Most web hosting platforms don't support Flutter Web out of the box, often forcing developers to jump through hoops just to get their apps online. This lack of native support can make deploying Flutter Web projects unnecessarily complex and time-consuming.
Appwrite Sites changes that by offering built-in support for Flutter Web, making it easy to host and scale your applications. Alongside Flutter, Appwrite also provides starter kits for popular frameworks like Next.js, React, Vue, Nuxt, Angular, and SvelteKit. In this blog, you'll learn how to set up the Flutter starter template and deploy it to Appwrite Sites.
Overview of the starter template
Flutter Web is a part of the Flutter framework that allows developers to build responsive, high-performance web applications using a single Dart codebase.
Appwrite's Flutter starter template includes:
- A clean, single-page UI
- Integration with Appwrite's SDK
- Pre-configured deployment settings for Appwrite Sites' Static rendering strategy
Deploy the starter template on Appwrite
Firstly, you must head to Appwrite Cloud and create an account if you haven't already (or self-host Appwrite 1.7). Next, create your first project, which will lead you to the project overview page.
Head to the Sites page from the left sidebar, click on the Create site button, and select the Clone a template option. This will take you to the Appwrite Sites templates listing, where you should search Flutter starter and click on the template.
After selecting the template, you can choose to connect a GitHub repository now or at a later time. If you choose to connect a repository, ensure you select a production branch (leave the root directory as is). Then, review the preset environment variables, update the domain name if you want, and click on the Deploy button. You can watch the deployment logs as the site is built.
Alternative method to deploy starter template
As an alternative to the Appwrite console, you can create and deploy websites using the Appwrite CLI. Create your Flutter starter using the following shell command and configuration:
appwrite init sites
? What would you like to name your site? Flutter starter
? What ID would you like to have for your site? unique()
? What framework would you like to use? Flutter (flutter)
? What specification would you like to use? 0.5 CPU, 512MB RAM
You can then make any edits to the website and deploy it using the following command:
appwrite push sites
Test the starter template
After your site has been successfully deployed, Appwrite will show you a Congratulations page. You can then either choose to view the site by clicking on the Visit site button or view the site configuration (deployments, logs, domains, usage, and settings) by clicking on the Go to dashboard button.
Next steps
And with that, the Flutter starter kit is deployed to Appwrite Sites. You can explore other templates or deploy any other websites you'd like.
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