Canonical takes over Flutter desktop maintenance
Canonical has been appointed as the new lead maintainer for Flutter desktop, overseeing its development for Windows, macOS, and Linux. This partnership was announced at Google I/O 2026, highlighting Canonical's technical expertise in managing Flutter's roadmap. The transition marks a shift towards a more collaborative governance model for Flutter, allowing Google to focus on other priorities while leveraging Canonical's capabilities.
- ▪Google confirmed Canonical as the new lead maintainer of Flutter desktop during Google I/O 2026.
- ▪Canonical has been developing Flutter-based applications for Ubuntu since making it their default choice in 2021.
- ▪Flutter desktop now supports new features like tooltips and multi-window capabilities, enhancing its usability across platforms.
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Google confirmed at Google I/O 2026 that Canonical is the new lead maintainer and ‘strategic steward’ of Flutter desktop for Windows, macOS and Linux. The announcement of an expanded partnership with Canonical came during the ‘What’s new in Flutter’ presentation at Google I/O 2026, where Kate Lovett, Engineer Manager on the Flutter Framework team at Google, touched on their existing work: “[The Flutter] desktop experience has reached a new level of maturity this year, driven by our incredible engineering partnership with Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu”. She later confirmed that Canonical’s ‘deep technical expertise’ will now oversee maintenance of Flutter for desktop and take charge of its roadmap.
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