Flutter Package & Plugin Selection

Goal

Choose the smallest, safest, maintainable solution that satisfies the real engineering requirement while accounting for runtime behavior, build impact, platform support, security, privacy, performance, dependency footprint, migration cost, and long-term ownership.

A valid outcome is:

Do not add a third-party dependency.

Treat every recommendation as a current, evidence-backed engineering decision—not a popularity ranking.

Progressive disclosure

Read bundled references only when useful:

• references/package_selection_checklist.md — exhaustive production audit/final gate.
• references/package_evaluation_matrix.md — comparison matrix, weighting, and calibration example.
• references/research_findings.md — rationale and representative lessons.
• references/research_sources.md — primary-source basis. Re-open live sources for current facts; never reuse its package versions as “latest”.