# Flutter privacy rating

Google's UI toolkit for building natively compiled mobile, web and desktop apps from one Dart codebase, drawing its own widgets with its rendering engine.

## Summary

Flutter scores 50 out of 100 (grade D) on the cross-platform app frameworks criteria. It meets 2 of 4 criteria: open source and no ads or data sales. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry and independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.

- Website: https://flutter.dev
- Source code: https://github.com/flutter/flutter
- License: BSD-3-Clause
- Jurisdiction: United States. Five Eyes member. Subject to the US CLOUD Act.
- Platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, Web
- Home page trackers: Google Fonts (not scored), Google reCAPTCHA (not scored), Google Tag Manager
- Category: [Cross-platform app frameworks](https://privacyratings.com/app-frameworks/)
- Grade: D (50/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | Yes | BSD-3-Clause licensed. | https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/LICENSE |
| No trackers or telemetry | No | The flutter tool sends usage statistics and crash reports to Google by default until disabled, and flutter.dev loads Google Tag Manager. | https://docs.flutter.dev/reference/crash-reporting |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Developed and funded by Google, with no ads in the framework. | https://flutter.dev/ |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/app-frameworks/flutter/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/app-frameworks/flutter.md