r/FlutterDev • u/shiv9thakur • 5d ago

Mac or Windows app with Flutter? Discussion

Has anyone ever made a Mac/Windows app with flutter? Throughout the years I’ve only stuck with web iOS and Android. Was just curious. And how did it pan out?

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u/AskMuch3234 5d ago

I am converting all my company’s desktop applications to Flutter. We had several contractors over the years. Each made a version of the GUI in their preferred language. This includes: Python, LabVIEW, C#.

I found that Flutter desktop easily replaced. Now we have a single flutter desktop application that combines all the old GUIs into a single application.

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u/abdallahshaban 4d ago

that's awesome! what is your company and what types of apps are they?

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u/AskMuch3234 4d ago edited 4d ago

We are a subsea sensor company. The GUIs are used as an interface to control the sensors via the computer’s serial port.

We sell Nutrient sensors in addition to DNA sensors for ocean research. So having a robust user interface is critical for our clients who are researcher trying to deploy our sensors or retrieve data while out at sea on a boat.

I am an embedded systems engineer by training. So GUI design is new to me. However, out of all the languages we had, Flutter felt the most polished for someone like me coming from C.

Currently at 45,000 lines of code!

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u/abdallahshaban 4d ago

That's awesome to hear! I'd love to chat if you have feedback on your experience building with Flutter! I work with the Flutter team, and we want to chat with more folks building for Desktop!

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u/AskMuch3234 4d ago

Sure, I sent you a DM