Flutter Shell

A cross-platform utility for executing shell commands in Dart/Flutter apps.

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🔧 Features

  • Supports Windows (powershell / cmd.exe)
  • Supports macOS/Linux (zsh, bash, sh)
  • Gracefully rejects execution on Android/iOS with a clear message
  • Executes multiple commands sequentially with && chaining
  • Returns trimmed standard output or detailed error messages
  • Simple static method API for quick integration

🚀 Usage

import 'package:flutter_shell/flutter_shell.dart';

void main() async {
  final result = await ShellExecutor.executeCommands([
    'echo Hello',
    'echo World',
  ]);

  print(result);
}

🧩 API Reference

ShellExecutor.executeCommands

static Future<String> executeCommands(List<String> commands)

  • Executes the provided list of shell commands sequentially in a platform-appropriate shell.

  • Returns a Future<String> which is:

    • The trimmed standard output (stdout) on success.
    • An error message string prefixed with ❌ on failure.
    • A platform-specific unsupported message on mobile platforms.

🛠️ Installation

Add the package to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  flutter_shell: ^0.0.1

Then run:

flutter pub get

📂 Example

Example CLI usage in bin/main.dart:

import 'package:flutter_shell/flutter_shell.dart';

Future<void> main() async {
  print('🚀 Running ShellExecutor from terminal...\n');

  final result = await ShellExecutor.executeCommands([
    'echo Hello',
    'echo from flutter_shell!',
  ]);

  print('🔧 Command output:\n$result');
}

⚠️ Supported Platforms

  • Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Not supported: Android and iOS (returns an error message)

💰 Support

If you find this project helpful, consider sponsoring me on GitHub 💖

🤝 Contributing

Contributions and suggestions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests.

📄 License

MIT License © 2025 Your Name

📬 Contact

GitHub: https://github.com/ihdatech/flutter_shell

Libraries

flutter_shell