This sample is a command line application that can be compiled to native code using the dart2native command included in Dart 2.6. The application fetches stats for a GitHub user and prints them to the console.

This sample also shows how to parse command line options into Dart objects using package:build_cli_annotations and package:build.

To create a standalone executable, run the dart2native command on a Dart file with a main() function. By default, it places the executable in the same directory. The --output or -o flag is used to change the location of the executable.

To build the executable:

dart2native bin/github_activity.dart -o github_activity

To run:

./github_activity --user jskeet

To build the executable:

dart2native bin\github_activity.dart -o github_activity.exe

To run:

github_activity.exe --user jskeet

The --output-kind or -k flag can be used to create an AOT snapshot:

dart2native bin/github_activity.dart -k aot -o github_activity.aot

This AOT snapshot can be run using the dartaotruntime command:

dartaotruntime github_activity.aot --user jskeet

Use the --help flag for usage instructions:

./github_activity --help

If you run into rate limiting issues, you can generate a GitHub token and set it to the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable:

export GITHUB_TOKEN=<Your token>