This page contains links and short descriptions for all the core plugins provided by Gradle itself.

JVM languages and frameworks

Java

Provides support for building any type of Java project.

Java Library

Provides support for building a Java library.

Java Platform

Provides support for building a Java platform.

Groovy

Provides support for building any type of Groovy project.

Scala

Provides support for building any type of Scala project.

ANTLR

Provides support for generating parsers using ANTLR.

JVM Test Suite

Provides support for modeling and configuring multiple test suite invocations.

Test Report Aggregation

Aggregates the results of multiple Test task invocations (potentially spanning multiple Gradle projects) into a single HTML report.

Native languages

C++ Application

Provides support for building C++ applications on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

C++ Library

Provides support for building C++ libraries on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

C++ Unit Test

Provides support for building and running C++ executable-based tests on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Swift Application

Provides support for building Swift applications on Linux and macOS.

Swift Library

Provides support for building Swift libraries on Linux and macOS.

XCTest

Provides support for building and running XCTest-based tests on Linux and macOS.

Packaging and distribution

Application

Provides support for building JVM-based, runnable applications.

WAR

Provides support for building and packaging WAR-based Java web applications.

EAR

Provides support for building and packaging Java EE applications.

Maven Publish

Provides support for publishing artifacts to Maven-compatible repositories.

Ivy Publish

Provides support for publishing artifacts to Ivy-compatible repositories.

Distribution

Makes it easy to create ZIP and tarball distributions of your project.

Java Library Distribution

Provides support for creating a ZIP distribution of a Java library project that includes its runtime dependencies.

Code analysis

Checkstyle

Performs quality checks on your project’s Java source files using Checkstyle and generates associated reports.

PMD

Performs quality checks on your project’s Java source files using PMD and generates associated reports.

JaCoCo

Provides code coverage metrics for your Java project using JaCoCo.

JaCoCo Report Aggregation

Aggregates the results of multiple JaCoCo code coverage reports (potentially spanning multiple Gradle projects) into a single HTML report.

CodeNarc

Performs quality checks on your Groovy source files using CodeNarc and generates associated reports.

IDE integration

Eclipse

Generates Eclipse project files for the build that can be opened by the IDE. This set of plugins can also be used to fine tune Buildship’s import process for Gradle builds.

IntelliJ IDEA

Generates IDEA project files for the build that can be opened by the IDE. It can also be used to fine tune IDEA’s import process for Gradle builds.

Visual Studio

Generates Visual Studio solution and project files for build that can be opened by the IDE.

Xcode

Generates Xcode workspace and project files for the build that can be opened by the IDE.

Utility

Base

Provides common lifecycle tasks, such as clean, and other features common to most builds.

Build Init

Generates a new Gradle build of a specified type, such as a Java library. It can also generate a build script from a Maven POM — see Migrating from Maven to Gradle for more details.

Signing

Provides support for digitally signing generated files and artifacts.

Plugin Development

Makes it easier to develop and publish a Gradle plugin.

Project Report Plugin

Helps to generate reports containing useful information about your build.