A real Dart VM, local or remote
The official Dart runtime runs in your browser when supported and uses a remote container otherwise. Nothing to install.
A complete Dart workspace, in your browser tab.
Start from a template, write code with full language support, run servers, install packages, and share a live link. Nothing to install. Local and remote containers work through the same workspace.
Booting
1import 'dart:io';2 3const page = '<h1 style="font-family: system-ui">Hello from Dart</h1>';4 5Future<void> main() async {6 final server = await HttpServer.bind('0.0.0.0', 8080);7 server.defaultResponseHeaders.removeAll('x-frame-options');8 print('Listening on port ${server.port}');9 10 await for (final request in server) {11 request.response12 ..headers.contentType = ContentType.html13 ..write(page);14 await request.response.close();15 }16}Terminal
:8080
Booting container
- Load Dart Containers SDK
- Load release manifest
- Start Dart compiler
- Start Dart runtime
- Write project files
- Resolve pub packages
- Launch project
That is a real project, not a video. Press Run for real to start a container and open its live URL.
Step 1
Pick a template
Web servers, APIs, realtime apps, Flutter, or a blank project.
Step 2
Watch it boot
A local or remote Dart VM starts, with files and tools ready to use.
Step 3
Build and share
Edit with full language support, run it, and open a live URL.
Features
Everything a Dart workspace needs. Nothing to set up.
The pieces you would expect from a desktop setup, brought together in one tab with local or remote execution.
Full language support
The same Dart Analysis Server that powers IDEs runs alongside your code: diagnostics as you type, completions, hover docs, rename, and formatting.
A real shell
A POSIX shell with a proper terminal: pipes, redirection, and the Dart command line, including run, test, analyze, format, and pub.
pub.dev, on demand
Add packages to pubspec.yaml or run dart pub add. Dependencies resolve against pub.dev and mount without a full download.
Live URLs for anything that listens
Start a server and it gets a public https address you can open, embed, or send to a teammate.
One workspace
Local or remote, the same tools.
Run in your browser when supported, or send work to a remote container. Remote mode keeps a client copy of your files so an idle container can be recreated.
Templates
Start from something real.
Each template is a working project you can change, run, and preview immediately.
Shelf Web Server
HTTP server with a live status page
The classic Dart web server. Shelf middleware, an HTML landing page, and two JSON endpoints that the page polls in real time.
shelfOpenREST API with shelf_router
JSON CRUD API with routing and CORS
An in-memory notes API: typed routes with path parameters, JSON request parsing, CORS middleware, and an interactive docs page to exercise every endpoint.
shelf · shelf_routerOpen- Experimental: Stateful hot reload is not available yet. Restart resets application state.
Flutter Counter
The original Flutter counter app
Flutter's unchanged starter counter: purple app bar, centered count, and the floating plus button. Compile, edit and restart entirely in your browser.
flutterOpen - Experimental: First preview preparation takes several seconds. Language services start after rendering; stateful hot reload is not available yet.
Widget Previews
Annotations, live variants and PNG capture
Preview individual Flutter widgets with @Preview and a custom MultiPreview. Switch light, dark and large-text variants without compiling again, interact with widgets, and download a PNG.
flutterOpen - Experimental: Language services start after the first build. Stateful hot reload is not available yet; Run resets the game.
Flame Game
Catch the stars before time runs out
A playable Flutter game powered by Flame. Tap glowing stars, beat your score, and edit the game loop, components and drawing code.
flutter · flameOpen - Experimental: Web targets support HTML and URL loading. External sites must allow embedding; native-only WebView features are unavailable.
Flutter WebView
Embed interactive HTML and a hosted page
Use the official Flutter WebView packages to embed a real browser view. Switch between an interactive HTML document and a hosted page, or load your own embeddable URL.
flutter · webview_flutter · webview_flutter_webOpen - Experimental: Jaspr's server runtime currently hits an unsupported dart:io call on the WebAssembly VM; the project compiles and analyses but does not serve yet.
Jaspr Server-Rendered Site
Component-based HTML rendered by Dart
Build pages with Jaspr's Flutter-like component model and render them on the server. Composable StatelessComponents, typed HTML helpers, and a shelf pipeline you control.
jaspr · shelfOpen WebSocket Chat
Realtime broadcast over WebSockets
A chat room where every visitor sees every message. shelf_web_socket upgrades connections, the server fans out JSON events, and the built-in page connects through the preview relay.
shelf · shelf_web_socket · web_socket_channelOpenStatic Site Server
Serve HTML, CSS, and JS from a folder
A static file server built on shelf_static. Edit anything under web/ and reload the preview. Great for prototyping plain web pages with a real HTTP server behind them.
shelf · shelf_staticOpenConsole App
Command-line program with argument parsing
A classic terminal program: parses flags with package:args, prints a colored banner, and runs a small benchmark. Everything shows up in the program terminal.
argsOpenEmpty Dart Project
Just a pubspec and a main function
Start from nothing. No dependencies to resolve, so the container is ready in seconds. Add packages by editing pubspec.yaml or running dart pub add in the terminal.
