Advent of Code has now started! 🎅 Join the Dart leaderboard if you're doing Dart (and are not using LLMs). You can also join the Blue Fire discord server, where we have a channel dedicated for hanging out and talking about the solutions.

On Monday this year's Advent of Code starts, and as usual we're having a Dart leaderboard! 🥳 If you are planning to do the puzzles in Dart, join the Dart leaderboard using this invite code: 425912-8e09f2ba

Coffee + Flutter?! Let's go! 💙

Today is Flame's 8th birthday!! 🥳 Since our graphical media master Renan was busy today I (Lukas) very nicely fixed up last years media. 😅 This year's contest is to create a Flame splash screen.🔥 The winner gets a Flame Care Package! Deadline: 2025-10-26 23:59 CET (Sunday)

Starting from Dart v3.11 the workspace definition will support globs! Thanks to Sigurdm for implementing it, it will make our root pubspec files so much cleaner and more reliable. 💙

Did you know that the @hacktoberfest.com t-shirts are back?! The first 10k to complete 6 PRs in repositories participating in #Hacktoberfest get a t-shirt! Flame was featured with a lightning talk on the Hacktoberfest opening and we're looking forward to some new contributors. 😊

Is there any Flutter project on GitHub with more stars (68k) than the super convenient LocalSend app by @tienisto.bsky.social? 🤩

I finally got accepted at Game Jolt to publish Mine Cart Operator there! To celebrate being available in a new platform, the game is on a 33% off sale until next week! If you haven't grabbed a copy yet, this is a great opportunity to do so! gamejolt.com/games/mine-c... #IndieGame #IndieDev

The conference may be over, but the memories live on 💙 Huge thanks to our amazing photographers for capturing the magic! ✨ Photos + attendee survey are landing in your inbox soon. Check them out & don’t forget to tag us when you share! 📸

The rules are simple: 🚫 No preview 🚫 No compilation ✅ One chance to shine That’s Flutter In The Dark — the iconic Flutter & Friends challenge! Catch the highlights from this year 👇

It was sooo much work, but it was sooo worth it! I think this year was my favorite edition so far. 😊 See you all from this amazing community soon again!

What happens when you mix AI with @kazlauskas.dev’ sense of humor? 😏 Slides Karaoke 2.0 — presentations generated on the fly 🪽 Join in to test your public speaking skills, or just enjoy the chaos! 📍 Main stage, Sept 1, 12:05 Get a glimpse of what's coming 👇

This year I've spent sooo much time making sure we will have the coolest badge ever for Flutter & Friends. And I am very happy with the result, what do you think? 😊

Hey #IndieGame community! I am happy to share that I am releasing a new game today: Gravedigger Doug! A reinterpretation of the classic arcade Dig Dug game! Grab it at ItchIO, it is free: cherrybit.itch.io/gravedigger-... #IndieDev #PixelArt #ItchIO #FlutterDev #FlameEngine

Got design skills? 😏 This year, you can contribute to the Flutter In The Dark Challenge! 🎨 Submit your design, and you might see it featured live at the after-party challenge 🪩 🗓️ Deadline: 28 August 👉 forms.gle/ZKmDrb9kPrYa...

The Flutter & Friends app is out now! The full agenda is live in the app — plan your days, check talks, and save your favorites 😍 Made with 💙 using @shorebird.dev 🫶 Huge thanks to @felangel.bsky.social for building it for us! 🙏 Download now on Google Play and App Store 📱

REMINDER — today is the last day to get your Regular Bird ticket! 🎟️

After the Flutter release yesterday we were finally able to release Melos v7.0.0! 🥳 Do note that you have to use Flutter ^3.35.0 / Dart ^3.9.0 to use it, if you haven't moved to those versions yet, please continue to use v7.0.0-dev.9.

🚨 Last chance for Regular Bird tickets — best price ends Monday, Aug 18! ONLY 2 WEEKS until Flutter&Friends ‘25 🎉 3 days of epic fun, friends, and all things Flutter! Check the agenda & get ready! We can't wait to see everyone 💙 Agenda & tickets 👉 flutterfriends.dev

I love the Flipper Zero so much! 😍 Like today I needed to flash my router and didn't have a USB-UART converter, and of course Flipper Zero covered that use-case, just like it covers a million other weird use-cases I throw at it. It really is the best hackers Swiss army knife!

Get a load of this line up at @flutterfriends.dev! 🤩

Dreaming of contributing to Flutter but don’t know where to start? ✨ @kerberjg.bsky.social will guide you step by step to make your first contribution, from fixing bugs to improving widgets and docs or adding features — without the intimidation 🤗 Don’t miss it 👉 flutterfriends.dev

Build your own “mini ChatGPT” in Flutter 🤖 Use Flutter + Firebase + Vertex AI to create an AI sidekick—travel guide, cooking buddy, doc helper… you decide! Win prizes for the most impressive, weirdest or funniest! 🏆 Join Moritz Theis & Alexander Thiele 👉 flutterfriends.dev

Have you seen our stellar 2025 lineup? 🤩 From custom widgets and mind-blowing Flutter use cases to accessibility, games, AI on-device, and design systems — we’ve got it all! ✅ Don’t get FOMO 👉 flutterfriends.dev

