And now, we’re excited to share it with you!
Open source has always been a big part of how we learn, improve and stay ahead of the curve. After seeing the benefits of this template in our own projects, we decided to make it open source — so other developers can leverage it too.
Try it out! We’d love to hear your feedback. Whether it’s new feature ideas, ways to improve or examples of what you’ve built, we’re excited to see what you create and how we can keep evolving the template together.
Why We Built This Template
At STRV, we work on fast-moving projects with complex requirements. Starting from scratch every time is not ideal. Without a standardized structure, teams waste time on setup and face inconsistencies that can slow down development as projects progress.
So, we built this template to fix that. It provides a clean, structured starting point that follows best practices, making development faster, reducing common mistakes and helping new team members ramp up quickly.
What Makes This Template Worth Using?
We didn’t just throw together a template for the sake of it. This is a project-tested setup designed to solve real problems we’ve faced in Flutter development. Here’s what makes it a solid choice:
1. Consistency Across Projects
A standardized template means that every project follows the same architectural principles, making it easier for teams to collaborate and maintain codebases. Code reviews, debugging and feature enhancements become smoother when developers don’t have to decipher different architectures from project to project.
2. Reduced Development Time
Since the core structure is already in place, developers can skip the repetitive setup work and jump straight into building features. This is a huge time-saver, especially in agile environments where iteration speed and deployment are key.
3. Easier Maintenance
Our template is built on a feature-based structure, where screens and their corresponding states are grouped into dedicated feature folders. Keeping related UI components and state management logic together makes the codebase easier to navigate, update and extend over time.
While we don’t enforce full modularization, this structured approach offers similar benefits. Developers can work on individual features in isolation, reducing unintended side effects and making debugging more straightforward.
4. Built to Scale
Apps evolve, and this template is designed to grow with them. The architecture allows new features and components to be added without turning the codebase into a tangled mess. By keeping clear boundaries between layers, we make sure that complexity stays manageable as projects expand.
5. Community-Powered
Because this is an open-source project, it doesn’t just benefit from our experience — it evolves with contributions from developers everywhere. That means improvements, new best practices and fresh ideas will keep shaping it over time.
Why We Chose Riverpod for State Management
State management is a key architectural decision in Flutter development, and after exploring different solutions, we found Riverpod to be the best fit.
Designed as an improvement over the Provider package, it offers a more scalable and reliable way to manage state while addressing common limitations. With compile-time safety, it catches errors early — during development rather than at runtime — leading to cleaner, more maintainable code.
One of Riverpod’s biggest strengths is its ability to streamline state and service management. Instead of requiring external tools like GetIt, it comes with built-in dependency injection, reducing boilerplate and improving overall code clarity. By keeping state management structured and type-safe, it simplifies how different parts of the app interact without adding unnecessary complexity.
In our template, Riverpod helps:
- Keep UI and business logic separate, making the codebase easier to navigate and maintain.
- Enable a declarative approach to state management with providers as first-class citizens.
- Reduce unnecessary setup with a more intuitive way to handle app state.
- Improve testability, making it easy to mock and swap services in different environments.
By integrating Riverpod, our template remains scalable, predictable and efficient — allowing developers to focus on building great apps instead of troubleshooting state issues.
What’s Included in Our Flutter Template?
Instead of reinventing the wheel every time, we packed our template with essentials:
- CI/CD with GitHub Actions – Automate builds, tests and deployments for better code quality.
- Predefined Files & Folder Templates (VSC Plugin) – Get an optimized project structure from the start.
- Flutter Version Management (FVM) – Prevent compatibility issues by keeping all devs on the same version.
- Preconfigured VS Workspace – Set up for a seamless development experience.
- Custom Project Setup Tool – Automates app icon and splash screen generation, plus project renaming.
- Authentication Handling – Firebase auth + custom backend integration.
- Cross-Platform Push Notifications – Ready-to-go support for both iOS and Android.
- Firebase Integration – Analytics, authentication and cloud functions preconfigured.
- Google & Apple Sign-In – Easy social login setup.
- Debug Logging with Flogger – A lightweight custom logging tool.
- Navigation with AutoRoute – Type-safe, declarative routing.
- Custom Theming System – Structured color and text themes for UI consistency.
- Design System Best Practices – Encourages modular UI development with clean component separation.
...and more!
By including these features in the template, we make sure every project starts strong — so teams can focus on building great products, not setting up the basics over and over again.
Final Thoughts
We built this Flutter template with one goal: to make development faster, smoother and more scalable. If you’re looking for a structured, well-tested starting point for your projects, this is it.
And since it’s open source, we’d love for you to check it out, use it and help make it even better. Let’s build something great — together.
