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Gradle Build Tool

About Gradle Build Tool

Gradle Build Tool is an open-source build automation system used across the JVM and Android ecosystems. It uses expressive DSLs in Kotlin and Groovy for build logic. Build times stay proportional to change rather than total project size, from solo projects to enterprise monorepos. It provides reproducible outcomes, caching, and parallel execution. A plugin ecosystem allows automation of build and deployment scenarios.

Products

  • Gradle Build Tool: Open-source build automation system used across the JVM and Android ecosystems.
  • Gradle Security Subscription: Provides prioritized security fixes under SLA, extended security maintenance, and embargoed vulnerability disclosure.
  • Develocity: Context engineering layer for AI-driven software delivery built on toolchain and artifact observability.

Used for

  • Upgrading from previous Gradle versions
  • Migrating from Apache Maven
  • Migrating from Apache Ant

Who it is for

  • Used by organizations of all sizes and industries.
  • Used by teams working in JVM and Android ecosystems.

From Gradle Build Tool's own website, read 2026-10-23. How we build listings.

How to evaluate CI/CD & Build Automation

This is how the CIOPages Research Team evaluates this category. It is not an assessment of Gradle Build Tool. It comes from our CI/CD Pipeline Platforms buyer guide.

25%
Pipeline-as-Code & Authoring
YAML/declarative pipeline definition, reusable components (GitLab CI/CD components, Actions reusable workflows, CircleCI orbs), matrix/parallel builds, DAG fan-out, templating and inheritance, dynamic pipelines, and how readable the config stays at scale
20%
Supply-Chain Security
Short-lived OIDC credentials to cloud (no long-lived keys), scoped/ephemeral secrets, SBOM generation, signed-artifact provenance and SLSA build levels (attestations, Sigstore/cosign), dependency and secret scanning, and tamper-resistant, immutable build logs
20%
Runner Model & Performance
Managed vs. self-hosted vs. hybrid runners, Linux/Windows/macOS and Arm/GPU support, build caching and artifact reuse, concurrency and queue behavior under load, autoscaling, and access to private networks and internal artifacts
15%
SCM & Ecosystem Integration
Depth of integration with your source-control platform, breadth of marketplace/plugin/orb ecosystem, container-registry and Kubernetes/Argo CD ties, API and webhook coverage, and how cleanly it spans multiple SCMs or clouds if your estate is mixed
10%
Governance, Compliance & Audit
RBAC and SSO/SAML/SCIM, environment approvals and protected deployments, policy-as-code and required checks, segregation of duties, audit logging and change history, and SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / FedRAMP coverage for regulated delivery
10%
Cost Model & Operations
Per-user vs. consumption/credit vs. self-hosted economics at your real build volume, billing transparency, observability into pipeline duration and flakiness, AI assist for failure triage and config, and the maintenance burden the platform imposes on your team

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Quick Facts

gradle.org
CategoryDevOps & Platform Engineering
SubcategoryCI/CD & Build Automation

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