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Laravel 13 billing package for invoices, quotes, payments, credit notes, public invoice sharing, PDF rendering, and API-driven billing workflows.

Need to certify invoices, keep a proof trail, or publish business evidence online? See ProovIT.

What this package gives you

Eloquent models with a stable uuid_identifier route key
Single-action HTTP controllers grouped by concern
Form requests and JSON resources split by domain
Draft, finalize, payment, credit note, quote, and quote-to-invoice flows
A PDF pipeline that works with Eloquent models or with plain DTOs
Optional database-backed mode or fluent document builder mode
Configurable storage disk and directory for generated invoice files
Translatable labels and package translations
Optional Scramble documentation at docs/api/billing
Optional signed public sharing for invoices

Requirements

PHP 8.3
Laravel 13
Composer

Install

composer require proovit/laravel-billing
php artisan billing:install

billing:install is recommended, not required.

You can skip it if you want to start with the package defaults and adjust the config later.

The installer can:

enable or disable the database-backed stack
enable or disable the API
install and configure Sanctum if you want auth:sanctum
publish package resources when requested
enable or disable signed public invoice links
enable or disable Scramble documentation

If you skip the installer:

the package still works with its defaults
you can publish config, views, translations, and routes later
you can keep the package database-backed or document-builder-only through config changes

Quick examples

Full stack

config([
    'billing.database.enabled' => true,
    'billing.api.enabled' => true,
    'billing.api.auth_middleware' => ['auth:sanctum'],
    'billing.public_shares.enabled' => true,
    'billing.docs.enabled' => true,
]);

Fluent document builder

$document = \Proovit\Billing\Builders\Documents\InvoiceDocumentBuilder::make()
    ->withSeller([
        'legal_name' => 'ProovIT SAS',
        'display_name' => 'ProovIT',
        'address' => ['line1' => '1 rue de Paris', 'city' => 'Paris', 'country' => 'FR'],
    ])
    ->withCustomer([
        'legal_name' => 'Acme Ltd',
        'reference' => 'ACME-001',
        'billing_address' => ['line1' => '2 avenue des Tests', 'city' => 'Lyon', 'country' => 'FR'],
    ])
    ->addLine([
        'description' => 'Consulting',
        'quantity' => '1',
        'unit_price' => '250.00',
        'tax_rate' => '20',
    ])
    ->withNumber('INV-2026-0001')
    ->withIssuedAt(now())
    ->withDueAt(now()->addDays(30))
    ->withLocale('en')
    ->validate()
    ->build();

$pdf = app(\Proovit\Billing\Actions\Invoices\GenerateInvoicePdfAction::class)->handle($document);

If you already have a fully normalized draft and totals object, you can still build the immutable document DTO directly with InvoiceDocumentData::fromDraft(...).

The fluent builder is the recommended public API for applications that do not want to pass a large DTO object around by hand.

Documentation

Use cases

Repository layout

src/Actions/Customers for customer workflows
src/Actions/Invoices for invoice, payment, credit note, and PDF workflows
src/Actions/Quotes for quote workflows and quote conversion
src/Http/Controllers/Api for API controllers
src/Http/Requests/Api for API validation
src/Http/Resources/Api for JSON responses
src/Http/Controllers/Web for web preview and public sharing controllers
database/factories for package factories
database/seeders for demo and sample data seeders
resources/views/pdf for the PDF HTML view
resources/views/web for browser preview and print views
docs/ for package documentation
Makefile for common local and Sail-based tasks

Release notes

1.0.7

Backfilled UUID identifiers for existing billing records so historical invoices, quotes, payments, and related resources keep resolving Filament URLs

1.0.6

Improved Scramble response schemas so API documentation shows the real JSON payloads
Added clearer API and documentation wiring for the billing panel

1.0.1

Added a downloadable sample PDF generated from the default invoice Blade views
Refined the classic invoice layout and page spacing

1.0.0

Added optional database-backed and fluent document builder billing modes
Added PDF document DTOs and offline PDF generation support
Added configurable invoice storage disk and directory
Added optional resource publication in the installer
Added Scramble grouping by concern
Added English docs with user-facing examples
Added web preview and print views for invoices
Added package factories and a demo seeder
Added a package-local Makefile for QA and Sail workflows

Notes

HTTP access uses uuid_identifier, not the numeric primary key.
Controllers are single-action __invoke classes.
Scramble docs are exposed on a configurable path so they do not overwrite the host application's docs.
dev is the integration branch; tags are cut from main.
Core and Filament releases should share the same tag when they are released together.
If only filament-billing changes, use the fourth numeric segment for plugin-only tags.
AI, MCP, and Filament documentation belongs to their respective packages, not this one.
The package Makefile only covers package-local QA; sandbox commands live at the repository root.