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Self-hosted invoicing software — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for self-hosted invoicing software, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

Answer archive Methodology Data studies JSON

What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

▲ INCrater entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTPayPal left the top 10 (#10 → #13)
▲PHP moved #8 → #5
▼SolidInvoice moved #6 → #9
▼PayPal moved #10 → #13
▼Stripe moved #4 → #6
▲InvoiceShelf moved #9 → #7
▲Akaunting moved #5 → #4
▼Dolibarr moved #7 → #8
▲Crater moved #11 → #10
▼SolidInvoice -10pp (31.4% → 21.4%)
▼Dolibarr -7.2pp (28.6% → 21.4%)
▲InvoicePlane +5.8pp (37.1% → 42.9%)
▼Stripe -5.7pp (34.3% → 28.6%)
▼PayPal -5pp (22.9% → 17.9%)
▼Akaunting -3.9pp (34.3% → 30.4%)
▲PHP +2.9pp (25.7% → 28.6%)
▲Invoice Ninja +1.5pp (77.1% → 78.6%)

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 5-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INDolibarr entered the top 10 (#11 → #7)
▼ OUTCrater left the top 10 (#8 → #11)
▲Dolibarr moved #11 → #7
▼PayPal moved #7 → #10
▼Crater moved #8 → #11
▲InvoicePlane moved #4 → #3
▼Stripe moved #3 → #4
▲PHP moved #9 → #8
▲InvoiceShelf moved #10 → #9
▲InvoicePlane +6.1pp (31% → 37.1%)
▲Docker +4.8pp (38.1% → 42.9%)
▲Dolibarr +4.8pp (23.8% → 28.6%)
▼Stripe -3.8pp (38.1% → 34.3%)
▼Crater -3.8pp (23.8% → 20%)
▲Akaunting +3.3pp (31% → 34.3%)
▼PayPal -3.3pp (26.2% → 22.9%)
▲SolidInvoice +2.8pp (28.6% → 31.4%)
▲PHP +1.9pp (23.8% → 25.7%)
▼Invoice Ninja -1.5pp (78.6% → 77.1%)

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

▲PayPal moved #10 → #7
▲Stripe moved #5 → #3
▼InvoicePlane moved #2 → #4
▼Crater moved #6 → #8
▲Docker moved #3 → #2
▼Akaunting moved #4 → #5
▲SolidInvoice moved #7 → #6
▼PHP moved #8 → #9
▼InvoiceShelf moved #9 → #10
▼InvoicePlane -7.1pp (38.1% → 31%)
▲Stripe +6.4pp (31.7% → 38.1%)
▼Crater -6.4pp (30.2% → 23.8%)
▲Docker +4.8pp (33.3% → 38.1%)
▲PayPal +4pp (22.2% → 26.2%)
▼Akaunting -2.3pp (33.3% → 31%)
▼PHP -1.6pp (25.4% → 23.8%)
▲InvoiceShelf +1.6pp (22.2% → 23.8%)

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 5-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲Stripe moved #7 → #5
▼Crater moved #5 → #6
▼SolidInvoice moved #6 → #7
▲PHP moved #9 → #8
▼InvoiceShelf moved #8 → #9
▼InvoicePlane -6.1pp (44.2% → 38.1%)
▼Invoice Ninja -4pp (81.8% → 77.8%)
▼InvoiceShelf -3.8pp (26% → 22.2%)
▲Stripe +3.1pp (28.6% → 31.7%)
▲PayPal +1.4pp (20.8% → 22.2%)
▼SolidInvoice -1.3pp (29.9% → 28.6%)
▼Crater -1pp (31.2% → 30.2%)

