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Top Flutter Desktop (Windows, Linux and macOS) packages

Last updated: January 26, 2025

Flutter ecosystem has various packages that provide developers with a suite of utilities and tools for building robust desktop Flutter applications that work seamlessly on Windows, Linux, and macOS. Some of the provided features are:

  • Customizable UI components, window utilities and design system packages to build native-like user interfaces across Windows, Linux, and macOS while adhering to each platform's design guidelines.
  • Utilities to help developers create responsive and adaptive layouts for their applications, adapting to different screen sizes and orientations.
  • Handle file system interactions, ensuring consistent behavior for file operations across different operating systems.
  • APIs for accessing system-specific features like notifications, clipboard management, and system-wide shortcuts.
  • Show platform-native dialogs such as file pickers, save dialogs, and message boxes.
  • A unified interface for managing application data storage, supporting databases, file storage, and other data persistence mechanisms.
  • Utilities to seamlessly handle multiple monitors and adapt application windows to different display configurations.
  • A notification system that allows applications to display system notifications with consistent behavior on all supported platforms.

The complete list of Dart and Flutter packages provided below can help streamline the desktop application development process, making it easier for developers to create cross-platform apps with consistent user experiences while leveraging the strengths of each operating system.


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flutter_local_notifications
👍 6.75K   ⬇️ 924.3K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

A cross platform plugin for displaying and scheduling local notifications for Flutter applications with the ability to customise for each platform.

win32
👍 831   ⬇️ 4.1M
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

Access common Win32 APIs directly from Dart using FFI — no C required!

xdg_directories
👍 40   ⬇️ 2.8M
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

A Dart package for reading XDG directory configuration information on Linux.

dbus
👍 67   ⬇️ 2M
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

A native Dart implementation of the D-Bus message bus client. This package allows Dart applications to directly access services on the Linux desktop.

win32_registry
👍 58   ⬇️ 1.8M
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

A package that provides a friendly Dart API for accessing the Windows Registry.

nm
👍 20   ⬇️ 1.3M
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Poor

Provides a client to connect to NetworkManager - the service that manages network connections on Linux.

posix
👍 7   ⬇️ 1.3M
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

Exposes the POSIX api on OSx and Linux

system_info2
👍 61   ⬇️ 944.6K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

Provides easy access to useful information about the system (architecture, bitness, kernel, memory, operating system, CPU, user).

window_manager
👍 956   ⬇️ 106.7K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to resizing and repositioning the window.

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bitsdojo_window
👍 985   ⬇️ 10.4K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

A package to help with creating custom windows with Flutter desktop (custom border, titlebar and minimize/maximize/close buttons) and common desktop window operations (show/hide/position on screen) for Windows and macOS

msix
👍 867   ⬇️ 62.7K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

A command-line tool that create Msix installer from your flutter windows-build files.

gtk
👍 38   ⬇️ 452.8K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

GTK+ utilities for Flutter Linux applications.

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flutter_acrylic
👍 545   ⬇️ 3.8K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

Window acrylic, mica & transparency effects for Flutter on Windows, macOS & Linux.

desktop_window
👍 336   ⬇️ 66.1K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

Flutter desktop plugin(macOS/Linux/Windows) to get and change window size.

screen_retriever
👍 48   ⬇️ 299.5K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to Retrieve information about screen size, displays, cursor position, etc.

process_run
👍 318   ⬇️ 47.9K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

Process run helpers for Linux/Win/Mac and which like feature for finding executables.

process_runner
👍 22   ⬇️ 258.8K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

A process invocation abstraction for Dart that manages a multi-process queue.

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system_tray
👍 275   ⬇️ 4K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

system_tray that makes it easy to customize tray and work with your Flutter desktop app.

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webview_windows
👍 223   ⬇️ 30K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

A WebView2-powered webview implementation for the Windows platform.

flutter_custom_cursor
👍 14   ⬇️ 197.7K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

Create/Set a custom mouse cursor directly from a memory buffer.

tray_manager
👍 213   ⬇️ 13.3K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to defines system tray.

desktop_multi_window
👍 219   ⬇️ 4K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

A flutter plugin that create and manager multi window in desktop.

screen_brightness
👍 130   ⬇️ 58.5K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

A Plugin for controlling screen brightness with application life cycle reset implemented

neat_periodic_task
👍 154   ⬇️ 8.1K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

Auxiliary classes for reliably running a periodic task in a long-running process such as web-server.

