Connect Flutterflow Application with Local Supabase
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Connect Flutterflow Application with Local Supabase

Explore how to Connect Flutterflow Application with Local Supabase

Pankaj Sharma
Flutterflow development company
February 25, 2025

Overview

Using FlutterFlow with a local Supabase setup offers several benefits, especially for developers who want a no-code/low-code approach combined with a powerful backend solution.

Prerequisites

  • Docker
  • Supabase CLI
  • FlutterFlow

Docker

Docker is a platform that allows you to develop, ship, and run applications inside lightweight, portable containers. Containers package applications with their dependencies, making them easy to run on different environments without compatibility issues.

1. Install Docker on Windows

Step 1: Download Docker Desktop

  • Go to the official Docker website and download Docker Desktop for Windows.
  • Ensure WSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is enabled for better performance.

Step 2: Install Docker

  • Run the installer and follow the setup instructions.
  • Restart your computer if required.

Step 3: Verify Installation

  • Open Command Prompt (CMD) or PowerShell and run:
  • docker --version

  • If Docker is installed correctly, it will show the installed version.

Supabase CLI

Supabase CLI (Command-Line Interface) is a tool that allows you to manage your Supabase projects, databases, authentication, and storage from the command line. It is useful for:

  1. Running Supabase locally
  2. Managing databases with migrations
  3. Deploying to the cloud
  4. Seeding test data

Install Supabase CLI on Windows

  1. Install Supabase CLI using Node.js. To download Node.js, go to the official website here.

npm install supabase --save-dev

  1. Verify installation:

supabase --version

  1. Inside the folder where you want to create your project, run:

supabase init

This will create a new supabase folder. It is safe to commit this folder to your version control system.

5.Now, to start the Supabase stack, run:

supabase start

If you encounter the error "Try rerunning the command with --debug to troubleshoot the error", try running:

npx supabase start --ignore-health-check

If the command runs successfully, you will see an output similar to this.

Using the Studio URL, you can open it in the browser to see the local Supabase and its functionalities. here you can also see API URL and anon key to connect your front end with local supabase.

Flutterflow

FlutterFlow is a low-code development platform built on top of Flutter, Google's open-source UI toolkit for building natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase.

To set up your Flutterflow project, please follow the steps below:

1. Create a Flutterflow project

  • Go to the Flutterflow console.
  • Click on Create a project and follow the instructions to set up a new project.

2. Enable Supabase in Flutterflow

  • Enable Supabase in flutterflow and fill API URL and Anon Key from local supabase.
Connect Flutterflow Application with Local Supabase

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