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

▲ INPayPal entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
▼ OUTDolibarr left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
▼Dolibarr moved #10 → #12
▲Crater moved #6 → #5
▼SolidInvoice moved #5 → #6
▲Stripe moved #8 → #7
▼InvoiceShelf moved #7 → #8
▲PayPal moved #11 → #10
▼InvoicePlane -4.2pp (48.4% → 44.2%)
▲Crater +3.7pp (27.5% → 31.2%)
▲Stripe +3.3pp (25.3% → 28.6%)
▲PayPal +3.2pp (17.6% → 20.8%)
▲PHP +1.6pp (23.1% → 24.7%)
▼InvoiceShelf -1.5pp (27.5% → 26%)

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▲Docker moved #4 → #3
▼Akaunting moved #3 → #4
▲InvoicePlane +2.5pp (45.9% → 48.4%)
▲SolidInvoice +2.2pp (28.6% → 30.8%)
▲InvoiceShelf +2pp (25.5% → 27.5%)
▲Stripe +1.8pp (23.5% → 25.3%)
▲Docker +1.4pp (32.7% → 34.1%)
▲Crater +1pp (26.5% → 27.5%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

▲SolidInvoice moved #6 → #5
▼Crater moved #5 → #6
▼InvoicePlane -5pp (50.9% → 45.9%)
▼Akaunting -4.7pp (38.4% → 33.7%)
▼Docker -3.9pp (36.6% → 32.7%)
▲PHP +3.9pp (19.6% → 23.5%)
▼Crater -2.1pp (28.6% → 26.5%)
▲SolidInvoice +1.8pp (26.8% → 28.6%)
▼Invoice Ninja -1.4pp (83% → 81.6%)
▲Stripe +1.2pp (22.3% → 23.5%)
▼Dolibarr -1.2pp (19.6% → 18.4%)

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-5 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INStripe entered the top 10 (#14 → #8)
▲ INDolibarr entered the top 10 (#13 → #10)
▼ OUTQuickBooks left the top 10 (#8 → #13)
▼ OUTOpenSourceBilling left the top 10 (#10 → #16)
▲Stripe moved #14 → #8
▼OpenSourceBilling moved #10 → #16
▼QuickBooks moved #8 → #13
▲Dolibarr moved #13 → #10
▲Docker moved #5 → #4
▼Crater moved #4 → #5
▲SolidInvoice moved #7 → #6
▼InvoiceShelf moved #6 → #7
▲Stripe +5.6pp (16.7% → 22.3%)
▼Crater -4.7pp (33.3% → 28.6%)
▲Docker +4.5pp (32.1% → 36.6%)
▼Invoice Ninja -3.9pp (86.9% → 83%)
▼InvoicePlane -3.9pp (54.8% → 50.9%)
▼OpenSourceBilling -3.6pp (17.9% → 14.3%)
▲SolidInvoice +3pp (23.8% → 26.8%)
▲Dolibarr +2.9pp (16.7% → 19.6%)
▼InvoiceShelf -2.4pp (27.4% → 25%)
▼QuickBooks -2pp (19% → 17%)
▲PHP +1.7pp (17.9% → 19.6%)

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Invoice Ninja78.6%
#2Docker42.9%
#3InvoicePlane42.9%
#4Akaunting30.4%
#5PHP28.6%
#6Stripe28.6%
#7InvoiceShelf23.2%
#8Dolibarr21.4%
#9SolidInvoice21.4%
#10Crater19.6%

Sep 7, 202635 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Invoice Ninja77.1%
#2Docker42.9%
#3InvoicePlane37.1%
#4Stripe34.3%
#5Akaunting34.3%
#6SolidInvoice31.4%
#7Dolibarr28.6%
#8PHP25.7%
#9InvoiceShelf22.9%
#10PayPal22.9%

Sep 6, 202642 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v5-7

#1Invoice Ninja78.6%
#2Docker38.1%
#3Stripe38.1%
#4InvoicePlane31%
#5Akaunting31%
#6SolidInvoice28.6%
#7PayPal26.2%
#8Crater23.8%
#9PHP23.8%
#10InvoiceShelf23.8%

