Carroll also claimed that Google’s focus on AI caused the Flutter team to deprioritize desktop platforms, and he stressed the difficulty of working with the current Flutter team. However, because Flutter is open source, Flutter app developers and package developers can contribute to the Flutter framework, he said.
Described as “Flutter+” by Carroll, Flock “will remain constantly up to date with Flutter, he said. Flock will add important bug fixes, and popular community features, which the Flutter team either can’t, or won’t implement.” As Flock ships bug fixes and features, the Flutter team then can choose to add them to Flutter or not. Carroll emphasized that Flock is “Flutter, by the community for the community.”
Developers are provided instructions on getting started with Flock. Reviewers also are sought. Along with Flock, Carroll introduced Nest, described as a collection of scripts, extensions, and education designed to help anyone create and maintain a Flutter fork. Nest tools have not yet arrived.