# VGVentures/news_toolkit

A news template application built in Flutter, by Google and Very Good Ventures. Learn more at: https://vgventures.github.io/news_toolkit/

Repository: https://github.com/VGVentures/news_toolkit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/news_toolkit
Language: Dart
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: dart, flutter, flutter-template, news-app
Last push: 2026-06-10T16:14:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 86, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1603, "days_push": 84, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1444, forks 239 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:44.980657+00:00)

## What it is
A Flutter-based news application template co-developed by Very Good Ventures and the Google News Initiative. It provides prebuilt news app UI workflows, Firebase-backed services (auth, notifications, analytics), and monetization via ads and subscriptions to accelerate mobile news app development.

## Use cases
- build a mobile news app quickly
- news publisher app template for iOS and Android
- flutter starter template for news organizations
- add ads and subscriptions to a news app
- prebuilt news app UI workflows with firebase

## When to choose
- you are a news publisher wanting a head start on a Flutter mobile app
- you want common news app features like auth, notifications, analytics, and monetization already wired up
- you want a template based on Google News Initiative best practices

## When to avoid
- you are not building a news-oriented application
- you need a fully custom app architecture rather than an opinionated template
- you are new to Flutter and not yet familiar with the framework basics

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: mobile-framework, auth, analytics, templating, ui-components
- domain: mobile-development, web-development, media
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: flutter-template, news-app, firebase, google-news-initiative, boilerplate, publishers, ads, subscriptions, news, flutter, mobile, android, ios

## Member repositories
- VGVentures/news_toolkit (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.980657+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 2026-08-30T04:36:16.765108+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/VGVentures/news_toolkit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:44.980657+00:00, sha ffb38f5d4638)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.