---
title: Flutter Starter
description: 'A Flutter user management app with magic links, profiles, and avatar uploads'
---

Start from the [Supabase Flutter user management example](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/tree/master/examples/user-management/flutter-user-management). It includes a Flutter app, the Supabase Flutter SDK, account screens, and local database migrations.

## Installation

### Create the app

Install the [Flutter SDK](https://docs.flutter.dev/get-started/install), then copy the example with a sparse Git checkout:

```bash
git clone --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --sparse https://github.com/supabase/supabase.git my-flutter-app
cd my-flutter-app
git sparse-checkout set examples/user-management/flutter-user-management
cd examples/user-management/flutter-user-management
```

This checks out the complete Flutter project, including its Android, iOS, and web configuration. Flutter uses the example's Dart widgets and SDK dependencies directly.

### Install dependencies

```bash
flutter pub get
cp .env.example .env
```

## Configure Supabase

Install [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-started/get-docker/) and the [Supabase CLI](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/local-development/cli/getting-started), then start the example's database and migrations:

```bash
supabase start
```

Fill in `.env` with the local API URL and publishable key printed by the CLI:

```env
SUPABASE_URL=your-local-api-url
SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=your-publishable-key
```

Update the initialization in `lib/main.dart` to read the same variable name as `.env.example`:

```dart
await Supabase.initialize(
  url: dotenv.env['SUPABASE_URL']!,
  anonKey: dotenv.env['SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY']!,
);
```

The SDK's `anonKey` argument accepts a publishable key. The example's original `SUPABASE_ANON_KEY` lookup must match the name you use in `.env`.

## Run the app

Start with the web target to use the local Supabase instance:

```bash
flutter run -d web-server --web-hostname localhost --web-port 3000
```

Open [the app](http://localhost:3000), request a magic link, and open the local email inbox printed by the Supabase CLI. Sign in, edit your profile, and upload an avatar.

For Android or iOS, run `flutter run` and configure [mobile deep links](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/auth/native-mobile-deep-linking) for `io.supabase.flutterquickstart://login-callback/`. Use a Supabase URL reachable from your simulator or device.

## Use a hosted project

Follow the [Flutter user management tutorial](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/getting-started/tutorials/with-flutter) to set up the profile table, Storage policies, and authentication URLs in your Supabase project. Replace the local values in `.env` with that project's URL and publishable key.