---
title: Routed Ecosystem
description: Routing, testing, and property-based tooling for Dart applications
---

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  {
    title: 'Production Routing',
    description:
      'Declarative routers, controllers, middleware, and view rendering built for real-world HTTP services.',
    link: '/docs/routed/',
    linkLabel: 'Explore Routed'
  },
  {
    title: 'Hotwire Helpers',
    description:
      'Turbo Streams, Stimulus controllers, and response helpers for interactive hybrid apps.',
    link: '/docs/routed_hotwire/',
    linkLabel: 'Routed Hotwire Guides'
  },
  {
    title: 'Server Testing',
    description:
      'Fluent HTTP assertions, WebDriver automation, and transport helpers for Dart services.',
    link: '/docs/server_testing/',
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    title: 'Routed Testing',
    description:
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    link: '/docs/routed_testing/',
    linkLabel: 'Routed Testing Guides'
  },
  {
    title: 'Generative Quality',
    description:
      'Catch edge cases early using property_testing generators, shrinking, chaos suites, and state machines.',
    link: '/docs/property_testing/',
    linkLabel: 'Property Testing Guides'
  },
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  {
    title: 'Turbo Ready',
    text: 'routed_hotwire makes Turbo Streams and Stimulus controllers feel native to your Dart backend.'
  },
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    title: 'Testing Toolkit',
    text: 'server_testing unifies in-memory HTTP tests and browser automation with shared handlers.'
  },
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    title: 'First-Class Shrinking',
    text: 'property_testing ships deterministic shrinking, chaos suites, and stateful runners that plug into test.'
  },
];

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  {label: 'Storage & Caching', to: '/docs/routed/state/caching'},
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  {label: 'Test Transports', to: '/docs/server_testing/transports'},
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  <Heading as="h1" style={{marginBottom: '1.25rem'}}>Everything you need for modern Dart backends</Heading>
  <p style={{fontSize: '1.15rem', maxWidth: '760px', margin: '0 auto'}}>
    Routed is a modular ecosystem that lets you focus on features, not wiring. Build servers with the core
    framework, enhance interactivity with routed_hotwire, and harden quality using property-based tools—all in one place.
  </p>
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      Get Started with Routed
    </Link>
    <Link className="button button--secondary button--lg" to="/docs/routed_hotwire/">
      Explore Routed Hotwire
    </Link>
    <Link className="button button--secondary button--lg" to="/docs/property_testing/">
      Try Property Testing
    </Link>
    <a className="button button--primary button--lg" href="https://github.com/kingwill101/routed">
      View on GitHub
    </a>
  </div>
</header>

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## Install the essentials

<CodeBlock language="bash">
{`# Runtime framework
dart pub add routed

# Hotwire helpers
dart pub add routed_hotwire

# Server testing toolkit
dart pub add --dev server_testing server_testing_shelf

# Property-based testing utilities
dart pub add --dev property_testing`}
</CodeBlock>

## Packages at a glance

| Package | What it does | Start with |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `routed` | HTTP engine, routing, controllers, middleware, templating | <Link to="/docs/routed/">Routed docs</Link> |
| `routed_hotwire` | Turbo Streams, frames, and Stimulus helpers | <Link to="/docs/routed_hotwire/">Routed Hotwire docs</Link> |
| `server_testing` | Fluent HTTP assertions, WebDriver integration, CLI helpers | <Link to="/docs/server_testing/">Server Testing docs</Link> |
| `server_testing_shelf` | Shelf adapter for `server_testing` | <Link to="/docs/server_testing_shelf/">Server Testing Shelf docs</Link> |
| `routed_testing` | Routed-specific testing helpers | <Link to="/docs/routed_testing/">Routed Testing docs</Link> |
| `property_testing` | Generators, shrinking, chaos suites, stateful testing | <Link to="/docs/property_testing/">Property Testing docs</Link> |

## Built to work together

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## Quick links

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            <span style={{fontSize: '0.85rem', color: 'var(--ifm-color-primary)'}}>Read more →</span>
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## Stay in the loop

- Track releases, RFCs, and roadmaps on GitHub: [github.com/kingwill101/routed](https://github.com/kingwill101/routed)
- File issues or start discussions if you have ideas, questions, or bug reports.
- Contributions—docs, tests, code—are always welcome. Check the repository for setup instructions and contribution guidelines.