Charts

[santiagos01]

First of all, thank you for this awesome package! Very nice to see something close to shadcn in Flutter, as I've often considered it a big missing part (compared to my experience building with React).

I saw in the Roadmap that Charts is currently considered a draft for Triage, but no tracking Issue seems to exist for it yet, hence creating one here for discussion.

Understand that Charts may be a very big & complex project on its own, and the team may want to prioritize other components first. However, I think it would be nice to have some preliminary discussions in case anyone already has any thoughts on how to bring charts that are as beautiful as those provided by shadcn to Flutter.

Some of the most popular chart packages I'm aware of:

• https://pub.dev/packages/fl_chart
• https://pub.dev/packages/syncfusion_flutter_charts (proprietary license)
• https://pub.dev/packages/graphic
• https://pub.dev/packages/community_charts_flutter

If the team plans to integrate an existing chart package (like how shadcn is just a wrapper around recharts), I think it would be nice if you can share in advance about which package you currently consider. Or if there's a plan to build a new one, I think it would be nice to have some discussions about the various considerations here.

Feel free to share any other thoughts/recommendations related to charts as well.

[Pante]

We've discussed charts internally. I think the current consensus is that creating a chart library from scratch is not feasible due to the complexity and scale involved. We're a small team and we need to be pragmatic with our tech choices.

We've actually explored most of the packages you listed, and we will most likely be choosing https://pub.dev/packages/graphic. We think that the package is really well-maintained and designed, having worked with it in our own applications.

• https://pub.dev/packages/fl_chart - Although popular, I don't think the API is well-designed nor customizable.

• https://pub.dev/packages/syncfusion_flutter_charts - The proprietary license is a deal-breaker.

• https://pub.dev/packages/community_charts_flutter - I think the package has solid groundwork. However there's concerns surrounding it's maintenance & viability in the long-term.

All that said, we have not yet made any concrete plans to start work on charts in the near future.