A curated list of awesome Gradle plugins and resources for a better development workflow automation.

Inspired by the awesome, awesome-gulp and some other awesome lists.

• Plugins
  • Language
  • Code quality
  • Code generation
  • Java application development
  • Web application development
  • Android application development
  • iOS and Mac application development
  • Editor and IDE integration
  • Templating
  • Database
  • Dependency management
  • Debugging
  • Testing
  • Building
  • Packaging
  • Releasing
  • Notification
  • Cloud services
  • SCM
  • CI
  • VM and container
• Boilerplates
• Resources
  • General Resources
  • Official Documentation

Notice: in the following descriptions, "Official plugin" means that it's provided as a builtin plugin by Gradle.

• java - Official plugin that adds Java compilation, testing and bundling capabilities.
• groovy - Official plugin that adds support for building Groovy projects.
• scala - Official plugin that adds support for building Scala projects.
• antlr - Official plugin that adds support for generating parsers using Antlr.
• assembler - Official plugin that adds native assembly language capabilities to a project.
• c - Official plugin that adds C source compilation capabilities to a project.
• cpp - Official plugin that adds C++ source compilation capabilities to a project.
• objective-c - Official plugin that adds Objective-C source compilation capabilities to a project.
• objective-cpp - Official plugin that adds Objective-C++ source compilation capabilities to a project.
• gradle-retrolambda - Get Java lambda support in Java 6, 7 and Android.
• clojurephant - Clojure/ClojureScript support for Gradle

• findbugs - Official plugin that performs quality checks on Java source files using FindBugs.
• spotbugs - Official plugin that performs quality checks on Java source files using SpotBugs.
• checkstyle - Official plugin that performs quality checks on Java source files using Checkstyle.
• spotless - Checks and applies formatting rules using the Eclipse, google-java-format, ktlint, scalafmt, and also user-defined rules.
• pmd - Official plugin that performs quality checks on your project's Java source files using PMD.
• jdepend - Official plugin that performs quality checks on your project's source files using JDepend.
• codenarc - Official plugin that Performs quality checks on Groovy source files using CodeNarc.
• jacoco - Official plugin that provides integration with the JaCoCo code coverage library for Java.
• gradle-cobertura-plugin - Use cobertura.
• coveralls-gradle-plugin - Send coverage data to coveralls.io.
• gradle-scoverage - Enable the use of Scoverage in a Gradle Scala project.
• gradle-errorprone-plugin - Use the error-prone compiler for Java.
• gradle-spelling-plugin - Inspect spelling using custom blacklist.
• gradle-modernizer-plugin - Detect uses of legacy Java APIs.

• gradle-protobuf-plugin - Compile Google Protocol Buffers files.
• querydsl-plugin - Generate Querydsl classes.

• gradle-apt-plugin - Make it easier/safer to use Java annotation processors.
• vertx-gradle-plugin - Unofficial plugin for starting Vert.x projects.

• spring-boot - Provide Spring Boot support.
• gretty - Run web apps on jetty and tomcat.
• gradle-tomcat-plugin - Support deployment of your web application to an embedded Tomcat web container.
• gradle-jrebel-plugin - Generate rebel.xml configuration file.
• gradle-js-plugin - Manage JavaScript.
• gradle-jslint-plugin - Run JSLint static analysis against JavaScipt code.
• gradle-node-plugin - Run NodeJS scripts.
• gradle-gulp-plugin - Run Gulp tasks.
• gradle-grunt-plugin - Run Grunt tasks.
• bower-installer-plugin - Manage client-side dependencies.
• apina - Creates client-side TypeScript from server-side APIs.
• asset-pipeline - Manage and process static assets in JVM applications.
• gradle-web-resource-plugin - Use CoffeeScript, LESS and Bower libraries without Node.js/npm.
• gradle-compass - Compile and watche SASS files.
• rest-gradle-plugin - Perform REST requests.

• Dependency management
  • sdk-manager-plugin - Download and manage Android SDK.
  • android-native-dependencies - Gradle plugin for resolving and downloading Android native dependencies (.so)
• Alternative language
  • groovy-android-gradle-plugin - Support the Groovy language for building Android apps.
• APK handling
  • dexcount-gradle-plugin - Report the number of method references in APK.
  • android-gradle-mulchannel-plugin - Generate multiple apks from different channel.
  • gradle-android-apk-size-plugin - Gradle plugin that generates CSV files with apk size per output and variant of an apk.
• Build variant handling
  • gradle-advanced-build-version - Generate the Android version code and version name automatically.
  • gradle-config - Handle variant specific settings with yaml format.
• Icons
  • gradle-android-ribbonizer-plugin - Add a ribbon to launcher icons of Android apps.
  • gradle-android-appiconoverlay - Automatically overlay the app icon with the current git commit SHA1.
  • gradle-mdicons - Manage material design icons.
• Releasing
  • gradle-deploygate-plugin - Build and deploy apps to DeployGate.
  • testfairy-gradle-plugin - Official plugin to upload signed builds to TestFairy.
  • gradle-play-publisher - Manage your complete Play Store presence in your repository: Listing, Release Notes, APKs and App Bundles.
• Testing
  • gradle-plugin-robospock - Configure robospock (gradle + spock + roboelectric) easily.
  • unmock-plugin - Allow you to use selected classes from a real Android-Jarfile for Android unit testing.
  • gradle-monkey-plugin - Run Android monkey tests.
• Miscellaneous
  • ormlite-android-gradle-plugin - Generate an ORMLite configuration file and boost DAOs creations.
  • gradle-eclipse-aar-plugin - Use Android AAR libraries on Eclipse.
  • gradle-android-git - Manage Git dependency for Android apps.
  • Shot - Shot is a Gradle plugin that simplifies the execution of screenshot tests using Screenshot Tests For Android by Facebook.

