Googles Flutter framework has been forked [Video]

Flutter, the Google-led development environment for building multi-device UIs from a single codebase, has been forked. The intention behind the fork is to expand Flutter’s available labor and accelerate development, said developer Matt Carroll.

In an October 27  Flutter Foundation blog post, Carroll described himself as a former member of the Flutter team. On X (formerly Twitter), Carroll is also described as chief  of Flutter bounty hunters, a “Flutter maximalist,” and a “SuperDeclarative” Flutter developer.

According to Carroll, Flutter has a labor shortage, which Flock helps to address. In explaining the forking, Carroll pointed to Google, saying there must be about a million Flutter developers while the Flutter team itself is only about 50 people. “That’s 50 people serving the needs of 1,000,000,” Carroll wrote. “Doing a little bit of division, that means that every single member of the Flutter team is responsible for the needs of 20,000 Flutter developers! That ratio is clearly unworkable for any …