Prerequisite

Knowledge requirements

BowlerKit's Flutter template is a Dart application using Riverpod, AutoRoute, Dio, and generated models/routes. You should be comfortable with:

• Dart and Flutter — widgets, async code, navigation, and platform builds.
• Riverpod and Flutter Hooks — providers, notifiers, consumers, and lifecycle hooks.
• Freezed/JSON serialization and build_runner — generated model and route files.
• PHP/Laravel if you select the Account profile and customize the admin panel.
• Go if you customize the Account protected API backend.

The Guest profile is local-first and does not require the backend stack.

Required tools

Run the framework-specific check after installing the CLI:

bowler doctor flutter

The current template pins Flutter 3.47.0-stable and requires Dart SDK ^3.10.0 (flutter supplies Dart). The doctor command accepts Flutter 3.38.1 or newer.

You also need:

• Git.
• Android Studio, a JDK, Android SDK, and adb for Android.
• macOS, Xcode, and CocoaPods for iOS.
• A physical device or configured emulator/simulator for runtime testing.

Account backend requirements

Only Account projects need:

• PHP and Composer for admin-panel.
• PostgreSQL and Redis configured in Laravel and Go.
• Go 1.26.5 or newer for api-backend.

Laravel owns authentication, migrations, uploads, webhooks, and destructive account operations. Go validates Laravel Sanctum tokens and serves protected mobile resources; it is not a second auth server.

Optional landing page tools

The generated landing-page/ is a separate Vite/TanStack Start app. Bun is preferred; npm is a supported fallback. It is not required to build or run the Flutter mobile app.