Flutter Gems
Flutter Gems is a curated list of 7250+ useful Dart & Flutter packages that are categorized based on functionality.
Top Flutter Command Line (CLI) or Console packages
Last updated: May 18, 2026
Command Line Interfaces (CLI) built with Dart are incredibly fast, compiling to self-contained native executables for Windows, Mac, and Linux without requiring a runtime installation.
Best Practices for CLIs
- Argument Parsing: Do not parse
List<String> argsmanually using strings and regex. Use the robustargspackage to define flags, options, and automatically generate a helpful--helpmenu. - Exit Codes: Respect standard Unix exit codes. Return
exit(0)on success, and specific non-zero codes (likeexit(1)) on failures. This ensures your CLI can be integrated reliably into automated bash scripts or CI/CD pipelines. - AOT Compilation: Always compile your final CLI tool using Dart's Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) compiler (
dart compile exe) to drastically reduce startup latency compared to running it from the raw.dartscript.
The complete list of CLI Frameworks, Argument Parsers, and Terminal Styling packages for Dart is provided below.
args
👍 423 ⬇️ 6.8M
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
Library for defining parsers for parsing raw command-line arguments into a set of options and values using GNU and POSIX style options.
hooks
👍 36 ⬇️ 6.6M
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A library that contains a Dart API for the JSON-based protocol for `hook/build.dart` and `hook/link.dart`.
cli_config
👍 10 ⬇️ 4.9M
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A library to take config values from configuration files, CLI arguments, and environment variables.
completion
👍 52 ⬇️ 4.6M
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A package to add shell command completion to your Dart application
cli_util
👍 89 ⬇️ 3.5M
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A library to help in building Dart command-line apps.
very_good_cli
👍 719 ⬇️ 148.7K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A Very Good Command-Line Interface for Dart created by Very Good Ventures.
prompts
👍 29 ⬇️ 677.5K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Rich, simple, synchronous command-line prompt library for Dart.
dart_console
👍 144 ⬇️ 402.8K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A helper library for command-line applications that need more control over input/output than the standard library provides.
mason_cli
👍 412 ⬇️ 25.4K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Mason CLI allows developers to create and consume reusable templates called bricks.
cli_completion
👍 69 ⬇️ 428.1K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
Completion functionality for Dart Command-Line Interfaces built using CommandRunner. Built by Very Good Ventures.
xterm
👍 235 ⬇️ 203.4K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
xterm.dart is a fast and fully-featured terminal emulator for Flutter applications, with support for mobile and desktop platforms.
tint
👍 41 ⬇️ 419.3K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A library for terminal string styling as an extension on `String`.
interact
👍 93 ⬇️ 307K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A collection of customizable interactive command-line components.
dcli
👍 223 ⬇️ 47.2K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Dart console SDK - write console (cli) apps/scripts using dart.
console
👍 70 ⬇️ 182.5K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A library for common features required by console applications, including color formatting, keyboard input, and progress bars.
colorize
👍 29 ⬇️ 118.5K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Colorize console output
chalkdart
👍 68 ⬇️ 66.4K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Console/Logging text coloring and styling library for Dart. 'Terminal string styling done right' The default mode uses ANSI codes to style the text for Console/Terminal display. HTML mode can be activated so that all text is colored and styled using HTML so ChalkDart can be use for sending colored/styled logs to the Server for viewing from a browser as well.
test_process
👍 12 ⬇️ 89.4K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
Test processes: starting; validating stdout and stderr; checking exit code
cli_repl
👍 5 ⬇️ 84K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A simple library for creating CLI REPLs
barbecue
👍 30 ⬇️ 33.6K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Render text tables for your command line applications. Use padding, spans, custom borders, ANSI colors and more!
architecture_cli
👍 47 ⬇️ 48
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Architecture_CLI is a package designed to streamline the folder structure creation process
interactive
👍 46 ⬇️ 986
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
REPL (interactive shell) for Dart, supporting 3rd party packages, hot reload, and full grammar
ft_cli
👍 45 ⬇️ 20
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
This project is one CLI for integrate Flutter and Dart with Clean Architecture
console_bars
👍 33 ⬇️ 13.4K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A package for creating a customizable progress bar in console easily.
stacked_cli
👍 43 ⬇️ 837
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
The official dev tools for the Stacked Framework
build_cli
👍 19 ⬇️ 28.7K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Parse command line arguments directly into an annotation class using the power of build_runner and source_gen.
feature_folder_cli
👍 42 ⬇️ 36
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
CLI utility that generates a folder structure to reduce the repetitive work required to setup directories for models, services, repositories, screens and widgets.
cli_dialog
👍 38 ⬇️ 1.8K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Create beautiful and powerful CLI prompts in Inquirer.js style and test them.
cli_spin
👍 33 ⬇️ 6.7K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A Dart package that enhances the user experience by displaying a sleek terminal spinner for both sync and async operations.
cli_badges
👍 10 ⬇️ 34.1K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Print badges to the terminal. Yup, those nifty little thingies we use on readmes, but for CLI apps.
ansi
👍 5 ⬇️ 39.4K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Terminal string styling done right with a number of builtin style functions.
dartdosh
👍 31 ⬇️ 159
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A powerful Flutter build CLI tool with automatic version management, smart file naming, and personalized experience
flutter_starter_cli
👍 30 ⬇️ 32
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A command line tool that provides ease of setting up a Flutter project.
ansix
👍 27 ⬇️ 3.2K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
AnsiX is a powerful and easy-to-use library that provides tools and extensions for adding ANSI color and styling support to your Dart & Flutter applications.
shell
👍 26 ⬇️ 415
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Wrapper over `dart:io` [Process] API's that supports additional features.
fdb
👍 19 ⬇️ 1.2K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Flutter Debug Bridge - CLI for AI agents to interact with running Flutter apps on device. Launch, reload, screenshot, inspect widget tree, filter logs.
elementary_cli
👍 17 ⬇️ 52
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
CLI utilities for Elementary
bluesky_cli
👍 4 ⬇️ 182
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
A powerful CLI tool that allows Bluesky Social's APIs to be executed from the command line powered by Dart language.
ai_commit
👍 3 ⬇️ 42
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Dart CLI for generate commit messages with OpenAI
arch_starters
👍 2 ⬇️ 44
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A CLI tool to bootstrap Flutter projects with pre-configured architecture patterns (MVVM, Clean Architecture). Rapidly set up new projects with best practices.
filetools
👍 1 ⬇️ 50
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
FileTools: cross-platform glob & streams.
mvvm_cli_nerdzlab
👍 1 ⬇️ 33
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
MVVM CLI Tool, a command-line utility designed to streamline the creation of MVVM projects.