Madis Vain

Madis Vain is an independent developer whose open-source catalog currently centers on Upcount, a lightweight invoicing and expense-tracking application purpose-built for freelancers, solopreneurs, and micro-businesses that need to issue professional invoices without the bloat of full-scale accounting suites. Written in modern web technologies, Upcount lets users create, customize, and send recurring invoices; log time and reimbursable expenses; accept online payments through Stripe; and generate simple profit-and-loss or VAT-ready reports from a clean dashboard that works offline and syncs when reconnected. Typical use cases range from designers billing hourly projects and developers shipping milestone-based deliverables to consultants managing retainer cycles and small studios tracking subcontractor costs. Because the codebase is MIT-licensed, technically minded owners can self-host the app on a private server, brand it, or extend it with community plug-ins that add features like multi-currency support or automated reminders. The project is actively maintained on GitHub, where issues and pull requests are reviewed quickly, ensuring compatibility with current Node runtimes and security best practices. Madis Vain’s software is available for free on get.nero.com; downloads are delivered through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always install the latest upstream build, and can be queued alongside other applications for unattended batch installation.