• gradle-xcodePlugin - Build iOS and Mac projects.
• j2objc-gradle - Enable Java source to be part of an iOS application's build.

• eclipse - Official plugin that generates files that are used by Eclipse IDE.
• idea - Official plugin that generates files that are used by Intellij IDEA IDE.
• visual-studio - Official plugin that adds integration with Visual Studio.
• goomph - Downloads an Eclipse IDE with all required plugins and creates a workspace with specified settings and projects.
• gradle-sublimetext-plugin - Generate Sublime Text 2 project file.
• gradle-syntastic-plugin - Integrate Java project with Vim and Syntastic.

• markdown-gradle-plugin - Convert Markdown to HTML.
• gradle-twirl - Provide Twirl template compilation and integration.

• flyway-gradle-plugin - Flyway database migration tasks.
• liquibase-gradle-plugin - Use Liquibase to manage your database upgrades.
• gradle-migrations-plugin - Provide gradle build integration with mybatis migrations.
• ml-gradle - Automate everything involving MarkLogic.

• gradle-versions-plugin - Provide a task to determine which dependencies have updates.
• gradle-nuget-plugin - Execute NuGet.exe from Gradle.
• gradle-dependency-analyze - Dependency analysis plugin for gradle.
• gradle-dependency-lock-plugin - Allow people using dynamic dependency versions to lock them to specific versions.
• gradle-git-repo-plugin - Use a private git repo as a Maven repository.
• buildSrcVersions - Painless dependencies management.

• gradle-groovysh-plugin - Start an interactive groovy shells.

• gradle-gatling-plugin - Run Gatling scenarios.
• gradle-console-reporter - Report test result to console.
• gradle-test-logger-plugin - A Gradle plugin for printing beautiful logs on the console while running tests.
• gradle-itest-plugin - This plugin adds integration testing support to the project

• build-time-tracker-plugin - Continuously track and report your build times.
• gradle-metrics-plugin - Collect Gradle build metrics and persist them to an external datastore.
• nebula-plugin - A collection of Gradle plugins providing repeatable builds, immutable deployments and helping eliminate boilerplate code.

• gradle-one-jar - Build self-contained executable jars that include all dependencies.
• gradle-build-info-plugin - Include build information such as Git commit ID to your JAR.
• gradle-replacer - Provide a minimalistic template engine feature.

• gradle-ssh-plugin - Provide SSH facilities for continuous delivery.
• maven - Official plugin that adds support for publishing artifacts to Maven repositories.
• plugin-publish - Publish plugins to the Gradle Plugin Portal.
• gradle-bintray-plugin - Publish artifacts to Bintray.
• gradle-nexus-plugin - Configure and upload artifacts to Sonatype Nexus.
• gradle-release - Automate releasing process. Similar to the Maven release plugin.
• spotless-changelog - Parses changelog to calculate next version, then updates changelog on publish.

• announce - Official plugin that publishes messages to platforms such as Twitter or Growl.
• gradle-slack-plugin - Send messages to Slack after each build.

• gradle-aws-plugin - Manage AWS resouces.
• gradle-s3-plugin - Upload files to / download files from S3.
• gradle-stash-plugin - Interact with the Stash SCM.
• gradle-cf-plugin - Interact with CloudFoundry.

• gradle-git - Set of plugin to interact with Git repositories, publish files to gh-page, etc.
• gradle-svntools-plugin - Provide various SVN-related tasks.
• gradle-snapshot-plugin - Generate build metadata from SCM tools.

• build-info - Artifactory's open integration layer for the CI servers and build tools.

• gradle-vagrant-plugin - Manage Vagrant boxes.
• bmuschko/gradle-docker-plugin - Gradle plugin for managing Docker images and containers.
• nebula-docker-plugin - Nebula gradle plugin for reducing boilerplate in creating docker images.
• palantir/gradle-docker - Build and push Docker images.
• Transmode/gradle-docker - Build Docker images.

• android-gradle-template - Template project for developing Android app.
• vertx-gradle-template - Template project for developing Vert.x module.
• gradle-plugin-starter - Template project for developing Gradle plugin.
• gatling-with-gradle - Sample project that demonstrates how to automate load testing with Gatling.

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