glow_kit 1.0.2

A customizable Flutter glow animation package that adds smooth, animated background glow effects to any widget with multiple shape support and high-performance rendering.

✨ Glow Kit

A powerful, customizable, high-performance Flutter glow animation package
supporting 20+ beautiful shapes with smooth, modern animations.

🎥 Preview

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amityamsi/glow_kit/main/src/app.gif

✨ Features

• Smooth animated glow effects
• 20+ built-in shapes
• Fully customizable
• Optimized with CustomPainter
• High FPS performance
• Null-safe
• Flutter 3+ compatible

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📦 Installation

Add this to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  glow_kit: ^1.0.1

Then run:

flutter pub get

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📥 Import

import 'package:glow_kit/glow_kit.dart';

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⚡ Quick Start

GlowEffect(
  glowColor: Colors.blue,
  child: const Icon(
    Icons.star,
    size: 60,
    color: Colors.white,
  ),
)

That’s it. ✨

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🎥 Preview

Add a GIF inside /assets/demo.gif and reference it below.

![Glow Kit Demo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yourusername/glow_kit/main/assets/demo.gif)

After publishing, it will render automatically on pub.dev.

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🧩 Full Example

GlowEffect(
  glowColor: Colors.purple,
  glowCount: 3,
  duration: const Duration(seconds: 2),
  startDelay: const Duration(milliseconds: 500),
  repeatPauseDuration: const Duration(milliseconds: 300),
  glowRadiusFactor: 0.8,
  animate: true,
  repeat: true,
  curve: Curves.easeInOut,
  shape: GlowShape.hexagon,
  child: const Icon(
    Icons.favorite,
    size: 80,
    color: Colors.white,
  ),
)

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🎨 Supported Shapes

Basic

Rectangle • RoundedRectangle • Circle • Square • Oval • Stadium • Capsule

Polygon

Triangle • Diamond • Pentagon • Hexagon • Octagon

Stars

StarFive • StarSix

Decorative

Heart • Cloud • Bubble • Badge • Shield

Modern UI

CutCorner • BeveledRect • Ticket • Ribbon

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⚙️ Properties

Property	Type	Description
glowColor	Color	Glow color
glowCount	int	Number of glow layers
glowRadiusFactor	double	Glow expansion scale
endGlowRadius	double?	Final glow radius
duration	Duration	Animation duration
startDelay	Duration	Delay before start
repeatPauseDuration	Duration	Pause between loops
animate	bool	Enable/disable animation
repeat	bool	Repeat animation
curve	Curve	Animation curve
shape	GlowShape	Select glow shape

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🚀 Performance

Glow Kit uses CustomPainter for:

• Minimal rebuilds
• Smooth animations
• Efficient blur rendering
• High performance on all devices

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🎯 Best Practices

• Use darker backgrounds for better glow visibility
• Keep glowCount between 2–4
• Avoid excessive radius scaling
• Use animate: false for static glow

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🤝 Contributing

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

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💙 Support Glow Kit

If Glow Kit helps your project and saves development time,
consider supporting its continued development ❤️

☕ Buy Me a Coffee

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Your support helps:

• 🚀 Add new glow shapes
• 🎨 Improve animation smoothness
• ⚡ Optimize performance
• 🛠 Maintain long-term updates

Thank you for supporting open source 💙

If this package helps your project:

• ⭐ Like it on pub.dev
• ⭐ Star it on GitHub
• 📢 Share it with the Flutter community

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📄 License

MIT License