceninja.github.io/selfhost.html

Note: this app must be setup separately from the current app, we’ve built a migration tool to enable transferring your data and settings between the apps. We will continue to support the current version of the app but will be renaming it to Invoice Ninja (Legacy) to try to limit confusion.

Android App: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.invoiceninja.app
iOS App: https://testflight.apple.com/join/MJ6WpaXh
API Docs: Build, Collaborate & Integrate APIs | SwaggerHub
Flutter Package: GitHub - invoiceninja/flutter-package: Create PDF invoices and accept payments in a Flutter app
Zapier: Login | Zapier

Over the next three months we’ll be working to take the app from beta to stable. Your feedback during this phase of the development will have far more impact than feedback received later on. Please try the app and speak up to let us know what you do and do not like.

The best place to provide feedback is on Slack: http://slack.invoiceninja.com

Web App (Laravel/PHP): https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/tree/v2
Client App (Flutter/Dart): https://github.com/invoiceninja/flutter-client

Here are some of the added features & improvements in v5:

Added group settings
Changed PDF design to HTML/CSS
Multiple payment gateways now supported
Support applying one payment across multiple invoices
Increased number of companies from 5 to 10
Increased number of custom fields from 2 to 4
Increased number of tax rates from 2 to 3
Support for unlimited custom invoice designs
Support enabling inclusive taxes at the client level
Users can now belong to multiple companies
Added ability to assign records to users
Added option to determine when the invoice number is set
Added option to receive notifications for failed payments
Added email template for partial payments
Added option to track product cost to calculate the markup
Added custom field types: text, multiline, dropdown, date or switch
Third party service requests/responses are now logged
All features are available in the mobile app(s)
We plan to release desktop versions of the app later in the year

podster · June 30, 2020, 5:30pm

I do not see the Task section in the demo beta release, I am assuming it’s being added in the future?

Thanks

hillel · June 30, 2020, 5:42pm

That is correct, for the stable release we plan to add recurring invoices, tasks and expenses.

podster · June 30, 2020, 5:57pm

Looking forward to it. When you select multiple Tasks to create an Invoice, currently it adds the ## and the detailed times. Will there be a way to change this default to show just the Date?

hillel · June 30, 2020, 6:08pm

Yes, this is a very common request

zotech · July 1, 2020, 2:26pm

Hi, I run invoice ninja for my small business on my domain. Do you recommend I update to v5 now or wait for a stable release? Also when there is a stable release will I need to install it under a new subdomain and import all the data?

hillel · July 1, 2020, 2:40pm

Hi,

I suggest waiting for.a stable release.

You’ll be able to migrate your data from v4 to v5. You’ll probably want to use a new subdomain to test but can replace it once you’re happy with the upgrade.

kirbyandlewis · July 1, 2020, 6:54pm

Looking great and lovely to see you can now pay more than one invoice at a time.

Couldn’t see a statement option on either the admin side or client portal?

hillel · July 1, 2020, 8:20pm

Thanks, great to hear

Statements aren’t implemented yet but will be added with time…

marqeight · July 15, 2020, 10:00pm

I was looking forward to the Ticketing module to be included in this release. Is this going to happen?

hillel · July 16, 2020, 4:18am

Hi,

We plan to add the ticket module in the future but it won’t be available until we’ve completed porting all of the currently supported v4 features.

smartinez · August 19, 2020, 4:18pm

Is there a database migration guide?

hillel · August 20, 2020, 12:36pm

We’ve built a migration tool into the latest v4 version, it’s on Settings > Account Management.

jcnengel · September 22, 2020, 4:45pm

Just experimenting with v5, but cannot find the migration tool in 4.5.19 (self-hosted). Is there a special setting to be taken into accout?
Best regards
Johannes

hillel · September 22, 2020, 5:30pm

I’m not sure, it should be on Settings > Account Management

jcnengel · September 23, 2020, 9:10am

Strange, I only have the following:

Plan status
Modules
PDF Settings
Delete Data

Best regards
Johannes

hillel · September 23, 2020, 9:23am

Is your user the account owner? Only the owner will see the migration option.

github.com

invoiceninja/invoiceninja/blob/master/resources/views/accounts/management.blade.php#L241



				<div class="form-group">
					<label for="modules" class="control-label col-lg-4 col-sm-4"></label>
					<div class="col-lg-8 col-sm-8">
						{!! Button::success(trans('texts.save'))->submit()->large()->appendIcon(Icon::create('floppy-disk')) !!}
					</div>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>

		@if(Auth::user()->eligibleForMigration())
			<div class="panel panel-default">
				<div class="panel-heading">
					<h3 class="panel-title">{!! trans('texts.migrate_to_next_version') !!}</h3>
				</div>
				<div class="panel-body">
					<div class="form-group">
						<label for="modules" class="control-label col-lg-4 col-sm-4"></label>
						<div class="col-lg-8 col-sm-8">
							<div class="help-block">{{ trans('texts.migrate_intro_text')}}</div><br/>
							<a class="btn btn-primary btn-lg"

jcnengel · September 23, 2020, 9:37am

Good point! That was it.
Is it safe to start the migration in a sense that it does not trigger any irreversible changes to the production data?

Best regards
Johannes

hillel · September 23, 2020, 9:49am

Great! The migration only affects v5, it’s designed to be run multiple times if needed.

zotech · September 28, 2020, 2:24pm

I have used Softaculous through my cPanel to initially install Invoice Ninja. How would I upgrade to V5 as it’s not available on there. I use Zuver for my webhosting and run a WordPress page.