miguelpruivo/flutter_file_picker

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1559 stars · 895 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Flutter plugin providing a unified API to open native file explorers for picking single or multiple files, with extension filtering, directory selection, and save dialogs. It is a federated plugin with per-platform implementations for Android, iOS, macOS, Linux, Windows, and Web.

Use cases

• pick files from native file explorer in a flutter app
• select multiple files with extension filtering on mobile
• open a save-file dialog to export a document
• let users choose a directory in a desktop flutter app
• upload documents from android storage access framework
• pick files on web and desktop with one api

When to choose

• you need native file picking across all six flutter platforms with one api
• you need extension filtering, multi-select, directory picking, or save dialogs
• you want a maintained federated plugin with per-platform implementations

When to avoid

• your app is not built with flutter or dart
• you need direct filesystem access without user interaction rather than a picker dialog
• you need custom in-app file browsers instead of the native explorer

Facets

plugin · maturity active

file-system file-upload gui mobile-development cross-platform files web-development windows cross-platform flutter flutter-plugin file-picker dart native-file-dialog federated-plugin android ios macos linux web-server

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