Top Flutter Background Effects, Gradients and Shaders packages
Last updated: March 25, 2023
A background can be added to a Flutter app that usually appears underneath other widgets. It can be a static image, a gradient, a motion effect backgroud or can utilize shaders to render realistic effects. Backgrounds help in adding depth to an app.
The complete list of Flutter packages that can add Background Images, Background Effects, Gradients & Shaders to Flutter apps is provided below.

patterns_canvas
Null safety 👍 61
Maintenance Status: Good
Draw patterns like stripes or dots on canvas elements or widgets.

shader
Null safety 👍 56
Maintenance Status: Good
Command-line application for compiling GLSL shaders into Flutter-compatible SPR-V byte code.

animate_gradient
Null safety 👍 56
Maintenance Status: Good
This Package lets you make animated gradients without any hassle. Just pass the primary and secondary colors and you're done.

particle_field
Null safety 👍 51
Maintenance Status: Good
A Flutter Widget for adding high performance custom particle effects to your UI.

floating_bubbles
Null safety 👍 47
Maintenance Status: Good
A Flutter Package for adding Floating bubbles on the Foreground to any Flutter widget.

vitality
Null safety 👍 45
Maintenance Status: Good
A Flutter package that Allows you to create a very beautiful live animations in the background (like randomly moving icons ,circles ,rectangles ....) within 10 lines.

metaballs
Null safety 👍 39
Maintenance Status: Good
A metaballs implementation for flutter using webgl on the web and the shader package on other devices
umbra_cli
Null safety 👍 32
Maintenance Status: Good
Umbra CLI allows Flutter developers to create their own shaders and compile them to strongly typed dart files.

parallax_sensors_bg
Null safety 👍 28
Maintenance Status: Good
Flutter package to simplify giving a parallax effect in the background of a page that responds to a corresponding sensor detection.

animated_background
Null safety 👍 219
Maintenance Status: Average
Animated Backgrounds for Flutter. Easily extended to paint whatever you want on the canvas.

particles_flutter
Null safety 👍 123
Maintenance Status: Average
A flutter package for particle animation. You can control the animation speed, number of Particles on the screen, dimension and shape of particle via connecting lines,etc.

gradient_widgets
Null safety 👍 83
Maintenance Status: Average
A minimal set of Flutter widgets encased with beautiful gradients.

foil
Null safety 👍 69
Maintenance Status: Average
Wrap a widget with Foil, providing a rainbow shimmer that twinkles as the accelerometer moves as well as tons of neat gradient features.

flutter_weather_bg_null_safety
Null safety 👍 62
Maintenance Status: Average
Provide a variety of weather background animation effects, covering 15 weather types, including sunny,rain,snow...

parallax_rain
Null safety 👍 48
Maintenance Status: Average
Use this package to create cool 3D rain effects. Customize with multiple colors, different raindrop speeds, drop trail effects and more!

scaffold_gradient_background
Null safety 👍 36
Maintenance Status: Average
A widget that works like a scaffold, except that you can set a gradient as background.

glopos
Null safety 👍 34
Maintenance Status: Average
View elements in a global scene through local windows. Create effects which visually connect separate UI elements.

awesome_aurora_gradient
Null safety 👍 30
Maintenance Status: Average
A very colourful extension to create awesome Aurora gradients.

parallax_bg
Null safety 👍 25
Maintenance Status: Average
Create beautiful & interactive parallax backgrounds
eeffects
Null safety 👍 31
Maintenance Status: Poor
Flutter package containing a variety of simple 2D effects. Point Lights, Light Beams, fire and Lightning Bolts so far.
flutter_weather_bg
👍 52
Maintenance Status: Poor
Provide a variety of weather background animation effects, covering 15 weather types, including sunny,rain,snow...
water_drop
👍 34
Maintenance Status: Poor
A package for creating water drops on top of your widgets.