Open Source Groovy Dependency Managers

Gradle is a build tool with a focus on build automation and support for multi-language development. If you are building, testing, publishing, and deploying software on any platform, Gradle offers a flexible model that can support the entire development lifecycle from compiling and packaging code to publishing web sites. Gradle has been designed to support build automation across multiple languages and platforms including Java, Scala, Android, Kotlin, C/C++, and Groovy, and is closely integrated with development tools and continuous integration servers including Eclipse, IntelliJ, and Jenkins. From mobile apps to microservices, from small startups to big enterprises, Gradle helps teams build, automate and deliver better software, faster. Write in Java, C++, Python or your language of choice. Package for deployment on any platform. Go monorepo or multi-repo. And rely on Gradle's unparalleled versatility to build it all.

einstein is a dependency management tool that aims to simplify and automate software projects dependencies calculation. Software products are commonly composed of multiple projects, and those projects relate to each other at some kind of level. It's important to guarantee that those relationships are based on the projects' versions so one can assure that they can evolve without compromising such relationships. During dependencies calculation, the einstein tool needs to fetch projects' extra information from a central repository. At its current version, einstein is prepared to communicate to any Gitlab instance, through its api, so it assumes that declared dependencies represents projects that are all stored in a single Gitlab instance. In order to establish a successful connection to the Gitlab Api, it's necessary to create the environment variables on the machine where einstein will be executed.

The Gradle Lint Plugin is a static analysis tool for Gradle build scripts (written in Groovy) that finds patterns of misuse, deprecated constructs, and opportunities for optimization in build configurations. It functions analogous to ESLint in the JavaScript ecosystem: you define rules, apply them across the build scripts, and get warnings or errors when code deviates from best practices. It is particularly useful for maintaining consistency across large, multi-module projects or monorepos, helping teams avoid build anti-patterns, unused dependencies, or misconfigurations. The plugin supports custom rules and can even automatically fix certain violations (e.g. unused dependencies) via a fixGradleLint task. Because it hooks into the end of many Gradle tasks, it can catch issues as part of a normal build workflow, making feedback immediate.