diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41d99ba0619..36c3ad430de 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-- `firebase emulator:start` use a default project if no project can be found. (#9072)
+- `firebase emulator:start` use a default project `demo-no-project` if no project can be found. (#9072)
+- `firebase init dataconnect` also supports bootstrapping flutter template. (#9084)
diff --git a/src/init/features/dataconnect/create_app.ts b/src/init/features/dataconnect/create_app.ts
index d1a2f53bb14..2403666426d 100644
--- a/src/init/features/dataconnect/create_app.ts
+++ b/src/init/features/dataconnect/create_app.ts
@@ -26,9 +26,15 @@ export async function createNextApp(webAppId: string): Promise<void> {
   await executeCommand("npx", args);
 }
 
+/** Create a Flutter app using flutter create. */
+export async function createFlutterApp(webAppId: string): Promise<void> {
+  const args = ["create", webAppId];
+  await executeCommand("flutter", args);
+}
+
 // Function to execute a command asynchronously and pipe I/O
 async function executeCommand(command: string, args: string[]): Promise<void> {
-  logLabeledBullet("dataconnect", `Running ${clc.bold(`${command} ${args.join(" ")}`)}`);
+  logLabeledBullet("dataconnect", `> ${clc.bold(`${command} ${args.join(" ")}`)}`);
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     // spawn returns a ChildProcess object
     const childProcess = spawn(command, args, {
diff --git a/src/init/features/dataconnect/sdk.ts b/src/init/features/dataconnect/sdk.ts
index c5b6c7d9830..a4b883975ab 100644
--- a/src/init/features/dataconnect/sdk.ts
+++ b/src/init/features/dataconnect/sdk.ts
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ import {
   logLabeledWarning,
   logLabeledBullet,
   newUniqueId,
+  commandExistsSync,
 } from "../../../utils";
 import { DataConnectEmulator } from "../../../emulator/dataconnectEmulator";
 import { getGlobalDefaultAccount } from "../../../auth";
-import { createNextApp, createReactApp } from "./create_app";
+import { createFlutterApp, createNextApp, createReactApp } from "./create_app";
 import { trackGA4 } from "../../../track";
 import { dirExistsSync, listFiles } from "../../../fsutils";
 
@@ -56,25 +57,32 @@ export async function askQuestions(setup: Setup): Promise<void> {
 
   info.apps = await chooseApp();
   if (!info.apps.length) {
-    // By default, create an React web app.
-    const existingFilesAndDirs = listFiles(cwd);
-    const webAppId = newUniqueId("web-app", existingFilesAndDirs);
+    const npxMissingWarning = commandExistsSync("npx")
+      ? ""
+      : clc.yellow(" (you need to install Node.js first)");
+    const flutterMissingWarning = commandExistsSync("flutter")
+      ? ""
+      : clc.yellow(" (you need to install Flutter first)");
+
     const choice = await select({
       message: `Do you want to create an app template?`,
       choices: [
         // TODO: Create template tailored to FDC.
-        { name: "React", value: "react" },
-        { name: "Next.JS", value: "next" },
-        // TODO: Add flutter here.
+        { name: `React${npxMissingWarning}`, value: "react" },
+        { name: `Next.JS${npxMissingWarning}`, value: "next" },
+        { name: `Flutter${flutterMissingWarning}`, value: "flutter" },
         { name: "no", value: "no" },
       ],
     });
     switch (choice) {
       case "react":
-        await createReactApp(webAppId);
+        await createReactApp(newUniqueId("web-app", listFiles(cwd)));
         break;
       case "next":
-        await createNextApp(webAppId);
+        await createNextApp(newUniqueId("web-app", listFiles(cwd)));
+        break;
+      case "flutter":
+        await createFlutterApp(newUniqueId("flutter_app", listFiles(cwd)));
         break;
       case "no":
         break;
diff --git a/src/mcp/errors.ts b/src/mcp/errors.ts
index 00a007b3bec..9bfba87f688 100644
--- a/src/mcp/errors.ts
+++ b/src/mcp/errors.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { CallToolResult } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js";
-import { commandExistsSync, mcpError } from "./util";
+import { mcpError } from "./util";
+import { commandExistsSync } from "../utils";
 
