Install the Dart SDK

Install the Dart SDK to start developing Dart applications. Choose your operating system below for installation instructions.

For Flutter developers: If you have Flutter installed, you already have the Dart SDK. The Flutter SDK includes a compatible version of Dart.

Choose your platform

macOS
Windows
Linux

Install with Homebrew

The easiest way to install Dart on macOS is using Homebrew.

Tap the Dart repository

brew tap dart-lang/dart

Install Dart

For the stable release:

brew install dart

For the beta release:

brew install dart-beta

For the dev release:

brew install --head dart

Verify installation

dart --version

Upgrade Dart

# Stable or beta channel
brew upgrade dart

# Dev channel
brew reinstall dart

Switch channels

To switch between channels, first unlink the current release:

brew unlink dart

Then install the desired channel using the commands above.

Install with Chocolatey

Install Dart on Windows using Chocolatey, a package manager for Windows.

Install Chocolatey

If you don’t have Chocolatey, install it from chocolatey.org/install.

Install Dart SDK

For the stable release:

choco install dart-sdk

For the dev release:

choco install dart-sdk --pre

Verify installation

dart --version

Upgrade Dart

# Stable channel
choco upgrade dart-sdk

# Dev channel (use --pre flag)
choco upgrade dart-sdk --pre

Make sure to run your terminal as Administrator when installing or upgrading the Dart SDK.

Install with apt-get

Install Dart on Debian/Ubuntu Linux distributions using apt-get.

Configure package repository

Run this one-time setup to configure the Dart package repositories:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
wget -qO- https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/dart.gpg
echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/dart.gpg arch=amd64] https://storage.googleapis.com/download.dartlang.org/linux/debian stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dart_stable.list

Install Dart SDK

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install dart

Add Dart to PATH

Add the Dart SDK to your PATH by adding this line to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:

export PATH="$PATH:/usr/lib/dart/bin"

Then reload your shell configuration:

source ~/.bashrc  # or source ~/.zshrc

Verify installation

dart --version

Install specific channels

You can install different release channels:

# Stable (latest stable release)
sudo apt-get install dart

# Beta channel
sudo apt-get -t testing install dart

# Dev channel
sudo apt-get -t unstable install dart

Upgrade Dart

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade dart

Alternative installation methods

Download SDK archives

Download platform-specific SDK archives from the Dart SDK archive.Available for all channels:

Stable: Production-ready releases
Beta: Preview of upcoming stable releases
Dev: Latest development builds

After downloading, extract the archive and add the bin directory to your PATH.

Build from source

For advanced users, you can build the Dart SDK from source.

Install dependencies

Linux:

sudo apt-get install git python3 curl xz-utils

macOS:

Install Xcode from the App Store

Windows:

Install Visual Studio 2017 or newer with “Desktop development with C++”
Install Windows 10 SDK

Install depot_tools

git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
export PATH="$PATH:$PWD/depot_tools"

Get the source

mkdir dart-sdk
cd dart-sdk
fetch dart

Build the SDK

cd sdk
./tools/build.py --mode release create_sdk

Building from source is typically only needed for SDK contributors or for testing unreleased features.

Verify your installation

After installation, verify that Dart is correctly installed:

dart --version

You should see output similar to:

Dart SDK version: 3.x.x (stable)

Getting Started

Building the SDK

Core Concepts

Compilers

Core Libraries

Runtime & VM

Tools & CLI

Development

Installation

Install the Dart SDK

Choose your platform

Install with Homebrew

Upgrade Dart

Switch channels

Install with Chocolatey

Upgrade Dart

Install with apt-get

Install specific channels

Upgrade Dart

Alternative installation methods

Verify your installation

System requirements

macOS

Windows

Linux

Next steps

Quickstart

Build docs developers (and LLMs) love

Getting Started

Building the SDK

Core Concepts

Compilers

Core Libraries

Runtime & VM

Tools & CLI

Development

​Install the Dart SDK

​Choose your platform

​Install with Homebrew

​Upgrade Dart

​Switch channels

​Install with Chocolatey

​Upgrade Dart

​Install with apt-get

​Install specific channels

​Upgrade Dart

​Alternative installation methods

​Verify your installation

​System requirements

macOS

Windows

Linux

​Next steps

Quickstart

Build docs developers (and LLMs) love

Install the Dart SDK

Choose your platform

Install with Homebrew

Upgrade Dart

Switch channels

Install with Chocolatey

Upgrade Dart

Install with apt-get

Install specific channels

Upgrade Dart

Alternative installation methods

Verify your installation

System requirements

Next steps