Category Dev Tools
Top Dev Tools packages by yearly commits
Developer tooling: launcher icons, native splash, CLI utilities
Ranks repos by total commits over the past 52 weeks. Activity, not quality. A finished library may rank low. A thrashing one may rank high.
Packages need a public GitHub repo, at least 50 commits in the past 52 weeks, and at least 100 downloads a day. Monorepo siblings collapse to the highest-downloaded package.
ultra_flutter first shipped 2 months ago. Ranks #13 in Dev Tools by commit activity, #267 by daily downloads in the same category.
| Rank | Package | Description | Commits / yr | Last commit | Downloads / day | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | This package provides a library that performs static analysis of Dart code. | 5.9K | 7d ago | 500.6K | ★ 11.2K |
| #2 | 🇪🇸 saropa.com | 2134 custom lint rules with 254 quick fixes for Flutter and Dart. Static analysis for security, accessibility, and performance. | 2.1K | 25d ago | 144 | ★ 8 |
| #3 | 🇺🇸 flutter.dev | Recommended lints for Flutter apps, packages, and plugins to encourage good coding practices. | 1.6K | 3d ago | 238.6K | ★ 5.3K |
| #4 | 🇰🇿 shodev.live | In-app observability and QA diagnostics toolkit for Flutter, with logs, network tracing, layout inspection, exports, and redaction. | 1.2K | 12d ago | 198 | ★ 26 |
| #5 | 🇨🇴 leancode.co | Command-line tool for Patrol, a powerful Flutter-native UI testing framework.
| 1.2K | 22d ago | 3.5K | ★ 1.4K |
| #6 | 🇪🇬 bdaya-dev.com | Command-line tool for Patrol, a powerful Flutter-native UI testing framework.
| 973 | 8d ago | 168 | ★ 0 |
| #7 | 🇸🇪 serverpod.dev | Lints used by internal Serverpod packages. | 736 | 14d ago | 2K | ★ 3.2K |
| #8 | 🇯🇵 mathru.net | Command line tool for Masamune/Katana Framework. It initializes the project and initializes the services. | 644 | 22d ago | 193 | ★ 41 |
| #9 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | This package is the backend that invokes build hooks. | 480 | 2d ago | 173.5K | ★ 270 |
| #10 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | Format definition and support for parsing `build.yaml` configuration. | 350 | 6d ago | 186.8K | ★ 862 |
| #11 | DevTools extension for Riverpod - inspect providers in real-time, now with MCP support for AI coding tools. | 278 | 20d ago | 107 | ★ 3 | |
| #12 | 🇩🇪 schultek.dev | A modern web framework for building websites in Dart that feels like Flutter but supports server-side rendering. | 265 | 2d ago | 1K | ★ 2.4K |
| #13 | 🇪🇬 bdaya-dev.com | In-app Flutter binding mixin exposing ext.flutter.ultra.* VM service extensions (gesture, screenshot, inspector, screencast, log collection) for the flutter-ultra-mcp Claude Code plugin. Composable with Sentry and other WidgetsFlutterBinding subclasses via the mixin form. | 257 | 1mo ago | 106 | ★ 0 |
| #14 | Approximate how your Flutter app looks and performs on another device | 248 | 7d ago | 526 | ★ 19 | |
| #15 | 🇺🇸 flutter.dev | Package of shared Dart structures between devtools_app, dds, and other tools. | 237 | 6d ago | 208.8K | ★ 1.7K |
| #16 | 🇺🇸 verygood.ventures | A Very Good Command-Line Interface for Dart created by Very Good Ventures. | 235 | 23d ago | 6.8K | ★ 2.4K |
| #17 | 🇩🇪 flame-engine.org | Flame lint package | 219 | 12d ago | 283 | ★ 10.7K |
| #18 | 🇺🇸 leoafarias.com | A simple cli to manage Flutter SDK versions per project. Support channels, releases, and local cache for fast switching between versions. | 217 | 7d ago | 5.9K | ★ 5.5K |
| #19 | frezycode.com | Logger. Easy, customizable, extensible logging, lightweight with filters, formatters, custom logs, log levels. | 202 | 20d ago | 8.6K | ★ 838 |
| #20 | Flutter CLI — scaffold Clean Architecture projects with Riverpod, FVM and your own conventions. | 201 | 16d ago | 170 | ★ 1 | |
| #21 | fluttersdk.com | Composable Dart CLI framework and stdio MCP server for Flutter. Scaffolding, code generation, transactional plugin installs, hot reload, REPL, and AI agent tooling. | 195 | 1mo ago | 712 | ★ 2 |
| #22 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | Support for reading and writing Dart Package Configuration files. | 192 | 24d ago | 309.5K | ★ 110 |
| #23 | 🇹🇷 radlof.com | Sparkle-style auto-updates for Flutter desktop apps with verified releases, release CLI, built-in UI, and Windows/macOS/Linux support. | 174 | 10d ago | 132 | ★ 50 |
| #24 | 🇩🇪 corbado.com | Internal debugging tools used to help with passkeys package. | 156 | 20d ago | 5K | ★ 184 |
