Top 23 Java gradle-plugin Projects

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1. jib

   1 52 14,410 7.2 Java

   🏗 Build container images for your Java applications.

   

   Project mention: What is Jib? A Complete Guide to Java Containerization Without Dockerfiles | dev.to | 2026-03-10

   After digging a bit deeper, I realized something interesting. The project wasn’t using a Dockerfile at all. Instead, it was using Jib.

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3. jsonschema2pojo

   2 13 6,378 8.9 Java

   Generate Java types from JSON or JSON Schema and annotate those types for data-binding with Jackson, Gson, etc

   

4. dexcount-gradle-plugin

   3 1 3,078 3.3 Java

   A Gradle plugin to report the number of method references in your APK on every build.

   

5. Shortbread

   4 0 1,761 0.0 Java

   Android library that creates app shortcuts from annotations

   

6. gradle-docker-plugin

   5 1 1,240 8.5 Java

   Gradle plugin for managing Docker images and containers.

   

7. typescript-generator

   6 2 1,213 6.7 Java

   Generates TypeScript from Java - JSON declarations, REST service client

   

8. JavaPackager

   7 4 1,199 2.5 Java

   :package: Gradle/Maven plugin to package Java applications as native Windows, MacOS, or Linux executables and create installers for them.

   

9. jkube

   8 5 849 9.0 Java

   Build and Deploy java applications on Kubernetes

   

10. gradle-download-task

    9 1 708 4.7 Java

    📥 Adds a download task to Gradle that displays progress information

    

11. Multi-OS Engine

    10 3 596 6.1 Java

    Multi-OS Engine: Create iOS Apps in Java (or Kotlin ... etc.)

    

12. bnd

    11 3 556 9.9 Java

    Bnd/Bndtools. Tooling to build OSGi bundles including Eclipse, Maven, and Gradle plugins.

    

13. yGuard

    12 1 472 1.0 Java

    The open-source Java obfuscation tool working with Ant and Gradle by yWorks - the diagramming experts

    

14. native-build-tools

    13 4 445 8.6 Java

    Native-image plugins for various build tools

    

15. javafx-gradle-plugin

    14 1 428 0.0 Java

    Gradle plugin for JavaFX

    

16. gradle-errorprone-plugin

    15 1 400 8.5 Java

    Gradle plugin to use the error-prone compiler for Java

    

17. javafx-gradle-plugin

    16 81 375 3.2 Java

    Gradle plugin that makes it easy to work with JavaFX 11+ (by openjfx)

    

    Project mention: The Hitchhiker's Guide to LTS: Key changes when upgrading from Java 8 to Java 11 | dev.to | 2026-01-27

    Starting with JDK 11, some large modules have been removed from the standard Java distribution. Notably, JavaFX was removed from the JDK and moved to a separate project, OpenJFX, which is now distributed and developed independently.

18. fabric-loom

    17 2 345 9.2 Java

    Gradle build system plugin used to automate the setup of a minecraft mod development environment.

    

19. gradle-baseline

    18 1 341 9.6 Java

    A set of Gradle plugins that configure default code quality tools for developers.

    

20. maven-git-versioning-extension

    19 1 337 7.7 Java

    This extension will set project version, based on current Git branch or tag.

    

21. cyclonedx-gradle-plugin

    20 6 229 9.1 Java

    Creates CycloneDX Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) from Gradle projects

    

22. VanillaGradle

    21 1 98 8.0 Java

    A toolchain for Minecraft: Java Edition that builds a workspace to interact with the game using the official distributions provided to the public by Mojang Studios.

    

23. SetupBuilder

    22 1 92 8.0 Java

    Gradle plugin for building setups for different platforms.

    

24. shipkit-changelog

    23 1 79 4.9 Java

    Minimalistic Gradle plugin that generates changelog based on commit history and GitHub pull requests/issues

    

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• Create a native Kotlin application with Spring Boot Native, Gradle, and GraalVM without Docker for MacOS and Windows

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