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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.
ispect first shipped 2 years ago. Ranks #4 in Dev Tools by commit activity, #283 by daily downloads in the same category.
| Rank | Package | Description | Commits / yr | Last commit | Downloads / day | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | A library to communicate with a service implementing the Dart VM service protocol. | 6.2K | 20d ago | 680.8K | ★ 11.3K |
| #2 | 🇺🇸 flutter.dev | Recommended lints for Flutter apps, packages, and plugins to encourage good coding practices. | 1.7K | 2d ago | 330.3K | ★ 5.3K |
| #3 | 🇨🇴 leancode.co | Command-line tool for Patrol, a powerful Flutter-native UI testing framework.
| 1.4K | 25d ago | 5.2K | ★ 1.4K |
| #4 | 🇰🇿 shodev.live | In-app observability and QA diagnostics toolkit for Flutter, with logs, network tracing, layout inspection, exports, and redaction. | 1.1K | 1mo ago | 118 | ★ 28 |
| #5 | 🇪🇬 bdaya-dev.com | Command-line tool for patrol_plus, a fork of the Patrol Flutter UI testing framework.
| 923 | 1mo ago | 147 | ★ 0 |
| #6 | 🇸🇪 serverpod.dev | A cli_tools.Logger bridge for the serverpod_logging architecture, rendering scoped logs and progress to the terminal. | 815 | 10d ago | 5.1K | ★ 3.3K |
| #7 | 🇹🇷 radlof.com | Sparkle-style auto-updates for Flutter desktop apps with verified releases, release CLI, built-in UI, and Windows/macOS/Linux support. | 659 | 4d ago | 377 | ★ 52 |
| #8 | 🇰🇿 yet-another.dev | A toolkit for working with ANSI escape codes and analyzing strings containing them. | 627 | 29d ago | 6.1K | ★ 1 |
| #9 | 🇯🇵 mathru.net | Command line tool for Masamune/Katana Framework. It initializes the project and initializes the services. | 608 | 17d ago | 114 | ★ 41 |
| #10 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | This package is the backend that invokes build hooks. | 523 | 5d ago | 265.9K | ★ 277 |
| #11 | 🇺🇸 shorebird.dev | CI tooling for Dart and Flutter monorepos. Generates GitHub Actions workflows, resolves affected packages via dependency graphs, and verifies path filters stay in sync. | 433 | 7d ago | 277 | ★ 3K |
| #12 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | Format definition and support for parsing `build.yaml` configuration. | 389 | 5d ago | 236.9K | ★ 872 |
| #13 | 🇨🇴 leancode.co | CLI that lets AI agents (Claude, Copilot, Cursor) inspect and interact with running Flutter apps — tap, scroll, type, and screenshot. | 375 | 13d ago | 297 | ★ 473 |
| #14 | 🇺🇸 aws-amplify.com | The lint rules used in developing Amplify Flutter packages and plugins. | 343 | 19d ago | 248 | ★ 1.4K |
| #15 | 🇸🇬 duobase.io | Command-line tool for Forui: create a theme and generate the styling boilerplate for your Forui app. | 343 | 4d ago | 109 | ★ 2.4K |
| #16 | Flutter CLI — scaffold Clean Architecture projects with Riverpod or flutter_bloc, FVM and your own conventions. | 309 | 16d ago | 173 | ★ 1 | |
| #17 | DevTools extension for Riverpod - inspect providers in real-time, now with MCP support for AI coding tools. | 278 | 3mo ago | 168 | ★ 4 | |
| #18 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | An MCP server for Dart projects, exposing various developer tools to AI models. | 272 | 16d ago | 7K | ★ 286 |
| #19 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | Support for reading and writing Dart Package Configuration files. | 270 | 24d ago | 508.3K | ★ 116 |
| #20 | 🇺🇸 verygood.ventures | A Very Good Command-Line Interface for Dart created by Very Good Ventures. | 270 | 20d ago | 10.6K | ★ 2.4K |
| #21 | leanflutter.dev | Package your Flutter app into OS-specific bundles (.dmg, .exe, etc.) via Dart or the command line. | 265 | 4d ago | 458 | ★ 1.1K |
| #22 | 🇺🇸 flutter.dev | Package of shared Dart structures between devtools_app, dds, and other tools. | 261 | 4d ago | 303.9K | ★ 1.7K |
| #23 | 🇪🇬 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. | 261 | 1mo ago | 106 | ★ 0 |
| #24 | 🇩🇪 flame-engine.org | Flame lint package | 260 | 4d ago | 220 | ★ 10.8K |