| #25 | leanflutter.dev | Flutter app publisher | 156 | 18d ago | 428 | ★ 1.1K |
| #26 | 🇩🇪 widgetbook.io | CLI that can publish Widgetbook builds and reviews to Widgetbook Cloud. | 153 | 1mo ago | 336 | ★ 933 |
| #27 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | A non-interactive HTML documentation generator for Dart source code. | 127 | 5d ago | 3.3K | ★ 492 |
| #28 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | Client code to start and interact with the frontend_server compiler from the Dart SDK. | 124 | 2d ago | 249.1K | ★ 224 |
| #29 | tizen.org | Tizen implementation of the path_provider plugin. | 115 | 17d ago | 193 | ★ 78 |
| #30 | 🇺🇸 fluttercommunity.dev | Flutter plugin for querying information about the application package, such as CFBundleVersion on iOS or versionCode on Android. | 109 | 22d ago | 168K | ★ 1.9K |
| #31 | A lightweight flutter plugin to check if your app is up-to-date on GooglePlay or AppStore | 101 | 1mo ago | 128 | ★ 7 | |
| #32 | dart-frog.dev | A collection of lint rules built specifically for Dart Frog — a fast, minimalistic backend framework for Dart. | 99 | 1mo ago | 530 | ★ 2.3K |
| #33 | 🇨🇴 bancolombia.com | Dart Code Linter is a software analytics tool that helps developers analyse and improve software quality. Dart Code Linter is based on a fork of Dart Code Metrics. | 92 | 8d ago | 4.6K | ★ 85 |
| #34 | 🇬🇧 invertase.io | A tool for managing Dart & Flutter repositories with multiple packages (monorepo). Supports automated versioning via Conventional Commits. Inspired by JavaScripts Lerna package. | 91 | 24d ago | 45K | ★ 1.5K |
| #35 | Linter rules for freezed.
| 89 | 12d ago | 152 | ★ 2.2K | |
| #36 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | PAckage aNAlyzer - produce a report summarizing the health and quality of a Dart package. | 88 | 1mo ago | 11.7K | ★ 221 |
| #37 | Linting tool for Dart and Flutter projects to encourage good coding practices. | 85 | 2mo ago | 162 | ★ 17 | |
| #38 | fluttersdk.com | Passive runtime inspector for Flutter. Captures HTTP, logs, exceptions, DB queries, and Magic events via VM Service extensions. CLI tail and MCP tools for Claude Code. | 83 | 12d ago | 237 | ★ 2 |
| #39 | 🇺🇸 brickhub.dev | A reusable Dart logger used by the Mason CLI (package:mason_cli). | 79 | 4mo ago | 30.5K | ★ 1.1K |
| #40 | 🇺🇸 kevmoo.com | A tool to visualize package dependencies and version constraints in your Dart project. | 77 | 1mo ago | 301 | ★ 182 |
| #41 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | A library used by HTTP client authors to integrate with the DevTools Network View. | 73 | 1d ago | 10.1K | ★ 1.1K |
| #42 | 🇺🇸 larryaasen.com | Flutter package for prompting users to upgrade when there is a newer version of the app in the store. | 72 | 26d ago | 7.1K | ★ 638 |
| #43 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | Opinionated, automatic Dart source code formatter. Provides an API and a CLI tool. | 70 | 16d ago | 361.1K | ★ 701 |
| #44 | 🇮🇹 angelocassano.it | A flutter utility to easily create flavors in your flutter application | 61 | 13d ago | 4.2K | ★ 570 |
| #45 | 🇨🇴 leancode.co | Robust and high-quality lint rules used at LeanCode. | 57 | 1d ago | 1.3K | ★ 84 |
| #46 | 🇸🇪 serverpod.dev | A package for parsing command-line arguments and configuration files. | 56 | 1mo ago | 5.9K | ★ 13 |
| #47 | 🇺🇸 shorebird.dev | Check for and download Shorebird code push updates from your app. | 55 | 1mo ago | 6.6K | ★ 90 |
| #48 | 🇺🇸 labs.dart.dev | CLI that installs AI agent skills from your Dart and Flutter package dependencies into your IDE, so Antigravity, Claude, Codex, Cursor, and other assistants know how to use your stack.
| 53 | 1mo ago | 1.8K | ★ 25 |
| #49 | 🇯🇵 yumemi.co.jp | Customizable Linter library which enforces coding standards and best practice for Flutter/Dart apps, packages and plugins. | 53 | 4mo ago | 200 | ★ 20 |
| #50 | 🇫🇷 tekartik.com | Development utilities for dart and flutter packages. CI and build helpers. | 53 | 27d ago | 121 | ★ 1 |
| #51 | 🇩🇿 hahouari.com | CLI tool for automating Windows installer creation using Inno Setup. | 52 | 13d ago | 217 | ★ 16 |
| #52 | 🇯🇵 altive.co.jp | Analyzer-independent lint presets with Altive's recommended rule selection and optional Analyzer Plugin integration. | 51 | 15d ago | 229 | ★ 22 |
| #53 | 🇺🇸 dart.dev | Library for defining parsers for parsing raw command-line arguments into a set of options and values using GNU and POSIX style options. | 50 | 10d ago | 297.4K | ★ 71 |
