# Baseflow/flutter_cached_network_image

Download, cache and show images in a flutter app

Repository: https://github.com/Baseflow/flutter_cached_network_image
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flutter_cached_network_image
Homepage: https://baseflow.com
Language: Dart
License Family: other
Topics: flutter, image, imageprovider, caching, baseflow
Last push: 2024-09-26T01:24:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3196, "days_push": 707, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2585, forks 734 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:02.636984+00:00)

## What it is
A Flutter library for downloading, caching, and displaying network images in mobile and web apps. It provides widgets and image providers with placeholder, progress, and error handling, backed by flutter_cache_manager.

## Use cases
- show images from the internet in a flutter app
- cache downloaded images locally to avoid re-downloading
- display a placeholder while an image loads
- show a progress indicator during image download
- handle failed image loads with an error widget
- use a cached image as an ImageProvider in other widgets

## When to choose
- you are building a Flutter app that displays remote images
- you want automatic local caching of network images
- you need placeholder, progress, and error states out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need image caching on Flutter web, which is not yet supported
- your project is not built with Flutter or Dart
- you need advanced image editing or transformation features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: caching, image-processing, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, frontend, web-development
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: flutter, network-images, image-cache, placeholder-widgets, imageprovider, mobile, web

## Member repositories
- Baseflow/flutter_cached_network_image (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.636984+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:22:27.209938+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Baseflow/flutter_cached_network_image (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.636984+00:00, sha 2101515ee5bf)
  - homepage: https://baseflow.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:04:48.874910+00:00, sha e1ae41f72788)
  - site_page: https://baseflow.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:04:48.878577+00:00, sha 41785a6d89bc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.