The best dio alternatives
4 tools that do a similar job to dio, 4 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
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dioA Dart/Flutter library for making HTTP network requests with interceptors, uploads, downloads, and timeouts.
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GetX
Open source · MIT · ★ 11.2k
A Flutter package for state management, navigation, and dependency injection, all through one Get API.
Best for: Flutter developers who want state management, routing and dependency injection from a single package; Beginners building their first Flutter app who want fewer packages to learn
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Bloc
Open source · MIT · ★ 12.5k
A Dart library for managing app state in a predictable way using the BLoC pattern.
Best for: Flutter developers who want to separate UI code from business logic; Teams that need code that is easy to unit test
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Flame
Open source · MIT · ★ 10.8k
A game engine for building 2D games with Flutter and Dart.
Best for: Flutter developers who want to add a game to an app; Developers making 2D games in Dart
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chi
Open source · MIT · ★ 23k
A small, standard-library-compatible router for building Go HTTP and REST API services.
Best for: Go developers building REST API services; Teams that want routing built on the standard net/http package
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to dio. We don't take payment for placement.