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Gradle vs Maven

A side-by-side look at Gradle and Maven. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Gradle

Gradle

Development

Gradle is an open-source build automation tool focused on flexibility and performance. It builds upon features of Apache Ant and Apache Maven and introduces a Groovy-based domain-specific language instead of XML form to declare the project configuration.

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Maven

Maven

Development

Maven is a build automation tool used primarily for Java projects. It handles downloading dependencies, building, testing, and packaging Java code. Maven emphasizes convention over configuration, with sensible defaults to reduce setup time for builds.

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