Sep 5, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v5-7

#1Invoice Ninja77.8%
#2InvoicePlane38.1%
#3Docker33.3%
#4Akaunting33.3%
#5Stripe31.7%
#6Crater30.2%
#7SolidInvoice28.6%
#8PHP25.4%
#9InvoiceShelf22.2%
#10PayPal22.2%

Sep 4, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v5-7

#1Invoice Ninja77.8%
#2InvoicePlane38.1%
#3Docker33.3%
#4Akaunting33.3%
#5Stripe31.7%
#6Crater30.2%
#7SolidInvoice28.6%
#8PHP25.4%
#9InvoiceShelf22.2%
#10PayPal22.2%

Sep 3, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v5-7

#1Invoice Ninja77.8%
#2InvoicePlane38.1%
#3Docker33.3%
#4Akaunting33.3%
#5Stripe31.7%
#6Crater30.2%
#7SolidInvoice28.6%
#8PHP25.4%
#9InvoiceShelf22.2%
#10PayPal22.2%

Sep 2, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v5-7

#1Invoice Ninja77.8%
#2InvoicePlane38.1%
#3Docker33.3%
#4Akaunting33.3%
#5Stripe31.7%
#6Crater30.2%
#7SolidInvoice28.6%
#8PHP25.4%
#9InvoiceShelf22.2%
#10PayPal22.2%

Sep 1, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v5-7

#1Invoice Ninja77.8%
#2InvoicePlane38.1%
#3Docker33.3%
#4Akaunting33.3%
#5Stripe31.7%
#6Crater30.2%
#7SolidInvoice28.6%
#8PHP25.4%
#9InvoiceShelf22.2%
#10PayPal22.2%

Aug 31, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v5-7

#1Invoice Ninja77.8%
#2InvoicePlane38.1%
#3Docker33.3%
#4Akaunting33.3%
#5Stripe31.7%
#6Crater30.2%
#7SolidInvoice28.6%
#8PHP25.4%
#9InvoiceShelf22.2%
#10PayPal22.2%

Aug 30, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v5-7

#1Invoice Ninja77.8%
#2InvoicePlane38.1%
#3Docker33.3%
#4Akaunting33.3%
#5Stripe31.7%
#6Crater30.2%
#7SolidInvoice28.6%
#8PHP25.4%
#9InvoiceShelf22.2%
#10PayPal22.2%

Aug 29, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v5-7

#1Invoice Ninja77.8%
#2InvoicePlane38.1%
#3Docker33.3%
#4Akaunting33.3%
#5Stripe31.7%
#6Crater30.2%
#7SolidInvoice28.6%
#8PHP25.4%
#9InvoiceShelf22.2%
#10PayPal22.2%

Aug 28, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v5-7

#1Invoice Ninja77.8%
#2InvoicePlane38.1%
#3Docker33.3%
#4Akaunting33.3%
#5Stripe31.7%
#6Crater30.2%
#7SolidInvoice28.6%
#8PHP25.4%
#9InvoiceShelf22.2%
#10PayPal22.2%

Aug 27, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v5-7

#1Invoice Ninja77.8%
#2InvoicePlane38.1%
#3Docker33.3%
#4Akaunting33.3%
#5Stripe31.7%
#6Crater30.2%
#7SolidInvoice28.6%
#8PHP25.4%
#9InvoiceShelf22.2%
#10PayPal22.2%

Aug 26, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Invoice Ninja81.8%
#2InvoicePlane44.2%
#3Docker33.8%
#4Akaunting33.8%
#5Crater31.2%
#6SolidInvoice29.9%
#7Stripe28.6%
#8InvoiceShelf26%
#9PHP24.7%
#10PayPal20.8%

Aug 25, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7

#1Invoice Ninja81.8%
#2InvoicePlane44.2%
#3Docker33.8%
#4Akaunting33.8%
#5Crater31.2%
#6SolidInvoice29.9%
#7Stripe28.6%
#8InvoiceShelf26%
#9PHP24.7%
#10PayPal20.8%

