# pichillilorenzo/flutter_inappwebview

A Flutter plugin that allows you to add an inline webview, to use a headless webview, and to open an in-app browser window.

Repository: https://github.com/pichillilorenzo/flutter_inappwebview
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flutter_inappwebview
Homepage: https://inappwebview.dev
Language: Dart
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: flutter, flutter-plugin, android, plugin, ios, flutter-package, inline-webview, webview, inappwebview, flutter-webview, cookie-manager, webview-library, wkwebview, inappbrowser, webview-options, browser, web-storage, mobile, desktop, webview2
Last push: 2026-02-10T16:40:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 66, release rhythm 69, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2911, "days_push": 204, "days_rel": 211, "gap_med": 4.5, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3761, forks 2116 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:17.905487+00:00)

## What it is
A Flutter plugin for embedding inline WebView widgets, running headless WebViews, and opening in-app browser windows (Chrome Custom Tabs / SFSafariViewController). It exposes a rich controller API for events, cookies, web storage, and JavaScript interaction across Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows.

## Use cases
- embed a web page inside a flutter app
- open an in-app browser for oauth sign-in
- run a headless webview for web automation like puppeteer
- manage cookies and web storage in a flutter webview
- handle file downloads from web content in flutter
- convert a pwa into a flutter app
- build a custom browser app in flutter

## When to choose
- you need fine-grained control over webviews in a Flutter app (events, cookies, JS injection, custom schemes)
- you need headless webview automation or background page loading
- you want in-app browser tabs using Chrome Custom Tabs or SFSafariViewController
- you need cross-platform webview support including macOS and Windows

## When to avoid
- your app is not built with Flutter
- you only need to launch an external browser with a URL
- you need a full-featured browser with tabs, extensions, and devtools
- you need webview support on platforms like Linux or web targets

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, web-scraping, auth, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, web-development, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: flutter, webview, inappbrowser, headless-webview, chrome-custom-tabs, wkwebview, webview2, cookie-manager, dart, android, ios, macos, web

## Member repositories
- pichillilorenzo/flutter_inappwebview (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:17.905487+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 2026-08-29T18:28:53.796974+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pichillilorenzo/flutter_inappwebview (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:17.905487+00:00, sha e9b320984e9f)
  - homepage: https://inappwebview.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:09.280089+00:00, sha ad5b18fccedb)
  - site_page: https://inappwebview.dev/docs/intro (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:09.289151+00:00, sha eafc33cf333c)
  - site_page: https://inappwebview.dev/docs/5.x.x/intro (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:09.291583+00:00, sha 26f974b521ca)
  - site_page: https://inappwebview.dev/docs/project-examples (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:09.293468+00:00, sha a1a8875aa3bd)
  - site_page: https://inappwebview.dev/docs/migration-guide (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:09.295331+00:00, sha 877581121f57)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.