| #25 | Approximate how your Flutter app looks and performs on another device | 250 | 4d ago | 500 | ★ 19 | |
| #26 | 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. | 228 | 10d ago | 1.6K | ★ 2 |
| #27 | 🇺🇸 leoafarias.com | A simple cli to manage Flutter SDK versions per project. Support channels, releases, and local cache for fast switching between versions. | 219 | 3d ago | 6.1K | ★ 5.5K |
| #28 | 🇯🇵 koji-1009.com | A simple Markdown and YAML formatter for Dart, inspired by Prettier. | 203 | 29d ago | 143 | ★ 1 |
| #29 | 🇩🇪 schultek.dev | A modern web framework for building websites in Dart that feels like Flutter but supports server-side rendering. | 192 | 2mo ago | 1.7K | ★ 2.5K |
| #30 | 🇵🇱 appflate.io | Helper package for fdb (Flutter Debug Bridge). Registers VM service extensions for widget interaction, SharedPreferences access, and app data cleanup. | 189 | 13d ago | 553 | ★ 46 |
| #31 | 🇮🇳 hashstudios.dev | Elm-style terminal UI framework for Dart — Model–Update–View, async commands, 27+ components, Lipgloss-inspired styling, spring animation, and gum-style helpers. | 179 | 16d ago | 282 | ★ 16 |
| #32 | tizen.org | Tizen implementation of the path_provider plugin. | 161 | 16d ago | 380 | ★ 79 |
| #33 | 🇯🇵 koji-1009.com | Windows implementation of the flutter_secure_storage_x plugin | 159 | 18d ago | 233 | ★ 2 |
| #34 | A lightweight flutter plugin to check if your app is up-to-date on GooglePlay or AppStore | 155 | 6d ago | 115 | ★ 10 | |
| #35 | 🇺🇸 kevmoo.com | Core utilities, SDK discovery, Git integration, and CI reporting for Dart analysis tools. | 146 | 4d ago | 183 | ★ 80 |
| #36 | frezycode.com | Logger. Easy, customizable, extensible logging, lightweight with filters, formatters, custom logs, log levels. | 133 | 2mo ago | 11K | ★ 846 |
| #37 | 🇩🇪 corbado.com | Internal debugging tools used to help with passkeys package. | 131 | 1mo ago | 6.9K | ★ 188 |
| #38 | 🇬🇧 invertase.io | A tool for managing Dart & Flutter projects with one or many packages (monorepo). Supports automated versioning via Conventional Commits. Inspired by JavaScripts Lerna package. | 127 | 27d ago | 61.7K | ★ 1.5K |
| #39 | 🇰🇷 donminzzi.kr | A script manager for Dart/Flutter — define script shortcuts in pubspec.yaml and run them with a single command. | 124 | 24d ago | 154 | ★ 1 |
| #40 | 🇸🇪 serverpod.dev | A collection of tools for building terminal user interfaces. | 122 | 13d ago | 5.1K | ★ 1 |
| #41 | 🇦🇺 onepub.dev | All the lints except where they clash. | 117 | 2mo ago | 117 | ★ 2 |
| #42 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | A non-interactive HTML documentation generator for Dart source code. | 114 | 9d ago | 3.7K | ★ 492 |
| #43 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | Client code to start and interact with the frontend_server compiler from the Dart SDK. | 112 | 2d ago | 396.7K | ★ 224 |
| #44 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | PAckage aNAlyzer - produce a report summarizing the health and quality of a Dart package. | 106 | 1mo ago | 16.2K | ★ 223 |
| #45 | 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. | 105 | 10d ago | 557 | ★ 2 |
| #46 | 🇺🇸 kevmoo.com | A tool to visualize package dependencies and version constraints in your Dart project. | 98 | 1mo ago | 487 | ★ 182 |
| #47 | 🇩🇪 widgetbook.io | CLI that can publish Widgetbook builds and reviews to Widgetbook Cloud. | 98 | 3mo ago | 268 | ★ 959 |
| #48 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | A library used by HTTP client authors to integrate with the DevTools Network View. | 96 | 5d ago | 10.5K | ★ 1.1K |
| #49 | 🇺🇸 fluttercommunity.dev | Flutter plugin for querying information about the application package, such as CFBundleVersion on iOS or versionCode on Android. | 94 | 2mo ago | 228.7K | ★ 1.9K |
| #50 | 🇺🇸 fluttertv.dev | tvOS (Apple TV) implementation of the path_provider Flutter plugin, provided by flutter-tvos. | 89 | 1mo ago | 1.6K | ★ 0 |
| #51 | Linter rules for freezed.
