Flutter Rapid Runner

I work on a lot of Flutter projects, and like many developers, I prefer using VS Code for its speed and simplicity. But one thing always annoyed me — I could only run my app from main.dart. No matter how many entry files I had — main_dev.dart, main_test.dart, or even custom ones for features — VS Code didn’t care. It only wanted main.dart.

Coming from Android Studio, I really missed having a simple Run and Debug button at the top. Something that just worked — no terminal juggling, no editing launch.json, no file renaming hacks. I wanted that same experience in VS Code, and when I couldn’t find an extension that did it cleanly, I decided to build it myself.

That’s how Flutter Rapid Runner was born. I created a VS Code extension that adds Android Studio-style toolbar buttons directly to your Dart files. Just click the rocket icon 🚀 in the editor title bar — and boom, it runs. You can pick between Run, Debug, and even Stop when the app is running.

What started as a simple fix for my own frustration has become one of my favorite tools. If you’re a Flutter developer using VS Code and you're tired of being locked into main.dart, give Flutter Rapid Runner a try — it just makes life easier.