About Gradle

Gradle Build Tool is the fast and dependable open source build system that automates building software of any type, size or complexity. The unique advantage of Gradle Build Tool is its elegant and extensible declarative build language.

Our Vision

Our vision is more than a product description, it is a long-term commitment. Over the next five to ten years, we aspire to be the definitive build system for the JVM and Android ecosystem — the one that teams reach for without hesitation, regardless of their scale or complexity.

Our Value Pillars

Our vision is guided by Value Pillars to align us on where we are going, inspire our community, and give shape to every decision we make along the way:

Gradle's expressive DSLs in Kotlin and Groovy let you describe your build in clear, readable language. Complex build logic becomes maintainable when you can express dependencies, build configuration, and workflows in a way that both humans and tools can understand.

A build system should help your software evolve. We focus on ensuring that as your project grows in size and complexity, your feedback cycles don't. Gradle is engineered to scale to massive monorepos and the most demanding enterprise environments, ensuring build times remain proportional to change size, not total project size.

A toolchain you can't trust is a toolchain that slows you down. We are committed to providing a system where the outcome is reproducible, caching is safe, and parallel execution is reliable. Your build might be complex, but the results should never be surprising.

We don't just build code; we automate the entire software delivery process. Gradle's built-in functionality and rich plugin ecosystem give teams the flexibility to automate any scenario and adapt the build system to fit their exact requirements.

Our Ambition

These pillars are not a backlog, they are a compass. They guide how we weigh trade-offs and set priorities, ensuring that every decision we make moves us closer to the full vision, even if it only moves one pillar at a time.

Each pillar is paired with a subtitle that describes its absolute maximum — the ideal, long-term state we are building toward. These aren't marketing slogans; they are deliberate upper bounds that capture what it would look like to fully realize each pillar. They are meant to be ambitious enough to remain relevant for years, and honest enough to hold us accountable.

Open Source at Our Core

Gradle is, and will always be, an open source project. We are built by and for a global community of developers. Our identity is rooted in the collaborative spirit of the open source world, driving us to constantly iterate, innovate, and set new standards for what a build system can achieve.