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Flutter-powered AI app builder A head-to-head of two Forms & Validation packages on pub.dev, by daily downloads, GitHub activity, and maintenance.
mask_text_input_formatter leads on usage with about 2.5x the daily downloads of dropdown_search (15,853 vs 6,280 per day). dropdown_search has the larger GitHub following (387 vs 257 stars).
🇫🇷 salimdev.ovh · v7.0.0
Simple, reactive and highly customizable Flutter Dropdown with a lot of features (search, popups platform, async/sync,...) with multi mode like menu, dialog, bottomSheet and etc.
~3 weeks to first reply
The package provides TextInputFormatter for TextField and TextFormField which format the input by a given mask.
| Metric | dropdown_search | mask_text_input_formatter |
|---|---|---|
| Downloads / day | 6,280 | 15,853 |
| Rank in Forms & Validation | #3 | #2 |
| GitHub stars | 387 | 257 |
| Likes | 1,965 | 1,318 |
| Pub points | 160 / 160 | 160 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | 21 days | — |
| Contributors | 16 | 4 |
| Last commit | 2 months ago | 2 years ago |
| CI | No | No |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| First published | 6 years ago | 7 years ago |
| Platforms | android, ios, windows, linux, macos, web | android, ios, windows, linux, macos, web |
Highlighted cell wins each comparable metric. For rank, issue response, and last commit, lower is better.