The Flet 0.26.0 release is here, featuring a significant update to the extensibility approach!

In summary, a Flet extension is now a single Python package that bundles both Python and Flutter code. This package can be part of your Flet project or hosted in a public Git repository or PyPI.

Built-in Flet extensions, such as Audio, Video, and Map, have been moved to their own repositories. You’re welcome to fork these extensions to create your own or contribute to Flet! These extensions have been published to PyPI, making them easy to include in your Flet app. To use them, simply add the desired extensions to the dependencies section of your pyproject.toml file.

Hey Flet developers, we’ve got something exciting to share — Flet 0.25.0 is officially released!

The biggest news? No more Kivy for iOS and Android packaging. No more dealing with frustrating Python binary dependencies — Flet now uses its own custom Python runtime, so your app builds are easier than ever. Plus, we’ve added loads of new features like better permissions control, faster rebuilds, and even a lightweight Linux client that skips the bloat.

Let’s dive into all the cool stuff Flet 0.25.0 has to offer! 🚀

The number of options for flet build command grew substantially over the time and it's been inconvenient to carry all these settings in a command line.

Today, we are excited to announce another Flet pre-release which now allows configuring app build settings in pyproject.toml!

Flet packaging for iOS and Android has been relying on Kivy and it was super annoying when your app depends on Python binary packages, such as Numpy or Pillow. You needed to compile those packages yourself using Kivy command line tools. It was really frustrating and even hopeless if Kivy didn't have "recipes" for some packages, like Pydantic.

Kivy no more! We've just published Flet 0.25.0.dev3519 pre-release with the improved flet build command which does not use Kivy! Flet is now using its own Python runtime "meticulously crafted in-house".

Flet packaging implementation for iOS and Androind adheres to strict specifications defined in PEP 730 (iOS) and PEP 738 (Android) which were implemented and released in Python 3.13 (and back-ported to Python 3.12). When pypi.org supports wheel tags for iOS and Android and 3rd-party Python package maintainers start uploading their mobile packages Flet will be compatible with them and you'll be able to use them in your Flet app.

I am very happy to announce the release of Flet version 0.24.0! It comes with a very long list of bug fixes, several enhancements and new features.