flutter_background_service
🇮🇩 maseka.dev · v5.1.0
A flutter plugin for executing dart code continously even application closed.
A head-to-head of two Background Tasks packages on pub.dev, by daily downloads, GitHub activity, and maintenance.
isolated_object leads on usage with about 1.7x the daily downloads of flutter_background_service (4,768 vs 2,871 per day). isolated_object has the larger GitHub following (3,232 vs 305 stars).
🇮🇩 maseka.dev · v5.1.0
A flutter plugin for executing dart code continously even application closed.
🇸🇪 serverpod.dev · v0.1.0
Wraps an object in a dedicated isolate and forwards method calls to it, so timer- or event-loop-driven work (e.g. progress spinners) keeps running even when the calling isolate's event loop is blocked. Dependency-free.
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| Metric | flutter_background_service | isolated_object |
|---|---|---|
| Downloads / day | 2,871 | 4,768 |
| Rank in Background Tasks | #8 | #4 |
| GitHub stars | 305 | 3,232 |
| Likes | 1,588 | 5 |
| Pub points | 140 / 160 | 140 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | — | 2 days |
| Contributors | 30 | 85 |
| Last commit | 1 year ago | 10 days ago |
| CI | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| First published | 5 years ago | 2 months ago |
| Platforms | android, ios | android, ios, windows, linux, macos |
Highlighted cell wins each comparable metric. For rank, issue response, and last commit, lower is better.