isolate_channel
🇺🇸 iodesignteam.com · v0.6.1
Communication channels for isolates based on Flutter's platform channels
A head-to-head of two Background Tasks packages on pub.dev, by daily downloads, GitHub activity, and maintenance.
isolate_channel leads on usage with about 6.1x the daily downloads of isolated_object (24,442 vs 4,000 per day). isolated_object has the larger GitHub following (3,232 vs 7 stars).
🇺🇸 iodesignteam.com · v0.6.1
Communication channels for isolates based on Flutter's platform channels
🇸🇪 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.
Replies within ~2 days
| Metric | isolate_channel | isolated_object |
|---|---|---|
| Downloads / day | 24,442 | 4,000 |
| Rank in Background Tasks | #1 | #5 |
| GitHub stars | 7 | 3,232 |
| Likes | 32 | 5 |
| Pub points | 160 / 160 | 140 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | — | 2 days |
| Contributors | 1 | 85 |
| Last commit | 6 months ago | 9 days ago |
| CI | No | Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | BSD-3-Clause |
| First published | 1 year ago | 2 months ago |
| Platforms | android, ios, windows, linux, macos | android, ios, windows, linux, macos |
Highlighted cell wins each comparable metric. For rank, issue response, and last commit, lower is better.