diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test:checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/_test:checks.yaml
index c4b268b..74b2a78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test:checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test:checks.yaml
@@ -12,14 +12,19 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   checks:
+    name: ${{ matrix.fixture }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        fixture: [dart-dev, dart-basic]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/checks.yaml
     with:
-      package-path: __tests__/fixtures/checks
+      package-path: __tests__/fixtures/checks/${{ matrix.fixture }}
+
 
   checks-with-additional:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/checks.yaml
     with:
-      package-path: __tests__/fixtures/checks
+      package-path: __tests__/fixtures/checks/dart-dev
       additional-checks: |
         echo "all good!"
         dart format
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_test:test-unit.yaml b/.github/workflows/_test:test-unit.yaml
index c353209..e345451 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_test:test-unit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_test:test-unit.yaml
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ on:
       - .github/workflows/_test:test-unit.yaml
 
 jobs:
-  test-unit-without-chrome:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/test-unit.yaml
-    with:
-      package-path: __tests__/fixtures/test-unit/without-chrome
+  test-unit:
+    name: ${{ matrix.fixture }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        fixture: [with-chrome, without-chrome, dart-basic, dart-dev, build-runner]
 
-  test-unit-with-chrome:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/test-unit.yaml
     with:
-      package-path: __tests__/fixtures/test-unit/with-chrome
\ No newline at end of file
+      package-path: __tests__/fixtures/test-unit/${{ matrix.fixture }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
index f633f30..792a861 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           sdk: ${{ inputs.sdk }}
       - working-directory: ${{ inputs.package-path }}
-        run: dart run dart_dev analyze
+        run: |
+          if (grep -q "^  dart_dev:" pubspec.yaml); then
+            dart run dart_dev analyze
+          else
+            dart analyze .
+          fi
 
   format:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -38,7 +43,12 @@ jobs:
           sdk: ${{ inputs.sdk }}
       - name: Run format
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.package-path }}
-        run: dart run dart_dev format --check
+        run: |
+          if (grep -q "^  dart_dev:" pubspec.yaml); then
+            dart run dart_dev format --check
+          else
+            dart format --output=none --set-exit-if-changed .
+          fi
 
   dependency-validator:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-unit.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-unit.yaml
index e76f2f7..2e37747 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-unit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-unit.yaml
@@ -7,17 +7,6 @@ on:
           documentation on presets for more information.
         type: string
 
-      browser-aggregation:
-        description: >
-          Whether or not to run the test with the --browser-aggregation flag. See test_html_builder's
-          readme for more information: https://github.com/Workiva/test_html_builder#aggregating-browser-tests
-        default: false
-        type: boolean
-
-      test-inputs:
-        description: Optional path(s) to a specific test file(s) passed to the dart test command
-        type: string
-
       test-args:
         description: Arguments passed directly to the dart test command
         type: string
@@ -41,32 +30,50 @@ jobs:
   pre:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      has-chrome-platform: ${{ steps.analyze.outputs.HAS_CHROME_PLATFORM }}
+      chrome-platform: ${{ steps.analyze-dart-test.outputs.chrome-platform }}
+      dart-dev: ${{ steps.analyze-pubspec.outputs.dart-dev }}
+      build-runner: ${{ steps.analyze-pubspec.outputs.build-runner }}
+      build-test: ${{ steps.analyze-pubspec.outputs.build-test }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - working-directory: ${{ inputs.package-path }}
-        id: analyze
+      - name: Analyze dart_test.yaml
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.package-path }}
+        id: analyze-dart-test
         run: |
           if [[ -f 'dart_test.yaml' ]]; then
               platforms=$(yq '.platforms[], .presets.*.platforms[]' dart_test.yaml)
 
               if [[ "$platforms" == *"chrome"* ]]; then
                 echo "Project has chrome platform config"
-                echo "HAS_CHROME_PLATFORM=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+                echo "chrome-platform=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
                 exit 0
               fi
           fi
           echo "Project does not have chrome platform config"
-          echo "HAS_CHROME_PLATFORM=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "chrome-platform=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Analyze pubspec.yaml
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.package-path }}
+        id: analyze-pubspec
+        run: |
+          echo "dart-dev=$(grep -q "^  dart_dev:" pubspec.yaml && echo "true" || echo "false")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "build-runner=$(grep -q "^  build_runner:" pubspec.yaml && echo "true" || echo "false")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "build-test=$(grep -q "^  build_test:" pubspec.yaml && echo "true" || echo "false")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Print outputs
+        run: |
+          echo "chrome-platform: ${{ steps.analyze-dart-test.outputs.chrome-platform }}"
+          echo "dart-dev: ${{ steps.analyze-pubspec.outputs.dart-dev }}"
+          echo "build-runner: ${{ steps.analyze-pubspec.outputs.build-runner }}"
+          echo "build-test: ${{ steps.analyze-pubspec.outputs.build-test }}"
 
