Top 11 Java Build Tool Projects

DependencyCheck

11 5,863 9.4 Java

OWASP dependency-check is a software composition analysis utility that detects publicly disclosed vulnerabilities in application dependencies.

Project mention: OWASP dependency check (<9.0.0) could fail to work after Dec 15th, 2023 | /r/programming | 2023-12-05

proguard

7 2,561 7.6 Java

ProGuard, Java optimizer and obfuscator

Project mention: Guava 32.0 (released today) and the @Beta annotation | /r/java | 2023-05-30

WorkOS

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intellij

1 749 9.9 Java

IntelliJ plugin for Bazel projects

Project mention: Neovim + bazel + java anyone? | /r/neovim | 2023-05-17

It feels like there's zero tooling for bazel, even the C++ solution for Bazel, which is what I use for C++ is kind of a hack as opposed to first-class support backed by Google, like the IntelliJ plugin. Am I missing something or is it just that just all the Java people at Google use IntelliJ so they don't invest into other options?

javafx-gradle-plugin

1 431 0.0 Java

Gradle plugin for JavaFX
build-server-protocol

3 420 8.3 Java

Protocol for IDEs and build tools to communicate about compile, run, test, debug and more.

Project mention: Build Server Protocol | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-03

example-bazel-monorepo

1 314 0.0 Java

🌿💚 Example Bazel-ified monorepo, supporting Golang, Java, Python, Scala, and Typescript
proguard-core

9 269 9.1 Java

Library to read, write, analyze, and process java bytecode
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bach

5 229 7.0 Java

🎼 Bach Builds (on(ly)) Modules
tycho

1 157 9.8 Java

Tycho project repository (tycho) (by eclipse-tycho)
hashver-maven-plugin

1 12 4.7 Java
conjob

2 10 6.4 Java

Simple web interface to run containers as jobs or serverless functions

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Build Tool projects in Java? This list will help you:

	Project	Stars
1	DependencyCheck	5,863
2	proguard	2,561
3	intellij	749
4	javafx-gradle-plugin	431
5	build-server-protocol	420
6	example-bazel-monorepo	314
7	proguard-core	269
8	bach	229
9	tycho	157
10	hashver-maven-plugin	12
11	conjob	10