 export const NO_PROJECT_ERROR = mcpError(
   'No active project was found. Use the `firebase_update_environment` tool to set the project directory to an absolute folder location containing a firebase.json config file. Alternatively, change the MCP server config to add [...,"--dir","/absolute/path/to/project/directory"] in its command-line arguments.',
diff --git a/src/mcp/index.ts b/src/mcp/index.ts
index 0838c5a4317..2bbab682567 100644
--- a/src/mcp/index.ts
+++ b/src/mcp/index.ts
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export class FirebaseMcpServer {
   }
 
   async getEmulatorHubClient(): Promise<EmulatorHubClient | undefined> {
-    // Single initilization
+    // Single initialization
     if (this.emulatorHubClient) {
       return this.emulatorHubClient;
     }
diff --git a/src/mcp/util.ts b/src/mcp/util.ts
index d6cd01cc8b8..14725b43483 100644
--- a/src/mcp/util.ts
+++ b/src/mcp/util.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { CallToolResult } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js";
-import { execSync } from "child_process";
 import { dump } from "js-yaml";
-import { platform } from "os";
 import { ServerFeature } from "./types";
 import {
   apphostingOrigin,
@@ -64,28 +62,6 @@ export function mcpError(message: Error | string | unknown, code?: string): Call
  * Wraps a throwing function with a safe conversion to mcpError.
  */
 
-/**
- * Checks if a command exists in the system.
- */
-export function commandExistsSync(command: string): boolean {
-  try {
-    const isWindows = platform() === "win32";
-    // For Windows, `where` is more appropriate. It also often outputs the path.
-    // For Unix-like systems, `which` is standard.
-    // The `2> nul` (Windows) or `2>/dev/null` (Unix) redirects stderr to suppress error messages.
-    // The `>` nul / `>/dev/null` redirects stdout as we only care about the exit code.
-    const commandToCheck = isWindows
-      ? `where "${command}" > nul 2> nul`
-      : `which "${command}" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null`;
-
-    execSync(commandToCheck);
-    return true; // If execSync doesn't throw, the command was found (exit code 0)
-  } catch (error) {
-    // If the command is not found, execSync will throw an error (non-zero exit code)
-    return false;
-  }
-}
-
 const SERVER_FEATURE_APIS: Record<ServerFeature, string> = {
   core: "",
   firestore: firestoreOrigin(),
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index fd81616311c..71802bbfe52 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import { readTemplateSync } from "./templates";
 import { isVSCodeExtension } from "./vsCodeUtils";
 import { Config } from "./config";
 import { dirExistsSync, fileExistsSync } from "./fsutils";
+import { platform } from "node:os";
+import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
 export const IS_WINDOWS = process.platform === "win32";
 const SUCCESS_CHAR = IS_WINDOWS ? "+" : "✔";
 const WARNING_CHAR = IS_WINDOWS ? "!" : "⚠";
@@ -1006,3 +1008,25 @@ export function newUniqueId(recommended: string, existingIDs: string[]): string
   }
   return id;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a command exists in the system.
+ */
+export function commandExistsSync(command: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    const isWindows = platform() === "win32";
+    // For Windows, `where` is more appropriate. It also often outputs the path.
+    // For Unix-like systems, `which` is standard.
+    // The `2> nul` (Windows) or `2>/dev/null` (Unix) redirects stderr to suppress error messages.
+    // The `>` nul / `>/dev/null` redirects stdout as we only care about the exit code.
+    const commandToCheck = isWindows
+      ? `where "${command}" > nul 2> nul`
+      : `which "${command}" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null`;
+
+    execSync(commandToCheck);
+    return true; // If execSync doesn't throw, the command was found (exit code 0)
+  } catch (error) {
+    // If the command is not found, execSync will throw an error (non-zero exit code)
+    return false;
+  }
+}