   unit:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: pre
-    name: ${{ matrix.release-mode && 'dev' || 'release' }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.release-mode && 'release' || 'dev' }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        release-mode: ${{ fromJson(needs.pre.outputs.has-chrome-platform == 'true' && '[true, false]' || '[false]') }}
+        release-mode: ${{ fromJson(needs.pre.outputs.chrome-platform == 'true' && '[true, false]' || '[false]') }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: dart-lang/setup-dart@v1
@@ -74,28 +81,46 @@ jobs:
           sdk: ${{ inputs.sdk }}
 
       - name: Setup Chrome
-        if: needs.pre.outputs.has-chrome-platform == 'true'
+        if: needs.pre.outputs.chrome-platform == 'true'
         uses: browser-actions/setup-chrome@v1
         with:
           chrome-version: stable
+
       - name: Setup Chrome Alias
-        if: needs.pre.outputs.has-chrome-platform == 'true'
+        if: needs.pre.outputs.chrome-platform == 'true'
         run: alias google-chrome="/opt/hostedtoolcache/chromium/stable/x64/chrome"
 
       - name: Pub get
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.package-path }}
         run: dart pub get
 
-      - name: Run dart_dev unit tests
+      - name: Run tests with dart_dev
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.package-path }}
+        if: needs.pre.outputs.dart-dev == 'true'
         run: |
           args=()
           if [[ "${{ matrix.release-mode }}" == "true" ]]; then
             args+=(--release)
           fi
 
-          if [[ "${{ inputs.browser-aggregation }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            args+=(--browser-aggregation)
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.preset }}" != "" ]]; then
+            args+=(-P ${{ inputs.preset }})
+          fi
+
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.test-args }}" != "" ]]; then
+            args+=(--test-args="${{ inputs.test-args }}")
+          fi
+
+          echo "timeout ${{ inputs.timeout }}m dart run dart_dev test "${args[@]}""
+          timeout ${{ inputs.timeout }}m dart run dart_dev test "${args[@]}"
+
+      - name: Run tests with build_runner
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.package-path }}
+        if: needs.pre.outputs.dart-dev == 'false' && needs.pre.outputs.build-runner == 'true' && needs.pre.outputs.build-test == 'true'
+        run: |
+          args=()
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.release-mode }}" == "true" ]]; then
+            args+=(--release)
           fi
 
           if [[ "${{ inputs.preset }}" != "" ]]; then
@@ -103,7 +128,29 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
           if [[ "${{ inputs.test-args }}" != "" ]]; then
-            args+=(--test-args="${{ inputs.test-args }}")
+            args+=(-- "${{ inputs.test-args }}")
+          fi
+
+          echo "timeout ${{ inputs.timeout }}m dart run build_runner test "${args[@]}""
+          timeout ${{ inputs.timeout }}m dart run build_runner test "${args[@]}"
+
+      - name: Run tests with dart test
+        working-directory: ${{ inputs.package-path }}
+        if: needs.pre.outputs.dart-dev == 'false' && needs.pre.outputs.build-runner == 'false' && needs.pre.outputs.build-test == 'false'
+        run: |
+          args=()
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.release-mode }}" == "true" ]]; then
+            echo "::error:: release-mode is only supported with dart_dev or build_runner"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.preset }}" != "" ]]; then
+            args+=(-P ${{ inputs.preset }})
+          fi
+
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.test-args }}" != "" ]]; then
+            args+=("${{ inputs.test-args }}")
           fi
 
-          timeout ${{ inputs.timeout }}m dart run dart_dev test "${args[@]}" ${{ inputs.test-inputs }}
\ No newline at end of file
+          echo "timeout ${{ inputs.timeout }}m dart test "${args[@]}""
+          timeout ${{ inputs.timeout }}m dart test "${args[@]}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6453212..a582e64 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Workflows for use with [Workiva's](https://github.com/Workiva) OpenSource Dart projects.
 