| 82 | 17d ago | 171 | ★ 2.2K | |
| #52 | Linting tool for Dart and Flutter projects to encourage good coding practices. | 80 | 2mo ago | 242 | ★ 17 | |
| #53 | 🇳🇱 vieolo.com | The pipline to build & publish Flutter apps for different target platforms | 80 | 6mo ago | 110 | ★ 14 |
| #54 | 🇺🇸 tools.dart.dev | Opinionated, automatic Dart source code formatter. Provides an API and a CLI tool. | 79 | 6d ago | 502.7K | ★ 702 |
| #55 | 🇺🇸 fluttercommunity.dev | A common platform interface for the workmanager plugin. | 76 | 1mo ago | 8.5K | ★ 1K |
| #56 | 🇺🇸 brickhub.dev | A reusable Dart logger used by the Mason CLI (package:mason_cli). | 75 | 1mo ago | 58.1K | ★ 1.1K |
| #57 | 🇺🇸 larryaasen.com | Flutter package for prompting users to upgrade when there is a newer version of the app in the store. | 75 | 1mo ago | 8.6K | ★ 640 |
| #58 | 🇨🇴 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. | 73 | 10d ago | 4.2K | ★ 87 |
| #59 | 🇫🇷 tekartik.com | Development utilities for dart and flutter packages. CI and build helpers. | 71 | 21d ago | 2.1K | ★ 1 |
| #60 | 🇮🇹 angelocassano.it | A flutter utility to easily create flavors in your flutter application | 66 | 2d ago | 5K | ★ 571 |
| #61 | 🇺🇸 rexios.dev | A collection of the linting rules I use for Flutter/Dart projects and packages | 66 | 2mo ago | 101 | ★ 6 |
| #62 | 🇺🇸 sass-lang.com | Grinder tasks for releasing Dart CLI packages. | 64 | 13d ago | 2.4K | ★ 63 |
| #63 | 🇨🇴 leancode.co | Robust and high-quality lint rules used at LeanCode. | 62 | 1mo ago | 1.2K | ★ 89 |
| #64 | 🇺🇸 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. | 59 | 17d ago | 418.3K | ★ 74 |
| #65 | 🇩🇪 inlavigo.com | Various tools and checks for publishing dart packages, e.g. versioning, checks etc. | 58 | 18d ago | 172 | ★ 1 |
| #66 | 🇺🇸 shorebird.dev | Check for and download Shorebird code push updates from your app. | 57 | 1mo ago | 7.6K | ★ 92 |
| #67 | 🇵🇱 dash-kit.blogspot.com | Lightweight Alice version. Removed additional dependencies except dio. | 56 | 19d ago | 352 | ★ 636 |
| #68 | 🇺🇸 workiva.com | Checks for missing, under-promoted, over-promoted, and unused dependencies. | 52 | 12d ago | 9.6K | ★ 66 |