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Top Flutter Desktop (Windows, Linux and macOS) packages
Last updated: November 27, 2023
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.
flutter_local_notifications
Dart 3 compatible 👍 5.56K
Maintenance Status: Good
A cross platform plugin for displaying and scheduling local notifications for Flutter applications with the ability to customise for each platform.
msix
Dart 3 compatible 👍 690
Maintenance Status: Good
A command-line tool that create Msix installer from your flutter windows-build files.
win32
Dart 3 compatible 👍 671
Maintenance Status: Good
A Dart library for accessing common Win32 APIs using FFI. No C required!
window_manager
Dart 3 compatible 👍 651
Maintenance Status: Good
This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to resizing and repositioning the window.
flutter_acrylic
Dart 3 compatible 👍 436
Maintenance Status: Good
Window acrylic, mica & transparency effects for Flutter on Windows, macOS & Linux.
process_run
Dart 3 compatible 👍 246
Maintenance Status: Good
Process run helpers for Linux/Win/Mac and which like feature for finding executables.
system_tray
Dart 3 compatible 👍 220
Maintenance Status: Good
system_tray that makes it easy to customize tray and work with your Flutter desktop app.
webview_windows
Dart 3 compatible 👍 181
Maintenance Status: Good
A WebView2-powered webview implementation for the Windows platform.
desktop
Dart 3 compatible 👍 136
Maintenance Status: Good
Flutter design standard for desktop. Just simple, usable wigdets to create apps. See the gallery for examples of the components used.
neat_periodic_task
Dart 3 compatible 👍 120
Maintenance Status: Good
Auxiliary classes for reliably running a periodic task in a long-running process such as web-server.
windows_taskbar
Dart 3 compatible 👍 96
Maintenance Status: Good
Flutter plugin serving utilities related to Windows taskbar.
screen_brightness
Dart 3 compatible 👍 88
Maintenance Status: Good
A Plugin for controlling screen brightness with application life cycle reset implemented
launch_at_startup
Dart 3 compatible 👍 85
Maintenance Status: Good
This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to Auto launch on startup / login.
hotkey_manager
Dart 3 compatible 👍 77
Maintenance Status: Good
This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to defines system/inapp wide hotkey (i.e. shortcut).
dbus
Dart 3 compatible 👍 54
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.
protocol_handler
Dart 3 compatible 👍 44
Maintenance Status: Good
This plugin allows Flutter apps to register and handle custom protocols (i.e. deep linking).
system_info2
Dart 3 compatible 👍 43
Maintenance Status: Good
Provides easy access to useful information about the system (architecture, bitness, kernel, memory, operating system, CPU, user).
serial_port_win32
Dart 3 compatible 👍 40
Maintenance Status: Good
A SerialPort library using win32 API, for connecting real device by serial port. Only supports Windows.
macos_window_utils
Dart 3 compatible 👍 36
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.
win32_registry
Dart 3 compatible 👍 34
Maintenance Status: Good
A package that provides a friendly Dart API for accessing the Windows Registry.
windows_notification
Dart 3 compatible 👍 33
Maintenance Status: Good
flutter windows notification, Ability to send notification with desired template in Windows.
windows_single_instance
Dart 3 compatible 👍 32
Maintenance Status: Good
Forces a single instance of your Windows app, bringing the existing window to the front when a new instance is opened.
win_toast
Dart 3 compatible 👍 31
Maintenance Status: Good
a flutter plugin that allows users to create and display toast notifications to notification center on the Windows operating system.
xdg_directories
Dart 3 compatible 👍 30
Maintenance Status: Good
A Dart package for reading XDG directory configuration information on Linux.
gtk
Dart 3 compatible 👍 30
Maintenance Status: Good
GTK+ utilities for Flutter Linux applications.
screen_retriever
Dart 3 compatible 👍 29
Maintenance Status: Good
This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to Retrieve information about screen size, displays, cursor position, etc.
handy_window
Dart 3 compatible 👍 25
Maintenance Status: Good
This package enhances the looks of Flutter applications on Linux by providing modern-looking Handy windows with rounded bottom corners.
desktop_lifecycle
Dart 3 compatible 👍 23
Maintenance Status: Good
Allow your flutter desktop application to perceive whether the window is activated.
win32_runner
Dart 3 compatible 👍 21
Maintenance Status: Good
Compile and run a Flutter app without needing any C/C++ code. Just Dart!
mouse_follower
Dart 3 compatible 👍 14
Maintenance Status: Good
Enhance your application with Mouse Follower, enabling easy customization of cursor effects. Designing your own effects has never been easier.
wakelock
Dart 3 compatible 👍 1.4K
Maintenance Status: Average
Plugin that allows you to keep the device screen awake, i.e. prevent the screen from sleeping on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and web.
bitsdojo_window
Dart 3 compatible 👍 820
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
desktop_multi_window
Dart 3 compatible 👍 135
Maintenance Status: Average
A flutter plugin that create and manager multi window in desktop.
tray_manager
Dart 3 compatible 👍 132
Maintenance Status: Average
This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to defines system tray.
quick_usb
Dart 3 compatible 👍 78
Maintenance Status: Average
A cross-platform (Android/Windows/macOS/Linux) USB plugin for Flutter
local_notifier
Dart 3 compatible 👍 71
Maintenance Status: Average
This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to displaying local notifications.
desktop_notifications
Dart 3 compatible 👍 71
Maintenance Status: Average
Allows notifications to be sent on Linux desktops using the desktop notifications specification.
flutter_window_close
Dart 3 compatible 👍 67
Maintenance Status: Average
Let your Flutter app has a chance to confirm if the user wants to close your app.
desktop_context_menu
Dart 3 compatible 👍 47
Maintenance Status: Average
A plugin that opens a context menu on the cursor position.
libusb
Dart 3 compatible 👍 24
Maintenance Status: Average
Dart wrapper via dart:ffi for libusb
desktop_window
Dart 3 compatible 👍 302
Maintenance Status: Poor
Flutter desktop plugin(macOS/Linux/Windows) to get and change window size.
multi_window
Dart 3 compatible 👍 101
Maintenance Status: Poor
A package for adding multi window support to Flutter on Desktop.