Hi everyone! I'm Moises, a solo developer from Spain, and I built ftlite because I got tired of paying for tools I never used. For years I ran my freelance business on Holded. It's a solid product, but I was only ever touching one corner of it: invoices and quotes. Accounting, taxes, expense tracking — all of that goes to my gestoría (accountant), like it does for most freelancers and small businesses in Spain. I was paying full price for a full back-office suite and using maybe 10% of it. So I built ftlite: just the part that actually matters day to day for a small business — fast, clean invoicing and quotes, nothing else bolted on. No accounting module you'll never open, no tax forms you'll never file yourself, no bloat. The approach changed a lot along the way. I started out trying to replicate Holded's structure but stripped down, and quickly realized that's the wrong instinct — a "lite" version of a big tool still carries its assumptions. Instead I rebuilt around the actual workflow of someone who just needs to send a professional invoice or quote in under a minute, get paid, and move on. Compliance (VeriFactu, Spain's new e-invoicing requirements) was built in from day one rather than bolted on later, since that's the one part you can't outsource to your accountant. Give it a try and let me know what you think — and I'd love feedback from anyone who's ever felt like their invoicing software was doing too much. What's the one feature you actually use in your current tool?

FTLite

The simplest invoicing tool for freelancers and SMEs

The simplest invoicing tool for freelancers and SMEs