builve

A Dart CLI tool to build and move your built files to other folders

Library Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Link: github.com/daveragos/builve
Built by: RaGoose

Bloat

117/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0

Float
300

Moat
400

500

Summary

Builve is a small, working open-source CLI with three GitHub releases, a Windows fix from an outside contributor, and a feature for building an APK straight from a repo URL. It's a convenience tool for developers with no payment path and nothing hard to copy, and shipping stopped in May 2025.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

It solves a real but minor annoyance for Flutter developers, and there's no stated way to charge for it. As a free open-source utility it works for its purpose, but there's no path to paying users.

22/100

Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.

Receipts (2)

The creator frames it as a simple convenience for lazy developers, a small problem with no monetisation angle.
“builve my first dart CLI to build and move your built files to other folders, simple but useful imo, specially if you are lazy just like me its easy to use and you can read the readme for further. check it and if you liked it give it a star 🌟 pr and issues are welcome too”
Post · @ragoose · 17 Apr 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
It's an MIT-licensed repo with no homepage, so nothing points to paid use.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/daveragos/builve (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

The tool is a thin automation over Flutter build commands and file copying. Someone could rebuild it in a weekend, and nothing compounds.

8/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

The description is a CLI that runs Flutter builds and manages outputs, which is easy to replicate.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/daveragos/builve (opens in a new tab)
The repo-URL build feature is a handy addition but is still a wrapper around standard build steps.
“a new version of builve is released with "building apk from git repo(url) with -r or --repo-url tag" feature added now you can just run builve --build-type apk --repo-url https://github.com/username/repo builve --repo-url <github_repo_url> [other options] #builve #my_projects #my_works”
Post · @ragoose · 6 May 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

It was active for about three weeks around launch, with three releases between April and May 2025. After that there's been no shipping for roughly 286 days.

20/100

Sustained shipping17/60
Worked on across 8 months.
Consistency3/40
Updates in 2 of 9 months.
Quiet
No update for 286 days, so scaled to 29%.

Receipts (2)

Earliest post about it.
“builve my first dart CLI to build and move your built files to other folders, simple but useful imo, specially if you are lazy just like me its easy to use and you can read the readme for further. check it and if you liked it give it a star 🌟 pr and issues are welcome too”
Post · @ragoose · 17 Apr 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Most recent post about it.
“SpamGoose Bot Send and post it! to @ragoose_dumps directly #frombot", the bot y'all used to spam the sh!t out of this channel, anon. Builve build and move your app. BloClean A CLI tool for creating and adding clean architecture Flutter projects and features. Telegram Chess Bot A Telegram bot that allows y'all to play chess on a shared board here. TLDReply Bot A Telegram bot that summarizes gro”
Post · @ragoose · 25 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A real, working CLI exists with three releases and Windows fixes, and it covers its narrow job. It has no docs site, no backend and no accounts, which fits a small utility.

53/100

It's live20/20
https://github.com/daveragos/builve responded when checked.
HTTPS5/5
Hosted on a platform (store, GitHub or Telegram), so HTTPS is the platform's.
Real product25/35
It's a working, released CLI with cross-platform fixes and a few features, but it's small in scope.
Own home0/10
No home found.
Maintained0/15
Last sign of shipping 2025-12-25.
Operations3/15
There's a versioned release history and a contributor PR flow, but no backend, docs site, API or status page was found.

Receipts (5)

https://github.com/daveragos/builve responded when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/daveragos/builve (opens in a new tab)
Three versioned GitHub releases exist and the repo is live.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/daveragos/builve (opens in a new tab)
A release added building an APK from a git repo URL with a flag.
“a new version of builve is released with "building apk from git repo(url) with -r or --repo-url tag" feature added now you can just run builve --build-type apk --repo-url https://github.com/username/repo builve --repo-url <github_repo_url> [other options] #builve #my_projects #my_works”
Post · @ragoose · 6 May 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Windows bugs were fixed and the creator says every feature works.
“indeed, she's keeping a every windows bug from builve, as always, thanks to her we've fixed some bugs, its all good now every feature is working 🤞”
Post · @ragoose · 9 May 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Three releases are published, and there's no homepage.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/daveragos/builve (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

Distribution is limited to GitHub releases and there's no money, pricing, privacy policy, terms or support contact. It's a hobby project with one maintainer and a single outside contributor.

14/100

Distribution10/30
Versioned downloadable releases (3 on GitHub).
Payments0/15
No payment provider found.
Pricing0/10
No pricing found on the site.
Revenue0/5
Nothing in the posts or the crawler checks shows customers or revenue.
Privacy policy0/7
No privacy policy found.
Terms0/5
No terms of service found.
Support0/8
No support contact found.
Commitment4/20
The creator kept it up for about three weeks and invited issues and PRs, and one contributor helped. There's no team or roadmap, and the last push was in May 2025.

Receipts (5)

Versioned downloadable releases (3 on GitHub).
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/daveragos/builve (opens in a new tab)
The only ask is a GitHub star, not payment.
“builve my first dart CLI to build and move your built files to other folders, simple but useful imo, specially if you are lazy just like me its easy to use and you can read the readme for further. check it and if you liked it give it a star 🌟 pr and issues are welcome too”
Post · @ragoose · 17 Apr 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The creator invited PRs and issues and credited a contributor.
“shoutout to @ruthabiti for sending a fix for a windows compatability, now you should be able to use it on windows just fine PR: https://github.com/daveragos/builve/pull/1 if you guys also find any bugs or have some feature(i,e platforms you want it on) you want it to be implemented send a PR or issue go give it a star 🌟if you haven't already”
Post · @ragoose · 21 Apr 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The last push was 2025-05-09, long before today.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/daveragos/builve (opens in a new tab)
It's listed among several other personal projects, so there's no dedicated community for it.
“SpamGoose Bot Send and post it! to @ragoose_dumps directly #frombot", the bot y'all used to spam the sh!t out of this channel, anon. Builve build and move your app. BloClean A CLI tool for creating and adding clean architecture Flutter projects and features. Telegram Chess Bot A Telegram bot that allows y'all to play chess on a shared board here. TLDReply Bot A Telegram bot that summarizes gro”
Post · @ragoose · 25 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)