# miguelpruivo/flutter_file_picker

File picker plugin for Flutter, compatible with mobile (iOS & Android), Web, Desktop (Mac, Linux, Windows) platforms with Flutter Go support.

Repository: https://github.com/miguelpruivo/flutter_file_picker
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flutter_file_picker
Language: Dart
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: flutter, flutter-plugin, ios, android, dart, macos, windows, linux, golang
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:18:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2994, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 19, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 46}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1559, forks 895 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:03.653723+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: file-system, file-upload, gui
- domain: mobile-development, cross-platform, files, web-development
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: flutter, flutter-plugin, file-picker, dart, native-file-dialog, federated-plugin, android, ios, macos, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- miguelpruivo/flutter_file_picker (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.653723+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 2026-08-30T04:29:51.305266+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/miguelpruivo/flutter_file_picker (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.653723+00:00, sha 0cc98dd41ec8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.