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flutter_firebase_chat_core

Actively maintained, community-driven Firebase BaaS for chat applications with an optional chat UI.

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flutter pub add flutter_firebase_chat_core

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A community-driven, actively maintained Flutter package that enables real-time chat functionality using Firebase as a backend. It provides a robust foundation for building chat applications with optional pre-built UI components. Designed to integrate seamlessly with Firebase Authentication and Firestore, it simplifies message handling, user presence, and chat state management. The package supports multiple platforms including Android, iOS, Web, macOS, and Windows, making it ideal for cross-platform chat solutions.

Use cases

  • Real-time messaging apps
  • Multi-platform chat interfaces
  • User-to-user communication
  • Chat features in social apps
  • Integration with Firebase Auth and Firestore

Key features

  • Firebase-powered real-time chat
  • Optional built-in UI components
  • Cross-platform support
  • Active maintenance and community contributions
  • Easy integration with Firebase services

Suitable for

  • Developers building chat apps with Firebase
  • Teams needing cross-platform chat solutions
  • Projects requiring real-time message sync
  • Startups wanting rapid chat feature implementation
  • Apps with user authentication needs

Considerations

  • Requires Firebase setup and configuration
  • UI customization may require additional styling
  • Limited to Firebase backend
  • Dependent on Firestore for data storage
  • May need additional logic for advanced chat features

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Flutter Firebase Chat Core

Actively maintained, community-driven Firebase BaaS for chat applications with an optional chat UI.


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Flyer Chat is a platform for creating in-app chat experiences using Flutter or React Native. This repository contains Firebase BaaS implementation for Flutter. We are also working on our more advanced SaaS and self-hosted solutions.

  • Free, open-source and community-driven. We offer no paid plugins and strive to create an easy-to-use, almost drop-in chat experience for any application. Contributions are more than welcome! Please read our Contributing Guide.

  • Chat UI agnostic. You can choose the chat UI you prefer. But if you don't have one, we provide our own free and open-source Flutter Chat UI, which can be used to create a working chat in minutes.

  • Easy to use. Returns streams of data for messages, rooms and users. Firebase Security Rules control access to the data. Check our documentation for the info.

Getting Started

Requirements

Dart >=2.19.0 and Flutter >=3.0.0, Firebase project.

Read our documentation or see the example project. To run the example project you need to have your own Firebase project and then follow steps 1 and 2 of Add Firebase to your Flutter app, override firebase_options.dart, don't commit it though 😉

After all of this is done you will need to register a couple of users and the example app will automatically suggest email and password on the register screen, default password is Qawsed1-. To set up Firebase Security Rules so users can see only the data they should see, continue with our documentation.

Contributing

Please read our Contributing Guide before submitting a pull request to the project.

Code of Conduct

Flyer Chat has adopted the Contributor Covenant as its Code of Conduct, and we expect project participants to adhere to it. Please read the full text so that you can understand what actions will and will not be tolerated.

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0

Categories

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