Overview
timelines_plus is an updated version of the popular Timelines package, offering enhanced functionality for building timeline UIs in Flutter applications. It provides customizable timeline components to display events chronologically across Android, iOS, Web, macOS, Windows, and Linux platforms. The package supports both vertical and horizontal layouts, with flexible styling options for markers, connectors, and labels. Designed for developers seeking a reliable, performant way to visualize sequences of events, it maintains compatibility with the original package while introducing improvements for modern Flutter development.
Use cases
- Displaying event histories
- Visualizing project milestones
- Showing step-by-step processes
- Creating onboarding flows
- Tracking user activity timelines
Key features
- Support for vertical and horizontal timelines
- Customizable markers and connectors
- Cross-platform compatibility
- Improved performance over original package
- Easy integration with existing Flutter projects
Suitable for
- Developers building task tracking apps
- Teams creating project management tools
- Designers implementing chronological UIs
- Educational apps with learning progressions
- Applications requiring event sequence visualization
Considerations
- Requires Flutter SDK 3.0 or higher
- Limited to basic timeline designs without advanced animations
- No built-in support for dynamic data updates
- Best suited for static or simple interactive timelines
- Depends on upstream package stability