No dependenciesOpen
Flutter
Flutter, compiled and rendered in your browser tab.
The Flutter templates build with the current stable release, locally or remotely. Edit a widget, press Run, and the app restarts with your change. Games, web views, and widget previews all work the same way.
- Current stable Flutter
- Flutter 3.47.2 with Dart 3.13.2, built in a local or remote container.
- Restart on Run
- Edits rebuild the app in place while the compiler stays warm.
- Widget previews
- @Preview annotations render as live variants, with PNG capture.
- Real packages
- Flame, webview_flutter, and whatever else your app needs from pub.dev.
Try it
Run Dart right here.
Edit the program and press Run. The first run starts a local or remote Dart VM; later runs reuse the same workspace.
Output
Preparing live examples…
SDK
Build your own Dart experiences.
Everything on this site is built on the Dart Containers SDK: a library that starts a local or remote Dart environment and lets you drive it like a machine. Files, processes, packages, language tooling, Flutter, and networking, all from a few lines of code.
The same API is available in the browser, in Node, and from Dart itself.
app.js
import DartContainer from "https://sdk.dart.land/sdk-0.1.60+dart-3.13.2+flutter-3.47.2/dart-container.js";
const container = await DartContainer.boot({
runtime: { host: "browser", engine: "jit" },
});
await container.fs.writeFile("main.dart", "void main() => print('Hello from Dart');");
const process = await container.spawn("dart", ["run", "main.dart"], { output: true });
for await (const chunk of process.output) console.log(chunk);One CDN import, with local or remote execution and no bundler.
Live examples
Every capability, runnable.
Each example starts a container on the first run and reuses the workspace afterwards. The output is real.
Boot a container
One call selects local or remote execution, starts the Dart VM, and returns a container you can drive like a machine.
~3 s first time
import DartContainer from "https://sdk.dart.land/sdk-0.1.60+dart-3.13.2+flutter-3.47.2/dart-container.js";
const container = await DartContainer.boot({
runtime: { host: "browser", engine: "jit" },
workdirName: "playground",
});
console.log(container.info.dartVersion); // 3.13.2
console.log(container.workdir); // /playground
console.log(container.capabilities.process.pty); // trueLive output
Preparing live examples…
API overview
Small surface, real capabilities.
DartContainer.boot()Start a local or remote container with a chosen runtime, working directory, and network policy.
container.fsmkdir, readdir, readFile, writeFile, rename, rm, stat, and recursive watch.
container.spawn()Run dart or a POSIX shell, with streaming output, stdin, signals, and PTY resize.
container.pubGet() · pubAdd()Resolve and mount pub.dev packages through a hosted, verified resolver.
container.on('port')Detect listeners the moment they open and receive public preview URLs.
DartContainer.lspSpawn the Dart Analysis Server and speak LSP: diagnostics, completion, refactors.
container.flutterCompile Flutter web apps and render @Preview widgets from the container filesystem.
container.mount() · export()Load a project tree in one call and export it back as JSON or a zip.
Choose where your code runs
Use local execution where supported or select a remote container. Automatic mode chooses a supported runtime for the browser.
Real Dart, real packages
The official SDK, the official analyzer, and pub.dev. What works locally works here, including servers, shells, and Flutter.
Made for embedding
Docs with runnable examples, interactive courses, support tools, or a full IDE like this one. One import, no build step.
What's inside
Current stable Dart and Flutter, pinned per release.
Every release pairs one Dart SDK with one Flutter SDK and the tooling built for them, so what you test is what you ship. This site is pinned to the release below.
- Dart SDK
- 3.13.2Stable channel. Every template, terminal, and live example runs it.
- Flutter
- 3.47.2Paired with this Dart release for the Flutter templates and widget previews.
- SDK release
- 0.1.60Immutable release this site is pinned to. The stable channel selects the current one.
- Language tooling
- Dart Analysis ServerVersion-paired with the SDK, running inside the container.
- Packages
- pub.devResolved through a hosted resolver and mounted on demand.
- Dart command line
- run · test · analyze · format · pubThe real tools, from the shell or from the SDK.
- Browser
- Modern browsersRuns locally where supported and automatically uses remote containers elsewhere.
- Node
- 26.7.0For the Node package, which runs the same container API outside the browser.
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