Top 10 plugins for Flutter

Here are 10 of the most popular and widely used Flutter plugins (as of mid-2025), useful across a variety of app development needs:

Core Development & State Management

1. provider
   • Purpose: State management.
   • Why Use It: Simple and efficient; recommended by the Flutter team for managing app state.
   • Alternatives: Riverpod, BLoC.
2. flutter_riverpod
   • Purpose: Advanced state management.
   • Why Use It: Safer and more scalable than provider, with better compile-time checks.

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UI & Navigation

3. go_router
   • Purpose: Declarative routing.
   • Why Use It: Officially supported; simplifies complex navigation logic including deep linking.
4. flutter_svg
   • Purpose: SVG rendering.
   • Why Use It: Lets you use scalable vector graphics (SVGs) instead of raster images for crisp UI.

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Networking & Backend

5. dio
   • Purpose: HTTP networking.
   • Why Use It: Powerful HTTP client with support for interceptors, global configuration, and form data.
6. firebase_core + firebase_auth + cloud_firestore
   • Purpose: Backend as a service (BaaS).
   • Why Use It: Easily add authentication, real-time database, and more via Firebase SDKs.

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Storage & Persistence

7. shared_preferences
   • Purpose: Local storage for simple key-value pairs.
   • Why Use It: Ideal for caching user settings, login state, etc.
8. hive
   • Purpose: Lightweight, fast NoSQL database.
   • Why Use It: Works well for offline support; doesn’t require native dependencies.

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Testing & Debugging

9. flutter_bloc
   • Purpose: State management with BLoC architecture.
   • Why Use It: Strong separation of concerns; great for testability and larger apps.
10. logger

• Purpose: Elegant and flexible logging.
• Why Use It: Useful for debugging with readable console output.

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Bonus Mentions

• get_it – Dependency injection.
• flutter_local_notifications – Local push notifications.
• image_picker – Pick images/videos from the device.
• url_launcher – Open URLs, send emails, etc.