flutter_fast_cli 1.4.0

Build Flutter Apps Faster. Generate boilerplate code for apps that require authentication, subscriptions, and more

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Table of Contents

• What?
• Why?
• How?
• Who?

What is Flutter Fast?

The Flutter Fast CLI is a tool for generating a starter Flutter application with everything you need to start shipping.

• 🔒 Authentication via Firebase, Supabase, or Appwrite
• 💸 Subscriptions via RevenueCat
• 🌊 Analytics via Amplitude
• 🤖 Crash Reporting via Sentry
• 🏎️ CI/CD via Fastlane
• 🚀 Lots more!

dart pub global activate flutter_fast_cli

fast app -n my_app -o com.example

To get started, visit the official docs!

Why Flutter Fast?

I created Flutter Fast to solve two of my own problems.

Faster Setup

Nothing puts a damper on my motivation to start a new project like the thought of spending 6 hours setting up a starter project. I wanted to dive straight into the fun part of coding and ship faster 🚢

The Flutter Fast CLI takes care of nearly all the tedious setup involved in creating a user-based application. The longest part of getting started is setting up the peripheral tools (ex. Firebase, Supabase, Amplitude, etc).

Less Lock-in

I love experimenting. I love writing about different tech stacks and understanding how competing tools work. With that in mind, the second goal of the Flutter Fast CLI was to create a tool that wouldn't depend on a single platform. While the CLI is still a work in progress, a few examples of this flexibility are ready for use:

• Choose to use either Firebase or Supabase as your PaaS
• Opt into including Subscriptions

You can view the roadmap to see additional platforms we plan to support.

How Fast?

Below is an incomplete list of all the things the Flutter Fast CLI does for you:

• Sets up Sign In, Register, Forgot Password, and Profile screens
• Adds a generic Feedback feature that works out-of-the-box with Firestore, Supabase, or Appwrite
• Adds a settings screen with dark mode toggle
• Adds a simple onboarding view new users see on account creation
• Creates an auto_route router and adds it to your MaterialApp
• Introduces authentication based navigation and route guards
• Creates an instance of get_it
• Auto registers services in get_it using injectable
• Adds an analysis_options.yaml file
• Creates a complete pubspec.yaml file with necessary dependencies based on config value
• Adds the flutter_launcher_icon package and code snippet to quickly swap out logo (includes logic to remove alpha channel on iOS)
• Sets up Sentry for crash reporting
• Adds a basic debugging NavigationObserver to router
• Creates useful TextStyle and BuildContext extensions
• Creates constants.dart file with reusable padding and gap values
• Adds basic bash scripts with preconfigured run configurations for Fastlane and common Flutter tasks
• Includes Android and iOS Fastlane files with Flutter-safe methods for incrementing build numbers (doesn't wipe out $(FLUTTER_BUILD_NUMBER))
• Adds multiDexEnabled = true to app/build.gradle
• Adds billing dependency to app/build.gradle for subscription apps
• Performs release signing setup and creates empty key.properties file
• Includes package_info_plus file and adds version string to home drawer
• Includes support for flex_color_scheme and google_fonts 🎨
• Includes boilerplate for generating ColorScheme from image
• Pre-built RSS feed module
• Pre-build AI Chat module (for Firebase builds)
• Sets up config.json file to be used with --dart-define-from-file run argument
• Includes support for setting app and organization name at generation time
• Adds json_serializable and json_annotation dependencies
• Creates a README.md file with helpful deploy tips (stuff I always forget)
• Creates abstract service classes for easy extensibility
• Runs flutter pub run build_runner build --delete-conflicting-outputs and dart format . so projects are run-ready

Who is this for?

The Flutter Fast CLI is for anyone who wants to ship a Flutter app fast.

It's also a good tool for experimenting with different stacks and learning how to integrate different tools into your Flutter app.