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Flutter

DartOpen SourceCross-platformGoogle

Google's UI toolkit for building natively compiled apps for mobile, web, and desktop from a single Dart codebase with expressive widget-based UI.

License

BSD 3-Clause

Language

Dart

88
Trust
Strong

Why Flutter?

Teams comfortable with Dart who want pixel-perfect UI across all platforms

High-performance apps where native rendering matters more than JS ecosystem

Apps targeting mobile, web, and desktop simultaneously from one codebase

Signal Breakdown

What drives the Trust Score

pub.dev downloads
800k / mo
Commits (90d)
500 commits
GitHub stars
167k ★
Stack Overflow
55k q's
Community
High
Weighted Trust Score88 / 100

Download Trend

Last 12 months

Tradeoffs & Caveats

Know before you commit

Teams heavily invested in the JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem

Apps that need deep web browser APIs — Flutter web has limitations

Pricing

Free tier & paid plans

Free tier

Open source, free to use

Paid

Free & open-source

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Learning Resources

Docs, videos, tutorials, and courses

Docs

docs

Get Started

tutorial

Get Started

Repository and installation options

View on GitHub

github.com/flutter/flutter

flutterflutter create my_app && cd my_app && flutter run

Quick Start

Copy and adapt to get going fast

// main.dart
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() => runApp(const MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(body: Center(child: Text('Hello Flutter!'))),
    );
  }
}

Community Notes

Real experiences from developers who've used this tool