--- title: Introducing Flock: Forking Flutter for a Better Future description: Flutter has been forked to form a new project named Flock. This initiative addresses critical issues such as labor shortages and development delays in the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-flock-forking-flutter-for-a-better-future-bmukbmtpe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introducing Flock: Forking Flutter for a Better Future | daily.dev og:description: Flutter has been forked to form a new project named Flock. This initiative addresses critical issues such as labor shortages and development delays in the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-flock-forking-flutter-for-a-better-future-bmukbmtpe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BMukbMTPe.png og:image:alt: Introducing Flock: Forking Flutter for a Better Future og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introducing Flock: Forking Flutter for a Better Future **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 2 min read · 44 upvotes · 5 comments ## Summary Flutter has been forked to form a new project named Flock. This initiative addresses critical issues such as labor shortages and development delays in the Flutter community. Spearheaded by Matt Carroll, Flock aims to incorporate bug fixes and feature requests while expanding the community's involvement. Additionally, a resource hub called Nest will be introduced to support other Flutter forks. ## Content # Flutter Forked to Form Flock: Addressing Labor Shortages and Development Delays Flutter, a popular UI toolkit from Google designed to build multi-device user interfaces, has recently been forked. This new project, named Flock, emerges as a response to several critical issues faced by the Flutter community. ### Labor Shortages and Development Delays Despite its growth and multi-platform support, Flutter has struggled with a severe labor shortage, impacting its development pace and responsiveness to user issues. Google's shifting focus towards AI has led to the deprioritization of desktop platform development, causing further stagnation in the framework's progress. ### Introducing Flock In light of these challenges, former Flutter team member Matt Carroll has spearheaded the creation of Flock. This fork aims to maintain an up-to-date mirror of Flutter while incorporating critical bug fixes and popular feature requests from the community. Michael Larabel, known for his extensive expertise in Linux hardware and performance, reported on this significant development. ### Community Effort and Involvement Flock's primary objective is to expand the labor pool dedicated to its development and expedite the review and contribution processes. By leveraging a larger community effort, Flock aspires to enhance the framework more efficiently. Developers and reviewers are strongly encouraged to participate in this initiative. ### Nest: A Resource Hub In addition to the fork, a collection of resources named Nest will soon be available. Nest aims to assist others in maintaining their own Flutter forks, providing valuable tools and information to support ongoing development efforts. Flock represents a promising evolution of the Flutter framework, poised to tackle existing challenges and drive continuous improvement through a collaborative community effort. ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@sticknologic** · 3 upvotes > so... in the near future, the flutter devs will be called "flock" devs?? then what should we add in our bio/cv if thats the case?? ¬_¬ **@tamizh068** · 1 upvotes > Meanwhile KMP..lol!! > . > . > . > . > The only fear of Flutter devs 🥶 **@programmerraja** · 1 upvotes > This is an exciting development! It's great to see the community stepping up to address the challenges with Flutter. I'm looking forward to seeing how Flock evolves and how it benefits developers. **@makskulicki** · 0 upvotes > Sounds good for community, but not sure how about management ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#flutter](https://daily.dev/tags/flutter) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-flock-forking-flutter-for-a-better-future-bmukbmtpe) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Introducing Flock: Forking Flutter for a Better Future","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-flock-forking-flutter-for-a-better-future-bmukbmtpe","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-flock-forking-flutter-for-a-better-future-bmukbmtpe"},"datePublished":"2024-10-29T10:16:37.702Z","dateModified":"2024-10-30T23:31:28.870Z","description":"Flutter has been forked to form a new project named Flock. 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