What are the most Popular Flutter Packages

What are the most Popular Flutter Packages

Posted on by Toma Velev

Here are some of the most Popular Flutter Packages, categorized by their functionality that will be part of almost any app you that will build.

UI and Layout

  1. fluttertoast: A simple toast notification package.
  2. flutter_statusbar: A package for customizing the status bar on Android and iOS devices.
  3. animated_text_kit: A package for creating animated text effects.

Navigation between Pages, Screens, UIs

  1. Navigation Bar & Page Navigation https://docs.flutter.dev/cookbook/navigation/navigation-basics – Build-in – provided by the Flutter SDK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVGYddFaLv0
  2. go_router: Go Router is a popular navigation package that provides a simple, powerful, and flexible way to navigate between routes in your Flutter app.
  3. auto_route: Auto Route is another popular navigation package that provides a declarative API for navigating between routes in your Flutter app.
  4. flow_builder: You could probably implement it with any state management solution – to have an router with flags that are listened by the UI and change the corresponding grand widget (page). But, there is also package for this approach:  https://pub.dev/packages/flow_builder

I myself am trying to build a generator for navigation flow – with variety of implementations https://programtom.com/dev/product/app-routing-code-snippets-generator-beta/

Networking and APIs

  1. http: A popular HTTP client package for making network requests.
  2. dio: Another popular HTTP client package with additional features like caching and interceptors.
  3. retrofit: A type-safe HTTP client package that uses annotations to define API endpoints.

Database and Storage

  1. hive: A lightweight, NoSQL database package for storing data locally on the device.
  2. sqflite: A SQLite database package for storing data locally on the device.
  3. shared_preferences: A simple package for storing key-value pairs in a shared preferences file.
  4. flutter_secure_storage: A package for securely storing sensitive data like passwords or API keys.

Authentication and Security

  1. firebase_auth: A package for authenticating users with Firebase Authentication.
  2. google_sign_in: A package for signing in with Google accounts.

Utilities and Tools

  1. intl: A package for formatting dates, numbers, and currencies according to the user’s locale.
  2. path_provider: A package for accessing files and directories on the device.
  3. permission_handler: A package for requesting permissions from the user (e.g., camera, location).

Other notable packages

  1. flutter_svg: A package for rendering SVG images in Flutter.
  2. cached_network_image: A package for caching network images to improve performance.
  3. flutter_markdown: A package for parsing and displaying Markdown text.

Note that this is not an exhaustive list, and there are many other useful packages available on the Dart Package Manager (pub.dev).