spatie.be VS Crater Invoice

How do you debug your code in PHP? Do you use var_dump or dd in Laravel? Many of us also use logger to log output & figure out the problem in multiple steps. Spatie built a debugging tool called Ray that one can use to simplify the operation over dd or logger.

When in comes to Laravel packages, the guys at Spatie are probably the kings. They have hundreds of free packages you can pick from and use into your projects. Hats down for their commitment and contribution to this beautiful ecosystem.

In this article, we'll be using the Laravel Permission package from Spatie.

I'm thinking to make it as a software license, one-time payment with one year updates, as spatie.be do.

Ray by Spatie - Debugger tool

We use Oh Dear from spatie.be to check availability, dead links, certs and more for our critical FQDNs. Works perfectly fine. we also see it as a way to give something back to them in return for all their hard work in maintaining their open-source packages for Laravel.

The guys behind it work at Spatie[1] which you have probably heard of some of their packages, and Freek has a blog[2] that has a lot of PHP stuff on - lots Laravel, and lots just general new language stuff (covering PHP8 features etc)

[1] https://spatie.be

Spatie (https://spatie.be) makes a lot of great packages for Laravel. It also has a website with video courses and the code is open-sourced here https://github.com/spatie/spatie.be. I’ve learned a lot about testing from Spatie packages.

So I along with my colleague M H Hasib started working on a project of our own inspired from the API of laravel-permissions package by Spatie and the result was mongoose-permissions package.

Examples would be something like spatie.be, beyondco.de, and serversforhackers.com

Crater - GitHub

Crater Invoice: https://github.com/crater-invoice/crater

Another one to try is craterapp.com

Other options I've found are Crater (Very similar to Akaunting). There hasn't been an update in a while, but the devs say they have a big one planned this month.

Crater looks like the closest one to Akaunting, but it still doesn't support SSO either. So the Projects app I have from Akaunting gives Akaunting the edge here for now. (Also it looks like it's trying to get into "crypto accounting", which is a red flag.)

- https://craterapp.com/

I use crater for my invoicing, which I highly recommend.

By the way, have you tried Crater? (https://craterapp.com) It is perfect for billing & recording payments. Based on newer technology stack and very good UI. Lot less bugs than Invoice Ninja.

I am having some issues with the installation of Crater (for invoicing) on my home Ubuntu server with docker. Crater's default docker-compose yml is here: https://github.com/crater-invoice/crater/blob/master/docker-compose.yml