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desktop
👍 161   ⬇️ 161
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

Flutter design standard for desktop. Just simple, usable wigdets to create apps. See the gallery for examples of the components used.

window_to_front
👍 17   ⬇️ 106.9K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Poor

To have the application automatically bring itself to the front of the stack of application windows for Mac, Linux & Desktop.

launch_at_startup
👍 132   ⬇️ 4.3K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to Auto launch on startup / login.

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windows_taskbar
👍 125   ⬇️ 5K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

Flutter plugin serving utilities related to Windows taskbar.

hotkey_manager
👍 120   ⬇️ 4.6K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to defines system/inapp wide hotkey (i.e. shortcut).

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local_notifier
👍 101   ⬇️ 8.6K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to displaying local notifications.

multi_window
👍 105   ⬇️ 196
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Poor

A package for adding multi window support to Flutter on Desktop.

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flutter_window_close
👍 92   ⬇️ 10.4K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

Let your Flutter app has a chance to confirm if the user wants to close your app.

quick_usb
👍 104   ⬇️ 166
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Poor

A cross-platform (Android/Windows/macOS/Linux) USB plugin for Flutter

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macos_window_utils
👍 65   ⬇️ 32.6K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

macos_window_utils is a Flutter package that provides a set of methods for modifying the NSWindow of a Flutter application on macOS.

upower
👍 8   ⬇️ 67.3K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Poor

Provides a client to connect to UPower - the service that does power management on Linux.

desktop_notifications
👍 79   ⬇️ 3K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Poor

Allows notifications to be sent on Linux desktops using the desktop notifications specification.

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windows_notification
👍 76   ⬇️ 3.6K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

flutter windows notification, Ability to send notification with desired template in Windows.

protocol_handler
👍 64   ⬇️ 2.7K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

This plugin allows Flutter apps to register and handle custom protocols (i.e. deep linking).

video_player_win
👍 56   ⬇️ 7.7K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

Video player for Windows, lightweight, using Windows built-in Media Foundation API. Windows implementation of the video_player plugin.

serial_port_win32
👍 57   ⬇️ 1.2K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

A SerialPort library using win32 API, for connecting real device by serial port. Only supports Windows.

desktop_context_menu
👍 58   ⬇️ 67
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Poor

A plugin that opens a context menu on the cursor position.

windows_single_instance
👍 46   ⬇️ 5.5K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

Forces a single instance of your Windows app, bringing the existing window to the front when a new instance is opened.

win_toast
👍 38   ⬇️ 819
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

a flutter plugin that allows users to create and display toast notifications to notification center on the Windows operating system.

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handy_window
👍 33   ⬇️ 4.1K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

This package enhances the looks of Flutter applications on Linux by providing modern-looking Handy windows with rounded bottom corners.

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updat
👍 34   ⬇️ 845
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

Updat is a simple-to-use reliable flutter-native updater that handles your application's updates.

flutter_native_view
👍 33   ⬇️ 1.2K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Poor

Flutter plugin to embed native windows into Flutter window.

window_manager_plus
👍 32   ⬇️ 470
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to create and manage multiple windows, such as resizing and repositioning, and communicate between them.

desktop_lifecycle
👍 30   ⬇️ 1.2K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Average

Allow your flutter desktop application to perceive whether the window is activated.

titlebar_buttons
👍 30   ⬇️ 1.2K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Poor

A package which provides most of the titlebar buttons from windows, linux and macos.

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mouse_follower
👍 29   ⬇️ 191
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

Enhance your application with Mouse Follower, enabling easy customization of cursor effects. Designing your own effects has never been easier.

animated_cursor
👍 29   ⬇️ 38
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

Animated Cursor designed to enhance user interface interactions

win32_runner
👍 27   ⬇️ 70
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

Compile and run a Flutter app without needing any C/C++ code. Just Dart!

libusb
👍 27   ⬇️ 3
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Poor

Dart wrapper via dart:ffi for libusb

flutter_desktop_cursor
👍 1   ⬇️ 15K
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Poor

flutter desktop cursors for macOS

os_ui
👍 11   ⬇️ 33
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

os_ui helps you to showcase your project or play with computer OS interface for any kind of projects.

windows_ime_manager
👍 4   ⬇️ 32
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

A Flutter plugin for managing Input Method Editors (IME) on Windows, supporting seamless switching between different languages.

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window_focus
👍 1   ⬇️ 136
Dart 3 compatible
Maintenance Status: Good

Window Focus is a convenient plugin for Flutter that allows you to track user inactivity and obtain information about the title of the active window on Mac OS and Windows.

squirrel
👍 41   ⬇️ 60

Maintenance Status: Average

Create installable desktop apps