One of the unique things about Flutter & Friends are the social activities, where you really get to really know a big part of the Flutter community. Don't miss out, it's always so much fun! 😊

More Flame, more game 🔥 Join @luanpotter.bsky.social & @wolfenra.in for a hands-on intro to flame_3d — no 3D experience needed! Build a mini third-person platformer game with real assets, lighting & animation 👾 Grab your spot 👉 flutterfriends.dev

⏰ Time is ticking – our iconic conference is just one month away! 😱 Still on the fence? Hear what @rodrigocastro.flutter.community, last year’s Code in the Dark champion, has to say about the event 🤩 Join us 👉 flutterfriends.dev

We’re thrilled to welcome Slava Egorov @mrale.ph back for the third year in a row! 👏 Don’t miss this deep dive into the past, present, and future of Dart’s concurrency model. Why did Dart choose Isolates—and where are they heading next? 🧵 Join us 👉 flutterfriends.dev

Vibe-coding is THE buzzword of 2025... But is Flutter already "there" when it comes to vibe-coding possibilities? Bring your laptop, your curiosity, and your best vibes, and find out at this playful workshop led by @esratech.bsky.social & Ivanna Kaceviča 🤖 Join us 👉 flutterfriends.dev

We are thrilled to announce our Keynote speaker — @filiphracek.bsky.social 🤩 In the best traditions of The Boring Show ™, Filip will discuss the not always most shiny, but oh so important features of Dart and Flutter for real production projects 💪🏼 Join us 👉🏼 www.flutterfriends.dev

Flame has now reached the magical threshold of 10k stars on GitHub! 🥳🔥

The new Preview annotation in Flutter will be cool I think! 😍

Do you love Flutter&Friends as much as we do? Become an ambassador and score exclusive swag 😏💙 We’re looking for 30 awesome community members to help us spread the word! As an ambassador, you’ll (see thread) 👇🏽

Flame v1.30.0 was just released with some juicy new features and bug fixes! 🔥 We're also veeeeery close to 10k stars on GitHub (9991). 😊

We are bringing you THE COOLEST CONFERENCE BADGE EVER! Check out what we’re preparing for you this year 😱🤩 #GoogleIOConnect

Flutter, algorithms & animations — a hard-to-beat combo for a fascinating session! 🚀 Join @roaakdm.bsky.social as she explores interactive simulations of algorithms across a range of complexities and domains — all powered by the Flutter API 🎨

"With over half a million apps built and a rapidly growing developer community, Flutter is no longer just an emerging framework — it’s becoming the go-to choice for product teams aiming to scale fast and deliver consistent user experiences across iOS and Android." - Microsoft

Hey all! I am happy to share that today I am releasing my new game! The Dwarven Tales: Mine Cart Operator! If solving puzzles in a dwarven mine is something that you would find it fun, check it out: cherrybit.itch.io/mine-cart-op... #FlutterDev #FlameEngine #PixelArt #IndieDev

Flutter & Friends represented at Google Cloud's AI Hackathon today, and we're of course taking the chance to show off our Platinum sponsor App Shack! 😎

☎️ This is the FINAL CALL ☎️ Today is the LAST day of our CFP and Early Bird tickets 🎟️ Don’t miss your chance!

In our previous guessing game, several people mentioned him... but it would be too easy to guess the one and only @remirousselet.bsky.social 😁 Remi is going to discuss the burdens of state management, and trust us, this is a state management talk that you DON'T want to miss!

Expert speakers and top-notch talks are staples of any great conference… But we’ve got so much more in store! Your favourite activities are back in 2025 — and that’s not all. Stay tuned for the NEW surprises we’re cooking up 👀 What was your favourite part of last year? 🕺🏻

The current follower count and the Flame logo makes my GitHub profile look pretty metal. 😄

Remember friends; make sure that you and everyone you like adds this to analysis_options.yaml after updating to Dart 3.8.0 so that we make it the de-facto standard, even though it is not default. 😄 I have not heard a single good argument for not preserving the trailing commas.

We’ve selected the next 3 speakers… And you already know the deal: we're playing a guessing game! 🔍 Guess who they are and get a ticket discount: ➤ 15% off per correct speaker ➤ Be the first to guess all 3? Boom – 45% off! 🤯 Check the thread for speaker fun facts👇

Just sat for 30 minutes completely convinced that Dart's DateTime.isBefore etc functions were completely broken when it came to handling timezone vs. UTC... Turns out that the month was March instead of May on the server. 😂

If this works well, it is revolutionary for Flutter (and iOS) development! Especially for us Linux folks. 😍

Mark your calendars, pack your bags and get your tickets – your favourite Flutter conference is happening from 31st of August to 2nd of September and you definitely want to be here 💙 Get your tickets at flutterfriends.dev/signup 🎟️

Semantics might be invisible to most users, but they're everything for those using screen readers. In her talk, Sandra Lundh will share her approach to testing semantics, not with unit or widget tests, but with golden tests 📱 Learn about her method at @flutterfriends.dev 💙