Stateless : Widget state creates ONLY ONCE, then it can update values but not state explicitly. That's why it has only one class which extends with StatelessWidget. They can never re-run build() method again.

Stateful : Widgets can update their STATE (locally) & values multiple times upon event triggered. That's the reason, the implementation is also different. In this, we have 2 classes, one is StatefulWidget & the other is it's State implementation handler i.e. State<YourWidget>. So if I say, they can re-run build() method again & again based on events triggered.

• A StatelessWidget will never rebuild by itself (but can from external events). A StatefulWidget can.
• A StatelessWidget is static wheres a StatefulWidget is dynamic.

See the diagram below: