flutter_quality_analyzer 2.2.0

A CLI tool that analyzes Flutter project dependencies — version checks, license detection, test coverage, and AI-powered summary using Gemini.

Flutter Quality Analyzer

A Dart CLI tool that analyzes a Flutter/Dart project's pubspec.yaml and reports dependency health — showing current vs. latest version for every package.

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Features

• 📦 Reads dependencies and dev_dependencies from pubspec.yaml
• 🌐 Fetches latest versions from the pub.dev API
• 🔍 Compares version constraints (handles ^, >=, ~, etc.)
• 🎨 Clean colored terminal output
• ⚡ Concurrent requests (batched, rate-limit safe)
• 🔧 Graceful error handling for network failures
• 🏗️ Extensible architecture (ready for license detection, test coverage, AI summaries)

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Project Structure

flutter_quality_analyzer/
├── bin/
│   └── flutter_quality_analyzer.dart   # Entry point / CLI arg parsing
├── lib/
│   ├── flutter_quality_analyzer.dart   # Barrel exports
│   └── src/
│       ├── models/
│       │   ├── dependency_info.dart     # Single dependency from pubspec
│       │   ├── pubspec_data.dart        # Parsed pubspec.yaml content
│       │   ├── result.dart              # Generic Result<T> type
│       │   └── version_check_result.dart
│       ├── services/
│       │   ├── pubspec_reader.dart      # Reads + parses pubspec.yaml
│       │   ├── pub_dev_client.dart      # HTTP client for pub.dev API
│       │   └── version_checker.dart    # Orchestrates checks, concurrency
│       ├── reporters/
│       │   └── console_reporter.dart   # Formatted terminal output
│       └── utils/
│           ├── logger.dart             # Leveled logger (INFO/WARN/ERROR/DEBUG)
│           └── version_utils.dart      # Pure version string helpers
├── test/
│   └── flutter_quality_analyzer_test.dart
├── pubspec.yaml
├── analysis_options.yaml
└── README.md

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Setup & Run

1. Get dependencies

cd flutter_quality_analyzer
dart pub get

2. Run against a Flutter project

# Analyze the current directory
dart run bin/flutter_quality_analyzer.dart

# Analyze a specific project
dart run bin/flutter_quality_analyzer.dart --path /path/to/flutter_project

# Enable verbose/debug logs
dart run bin/flutter_quality_analyzer.dart --path /path/to/project --verbose

# Show help
dart run bin/flutter_quality_analyzer.dart --help

3. Run tests

dart test

4. Compile to a standalone executable (optional)

dart compile exe bin/flutter_quality_analyzer.dart -o fqa
./fqa --path /path/to/project

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Sample Output

╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║       Flutter Quality Analyzer  v1.0.0       ║
║       Dependency Health Check Tool           ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝

[INFO] Project: my_flutter_app
[INFO] Found 8 dependencies to analyze.

[INFO] Fetching latest versions from pub.dev...

  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  PACKAGE              CURRENT        LATEST      STATUS
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  dio                  ^4.0.0         5.4.3       ✖ Outdated
  get                  ^4.6.5         4.6.6       ✖ Outdated
  shared_preferences   ^2.2.2         2.2.2       ✔ Up to date
  provider             ^6.1.1         6.1.2       ✖ Outdated
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

── Summary ──────────────────────────
  Total checked : 4
  ✔ Up to date  : 1
  ✖ Outdated    : 3

Run `dart pub upgrade` to update your dependencies.

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Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	All dependencies up to date
1	One or more outdated deps found
1	Fatal error (missing pubspec etc)

This makes the tool CI-friendly — it will fail a pipeline if outdated deps exist.

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Future Scope

The architecture is designed for these upcoming features:

Feature	Where to add
License detection	lib/src/services/license_checker.dart + new model
Test coverage	lib/src/services/coverage_analyzer.dart
AI-based summary	lib/src/services/ai_summary_service.dart
JSON reporter	lib/src/reporters/json_reporter.dart
HTML reporter	lib/src/reporters/html_reporter.dart

All reporters can share a common Reporter abstract interface.

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Dependencies Used

Package	Purpose
args	CLI argument parsing
http	HTTP calls to pub.dev API
yaml	Parsing pubspec.yaml
pub_semver	Proper semver constraint comparison
ansi_styles	Terminal color output