Overview

Flutter

Stacks17.4K

Followers16.8K

Votes1.2K

GitHub Stars173.7K

Forks29.4K

Quasar Framework

Stacks459

Followers771

Votes404

GitHub Stars26.9K

Forks3.7K

Flutter vs Quasar Framework: What are the differences?

Introduction

Flutter and Quasar Framework are both popular frameworks used for building cross-platform applications. While they share similarities in terms of their goal to enable developers to create apps for multiple platforms using a single codebase, there are several key differences between the two frameworks.

Technology Stack: Flutter is based on Google's Dart programming language, which means developers need to learn Dart to work with Flutter. On the other hand, Quasar Framework is built using Vue.js, a popular JavaScript framework. This means that developers familiar with Vue.js can easily work with Quasar Framework.
User Interface Components: Flutter provides a rich set of customizable Material Design and Cupertino widgets, allowing developers to create visually appealing and native-looking interfaces for both Android and iOS platforms. Quasar Framework, on the other hand, offers a wide range of UI components based on the Material Design guidelines, making it easier to create interfaces that adhere to the design standards.
Deployment: Flutter uses its own rendering engine, Skia, which allows it to achieve high-performance rendering. This means that Flutter apps can be compiled into native code and run directly on the target platform. Quasar Framework, on the other hand, generates a web application that runs on a browser using Vue.js. This makes deployment easier as it eliminates the need for separate compilation for each target platform.
Development Workflow: Flutter provides a hot-reload feature that allows developers to instantly see the changes they make to the code. This makes the development process faster and more efficient. Quasar Framework also offers a similar hot-reload feature, allowing developers to see the changes in real-time without needing to restart the application.
Community and Ecosystem: Flutter has gained a large and active community of developers, resulting in a vast ecosystem of packages and libraries that can be used to extend its functionality. Quasar Framework also has a growing community and a range of plugins available, although it may not be as extensive as Flutter's ecosystem.
Platform Support: Flutter supports building applications for Android, iOS, web, desktop, and embedded systems. This means that developers can create apps that can run on a wide range of platforms using a single codebase. Quasar Framework, however, focuses primarily on web application development, although it also allows for the creation of desktop applications using Electron.

In summary, while both Flutter and Quasar Framework aim to simplify cross-platform development, they differ in their technology stack, user interface components, deployment process, development workflow, community support, and platform compatibility.

Advice on Flutter, Quasar Framework

Nick

CTO at Pickio

Jun 2, 2020

Decided

We built the first version of our app with RN and it turned out a mess in a while. A lot of bugs along with poor performance out of the box for a fairly large app. Many things, that native platform has, cannot be done with existing solutions for RN. For instance, large titles on iOS are not fully implemented in any of existing navigations libraries. Also there's painfully slow JSON bridge and many other small, yet annoying things. On the other hand Flutter became a really powerful and easy-to-use tool. A bit of a learning curve, of course, because of Dart, but it worth learning. Flutter offers TONS of built-in features, no JSON-bridge, AOT compilation for iOS.

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Anonymous

CEO at ME!

Jun 7, 2020

Decided

While with Ionic it is possible to make mobile applications with only web technologies, Flutter is more performant and is easy to use if you are willing to learn Dart, which is a fun language. Plus, it has awesome documentation and, while its ecosystem isn't near as big as JavaScript's is, it has a good package manager called Pub and its packages are generally high quality.

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Thuan

FE Lead at SOLID ENGINEER

Jun 16, 2020

Decided

Javascripts is the most populated language in the world.
Easy to learn & deployed production
Fast development
Strong community
Completed Documents
Native performance with lower RAM used.
Easy to handle native issues by using native code like Java / Objective C
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Detailed Comparison

Flutter	Quasar Framework
Flutter is a mobile app SDK to help developers and designers build modern mobile apps for iOS and Android.	Build responsive Single Page Apps, SSR Apps, PWAs, Hybrid Mobile Apps and Electron Apps, all using the same codebase!, powered with Vue.
Fast development - Flutter's "hot reload" helps you quickly and easily experiment, build UIs, add features, and fix bug faster. Experience sub-second reload times, without losing state, on emulators, simulators, and hardware for iOS and Android.;Expressive UIs - Delight your users with Flutter's built-in beautiful Material Design and Cupertino (iOS-flavor) widgets, rich motion APIs, smooth natural scrolling, and platform awareness.;Access native features and SDKs - Make your app come to life with platform APIs, 3rd party SDKs, and native code. Flutter lets you reuse your existing Java, Swift, and ObjC code, and access native features and SDKs on iOS and Android.	SPAs (Single Page App); SSR (Server-side Rendered App); PWAs (Progressive Web App); Mobile apps (Android, iOS, …); Electron; Vue.js; Full RTL support; Persian calendar; Material design 2; Complete documentation; Unit test ready
Statistics
GitHub Stars 173.7K	GitHub Stars 26.9K
GitHub Forks 29.4K	GitHub Forks 3.7K
Stacks 17.4K	Stacks 459
Followers 16.8K	Followers 771
Votes 1.2K	Votes 404
Pros & Cons
Pros 147 Hot Reload 125 Cross platform 107 Performance 90 Backed by Google 74 Compiled into Native Code Cons 29 Need to learn Dart 11 Lack of community support 10 No 3D Graphics Engine Support 8 Graphics programming 6 Lack of friendly documentation	Pros 59 Excellent documentation 44 Deploy one codebase to web, desktop, mobile, and more 40 Lots of UI components 39 Extensive collection of components 33 Being able to bundle for almost all platform is awesome Cons 4 Stackoverflow 1.5k Questions
Integrations
Android SDK Firebase Dart	Linux Electron macOS Windows Vue.js Material Design

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