Flipper's architecture separates device-level plugins from application-specific plugins, allowing developers to write complex UI once and reuse it across platforms.
#3about 4 minutes
Why the original Electron monolith limited Flipper
The original monolithic Electron architecture made remote debugging and CI integration difficult, as the server logic was tightly coupled with the UI.
#4about 9 minutes
Decoupling the UI to create a headless server
By splitting Flipper into a separate server and web-based UI, plugin state was moved to the server to enable headless clients via an API.
#5about 1 minute
A command-line demo of the headless Flipper API
A live demo shows how the headless API allows interaction with an application, like playing a game of tic-tac-toe, directly from the terminal.
#6about 4 minutes
Using headless Flipper for automation at Meta
At Meta, headless Flipper is used in CI/CD pipelines for automated UI validation with designers and for debugging failing end-to-end tests.
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