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Tools

When you’re ready to create an app, get the SDK and tools for your app type. If you aren’t sure which tools you need, get the Flutter SDK.

App type Get started instructions Tool information
Flutter (mobile and more) Install Flutter Flutter tools
Web app (non-Flutter) Install the Dart SDK General-purpose tools and web tools
Server or command line Install the Dart SDK General-purpose tools and specialized tools

General-purpose tools

The following tools support the Dart language on all platforms.

DartPad

DartPad Hello World DartPad is a great, no-download-required way to learn Dart syntax and to experiment with Dart language features. It supports Dart’s core libraries, except for VM libraries such as dart:io.

IDEs and editors

Dart plugins exist for these commonly used IDEs.

The following Dart plugins are also available, thanks to the Dart community.

A Language Server Protocol implementation is also available for LSP-capable editors that don’t have specific Dart extensions.

Command-line tools

The Dart SDK includes the following general-purpose tools:

dart
A command-line interface (CLI) for creating, formatting, analyzing, testing, compiling, and running Dart code, as well as working with the pub package manager.
dartdoc
A documentation generator. For examples of dartdoc’s output, see the API reference documentation published at api.dart.dev and pub.dev (for example, the path API reference).

Debugging

Dart DevTools
A suite of debugging and performance tools.

Tools for developing web apps

The following tools support developing web apps:

webdev
A CLI for Dart web app development, including building and serving web apps.
dart2js
The original Dart-to-JavaScript compiler, with tree shaking. IDEs and the webdev CLI use dart2js when building web apps for deployment.
dartdevc
The Dart dev compiler, a modular Dart-to-JavaScript compiler. IDEs and the webdev CLI use dartdevc when running a development server.

Tools for developing command-line apps and servers

The following tools support developing or running command-line apps and servers:

dart
Use the dart run command to run uncompiled Dart command-line apps and some kinds of snapshots.
dartaotruntime
Use this Dart runtime to run AOT snapshots.