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Experimental plugins for Flutter for Desktop

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  • ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 78% of recent commits
  • ✓8 active contributors
  • ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
  • ✓CI configured

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Verdict

Mixed — Stale — last commit 2y ago

  • 8 active contributors
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • CI configured

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What it is

A collection of experimental desktop plugins for Flutter that extend desktop capabilities (Windows, macOS, Linux) beyond the core Flutter embedding. The primary plugin is menubar, which provides native menu bar integration. This repo is a testbed for early-stage desktop features that may eventually move into Flutter core. Monorepo structure: plugins/ directory contains independent plugins as subdirectories (plugins/menubar/ is the main one shown). Each plugin has parallel cross-platform implementations: plugins/menubar/example/{linux,macos} with CMakeLists.txt and native source, Dart code in pubspec.yaml-based structure, and platform-specific config (Objective-C++ for macOS, C++ for…

Start here

Open these first:

  • plugins/README.md — Entry point for understanding the plugin ecosystem structure and how to use all plugins in this repository.
  • plugins/menubar/lib/menubar.dart — Main public API for the menubar plugin, exposing the primary functionality that developers integrate with.
  • plugins/menubar/lib/src/menu_channel.dart — Dart-side platform channel implementation that bridges Flutter UI code to native platform implementations.
  • plugins/menubar/linux/CMakeLists.txt — Build configuration for Linux native implementation; critical for understanding cross-platform native compilation.
  • plugins/menubar/example/lib/main.dart — Primary example application demonstrating how to use the menubar plugin in practice.

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Clone and navigate to the plugin of interest: git clone https://github.com/google/flutter-desktop-embedding.git && cd flutter-desktop-embedding/plugins/menubar/example. For macOS: open macos/Runner.xcworkspace then…

Daily commands:

Per-platform: macOS: cd plugins/menubar/example/macos && pod install && open Runner.xcworkspace then ⌘R in Xcode. Linux: `cd plugins/menubar/example/linux && mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make && ./me…

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  • Stale — last commit 2y ago
  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 78% of recent commits
  • Platform-specific toolchain versions: macOS requires Xcode + CocoaPods (Podfile in example), Linux requires CMake 3.10+ and C++ compiler; no version pinning visible in provided files, leading to potential build…
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  • Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

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