Flutter Starter Kit CLI 🚀 #

A command-line tool to scaffold Flutter projects quickly with clean architecture, Firebase, REST APIs, core utilities, theming, routing, and feature scaffolding.

🌟 Features #

• Initialize a Flutter project with ready-to-use core folders
• Add features with view, model, and viewmodel
• Add reusable widgets
• Add services for API handling, storage, or business logic
• Splash screen setup
• Modular architecture using GoRouter for routing

💻 Installation #

From Pub.dev #

dart pub global activate flutter_starter_kit

Add to PATH #

Windows:

$env:PATH += ";$env:USERPROFILE\.pub-cache\bin"

Linux/macOS:

export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.pub-cache/bin"

Check Installation #

flutter_starter_kit --help

Local Development (for testing) #

git clone https://github.com/NishanthDeveloper/flutter_starter_kit.git
cd flutter_starter_kit
dart pub global activate --source path .

📋 Commands #

Command	Badge	Description	Example
init		Initializes minimal project structure with core folders and splash feature	flutter_starter_kit init
add feature <name>		Adds a new feature module with model, view, and viewmodel	flutter_starter_kit add feature auth
add widget <name>		Adds a reusable widget	flutter_starter_kit add widget app_button
add service <name>		Adds a new service file	flutter_starter_kit add service auth_service
--help		Shows help for all commands	flutter_starter_kit --help

🏗 Recommended Project Structure #

lib/
├── core/
│   ├── colors/
│   │   └── app_colors.dart
│   ├── theme/
│   │   ├── app_themes.dart
│   │   └── app_text_styles.dart
│   ├── strings/
│   │   └── app_strings.dart
│   ├── widgets/
│   │   ├── app_button.dart
│   │   ├── app_textfield.dart
│   │   └── app_card.dart
│   ├── routing/
│   │   ├── app_router.dart
│   │   └── app_routes.dart
│   └── services/
│       └── auth_service.dart
├── features/
│   ├── splash/
│   │   └── view/
│   │       └── splash_page.dart
│   └── auth/
│       ├── model/
│       │   └── auth_model.dart
│       ├── view/
│       │   └── auth_page.dart
│       └── viewmodel/
│           └── auth_viewmodel.dart
└── main.dart

🚀 Quick Start #

Initialize Project #

flutter_starter_kit init

Add Features #

flutter_starter_kit add feature splash
flutter_starter_kit add feature auth

Add Widgets #

flutter_starter_kit add widget app_button
flutter_starter_kit add widget app_card

Add Services #

flutter_starter_kit add service auth_service
flutter_starter_kit add service storage_service

Check CLI Commands #

flutter_starter_kit --help

🔧 Best Practices #

• Run flutter_starter_kit init before adding features, widgets, or services
• Keep reusable UI components in core/widgets
• Keep theming and constants in core/colors and core/theme
• Each feature should have its own folder (model, view, viewmodel) for modularity
• Services should reside in core/services

🔗 Links #

• GitHub: https://github.com/NishanthDeveloper/flutter_starter_kit
• Pub.dev: https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_starter_kit

📖 Notes #

• Supports Firebase, REST API, and Clean Architecture scaffolding
• Generated files are ready to use and can be extended
• Helps developers focus on business logic instead of boilerplate