-The majority of workflows assume [dart_dev](https://github.com/Workiva/dart_dev) is installed and being used within the repo
+Workflows support configuration with [`dart_dev`](https://github.com/Workiva/dart_dev), [`build_runner`](https://pub.dev/packages/build_runner), and basic dart packages.
 
 
 ## Basic Dart CI Setup
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ jobs:
   build:
     uses: Workiva/gha-dart-oss/.github/workflows/build.yaml@v1.0.0
 
-  # Runs unit tests in both d2js and ddc
+  # Runs unit tests in dev mode (vm/ddc), and optionally `--release` if executing
+  # against a webdev configured repo
   unit-tests:
     uses: Workiva/gha-dart-oss/.github/workflows/test-unit.yaml@v1.0.0
 ```
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/checks/lib/main.dart b/__tests__/fixtures/checks/dart-basic/lib/main.dart
similarity index 100%
rename from __tests__/fixtures/checks/lib/main.dart
rename to __tests__/fixtures/checks/dart-basic/lib/main.dart
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/checks/dart-basic/pubspec.yaml b/__tests__/fixtures/checks/dart-basic/pubspec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dcbb99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/checks/dart-basic/pubspec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+name: test_pubspec
+publish_to: none
+environment:
+  sdk: '>=2.10.0 <3.0.0'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/checks/dart-dev/lib/main.dart b/__tests__/fixtures/checks/dart-dev/lib/main.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d254ccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/checks/dart-dev/lib/main.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+final newVar = 'asdf';
+
+String foo(int inp) {
+  return inp.toString();
+}
+
+void main() {
+  print(foo(4));
+}
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/checks/pubspec.yaml b/__tests__/fixtures/checks/dart-dev/pubspec.yaml
similarity index 82%
rename from __tests__/fixtures/checks/pubspec.yaml
rename to __tests__/fixtures/checks/dart-dev/pubspec.yaml
index 1408ba0..d576078 100644
--- a/__tests__/fixtures/checks/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/checks/dart-dev/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: checks_test
+name: test_pubspec
 publish_to: none
 environment:
   sdk: '>=2.10.0 <3.0.0'
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/build-runner/pubspec.yaml b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/build-runner/pubspec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bacbef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/build-runner/pubspec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+name: test_pubspec
+publish_to: none
+environment:
+  sdk: '>=2.11.0 <3.0.0'
+
+dependencies:
+  test: ^1.21.1
+  build_runner: ^2.0.0
+  build_test: ^2.2.1
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/build-runner/test/main_test.dart b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/build-runner/test/main_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45fa263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/build-runner/test/main_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  test('some test', () {
+    expect(1, 1);
+  });
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/dart-basic/pubspec.yaml b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/dart-basic/pubspec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b16af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/dart-basic/pubspec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name: test_pubspec
+publish_to: none
+environment:
+  sdk: '>=2.11.0 <3.0.0'
+
+dependencies:
+  test: ^1.21.1
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/dart-basic/test/main_test.dart b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/dart-basic/test/main_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45fa263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/dart-basic/test/main_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  test('some test', () {
+    expect(1, 1);
+  });
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/dart-dev/pubspec.yaml b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/dart-dev/pubspec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a1fa8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/dart-dev/pubspec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+name: test_pubspec
+publish_to: none
+environment:
+  sdk: '>=2.11.0 <3.0.0'
+
+dependencies:
+  test: ^1.21.1
+  dart_dev: ^4.0.2
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/dart-dev/test/main_test.dart b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/dart-dev/test/main_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45fa263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/dart-dev/test/main_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  test('some test', () {
+    expect(1, 1);
+  });
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/with-chrome/pubspec.yaml b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/with-chrome/pubspec.yaml
index 439b36e..7f9fd4c 100644
--- a/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/with-chrome/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/with-chrome/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: unit_test_with_chrome
+name: test_pubspec
 publish_to: none
 environment:
   sdk: '>=2.11.0 <3.0.0'
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/without-chrome/pubspec.yaml b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/without-chrome/pubspec.yaml
index a25a0ed..3a1fa8a 100644
--- a/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/without-chrome/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/test-unit/without-chrome/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: unit_test
+name: test_pubspec
 publish_to: none
 environment:
   sdk: '>=2.11.0 <3.0.0'