How to Contribute to flutter/flutter-intellij
A practical guide backed by flutter/flutter-intellij's real pull-request history - not guesswork.
84%
PR merge rate
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First review
100%
First-timer success
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C-Rank
Your game plan
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Pick a starter issue
flutter/flutter-intellij currently labels 4 open issues as "good first issue". Start there - maintainers expect newcomers on those.
2
Time your pull request
Median first review lands within no recent data. Open your PR when maintainers are active rather than right before a weekend.
3
Keep it small and focused
Outside PRs to this repo are merged at a 84% rate. Small, well-described PRs that pass CI consistently outperform large ones.
4
Engage with review feedback
13 active maintainers review contributions here. Respond to comments promptly - responsiveness is the strongest predictor of getting merged.
Open good first issues
Remove `--no-color` from all plugin actions e.g. run, pub get etc
#9137Fix broken CONTRIBUTING.md link for “INTRODUCTION TO CREATING INTELLIJ IDEA PLUGINS”
#9107Empty Flutter SDK options in new project wizard when starting from other language
#9106IDE deadlocks permanently on project open when the Flutter SDK path is invalid (EDT blocked in FlutterModuleUtils.setFlutterModuleWithoutReload)
#9093Hot reload/restart events accumulate in IDE Notifications timeline, obscuring important alerts
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