# Announcing Dart support in Cloud Functions for Firebase

DevFeed: [Announcing Dart support in Cloud Functions for Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-dart-support-in-cloud-functions-for-firebase-16665.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2026/05/dart-functions-exp>)

Author: Kevin Moore; Rody Davis

Published: 2026-05-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Cloud Functions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-functions.md>), [Dart](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dart.md>), [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [Flutter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/flutter.md>), [Firebase CLI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase-cli.md>), [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-cloud.md>)

Tags: [admin-sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/admin-sdk.md>), [cloud-functions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-functions.md>), [cloud-run](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-run.md>), [dart](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dart.md>), [dart-on-the-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dart-on-the-server.md>), [emulator-suite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/emulator-suite.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [firebase-cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase-cli.md>), [firestore](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firestore.md>), [flutter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flutter.md>), [google-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-cloud.md>), [launch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/launch.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>)

## AI overview

Firebase announced experimental support for Dart in Cloud Functions for Firebase, allowing developers to use Dart and shared tooling across Flutter clients and backend functions. The article also describes AOT compilation, asynchronous I/O, Firebase CLI deployment, and local testing with the Firebase Emulator Suite.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.