Aug 24, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7

#1Invoice Ninja81.8%
#2InvoicePlane44.2%
#3Docker33.8%
#4Akaunting33.8%
#5Crater31.2%
#6SolidInvoice29.9%
#7Stripe28.6%
#8InvoiceShelf26%
#9PHP24.7%
#10PayPal20.8%

Aug 23, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7

#1Invoice Ninja81.8%
#2InvoicePlane44.2%
#3Docker33.8%
#4Akaunting33.8%
#5Crater31.2%
#6SolidInvoice29.9%
#7Stripe28.6%
#8InvoiceShelf26%
#9PHP24.7%
#10PayPal20.8%

Aug 22, 202691 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7

#1Invoice Ninja81.3%
#2InvoicePlane48.4%
#3Docker34.1%
#4Akaunting34.1%
#5SolidInvoice30.8%
#6Crater27.5%
#7InvoiceShelf27.5%
#8Stripe25.3%
#9PHP23.1%
#10Dolibarr18.7%

Aug 21, 202698 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7

#1Invoice Ninja81.6%
#2InvoicePlane45.9%
#3Akaunting33.7%
#4Docker32.7%
#5SolidInvoice28.6%
#6Crater26.5%
#7InvoiceShelf25.5%
#8Stripe23.5%
#9PHP23.5%
#10Dolibarr18.4%

Aug 20, 202698 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7

#1Invoice Ninja81.6%
#2InvoicePlane45.9%
#3Akaunting33.7%
#4Docker32.7%
#5SolidInvoice28.6%
#6Crater26.5%
#7InvoiceShelf25.5%
#8Stripe23.5%
#9PHP23.5%
#10Dolibarr18.4%

Aug 19, 202698 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7

#1Invoice Ninja81.6%
#2InvoicePlane45.9%
#3Akaunting33.7%
#4Docker32.7%
#5SolidInvoice28.6%
#6Crater26.5%
#7InvoiceShelf25.5%
#8Stripe23.5%
#9PHP23.5%
#10Dolibarr18.4%

Aug 18, 2026112 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-7

#1Invoice Ninja83%
#2InvoicePlane50.9%
#3Akaunting38.4%
#4Docker36.6%
#5Crater28.6%
#6SolidInvoice26.8%
#7InvoiceShelf25%
#8Stripe22.3%
#9PHP19.6%
#10Dolibarr19.6%

Aug 17, 202684 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-5

#1Invoice Ninja86.9%
#2InvoicePlane54.8%
#3Akaunting39.3%
#4Crater33.3%
#5Docker32.1%
#6InvoiceShelf27.4%
#7SolidInvoice23.8%
#8QuickBooks19%
#9PHP17.9%
#10OpenSourceBilling17.9%

Aug 16, 202684 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-5

#1Invoice Ninja86.9%
#2InvoicePlane54.8%
#3Akaunting39.3%
#4Crater33.3%
#5Docker32.1%
#6InvoiceShelf27.4%
#7SolidInvoice23.8%
#8QuickBooks19%
#9PHP17.9%
#10OpenSourceBilling17.9%

Aug 15, 202684 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-5

#1Invoice Ninja86.9%
#2InvoicePlane54.8%
#3Akaunting39.3%
#4Crater33.3%
#5Docker32.1%
#6InvoiceShelf27.4%
#7SolidInvoice23.8%
#8QuickBooks19%
#9PHP17.9%
#10OpenSourceBilling17.9%

Aug 14, 202684 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-5

#1Invoice Ninja86.9%
#2InvoicePlane54.8%
#3Akaunting39.3%
#4Crater33.3%
#5Docker32.1%
#6InvoiceShelf27.4%
#7SolidInvoice23.8%
#8QuickBooks19%
#9PHP17.9%
#10OpenSourceBilling17.9%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/self-hosted-invoicing-software/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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