https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-gradle

Heroku's classic buildpack for Gradle applications.
https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-gradle

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Heroku's classic buildpack for Gradle applications.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-gradle
• Owner: heroku
• License: mit
• Created: 2011-06-23T16:28:21.000Z (about 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-05T13:54:21.000Z (2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-05T14:52:48.724Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: buildpack, gradle, heroku, heroku-languages
• Language: Shell
• Homepage: https://devcenter.heroku.com/categories/java-support
• Size: 546 KB
• Stars: 63
• Watchers: 101
• Forks: 90
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Codeowners: .github/CODEOWNERS

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README

        
# Heroku buildpack: Gradle [![CI](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-gradle/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-gradle/actions/workflows/ci.yml)

![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/51578/18790734/e1a0bba8-817d-11e6-864e-de501a437ec5.png)

This is a [Heroku buildpack](http://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/buildpack) for Gradle apps.

It uses Gradle to build your application and OpenJDK to run it.

## Usage

1. Install the [Gradle Wrapper](http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/gradle_wrapper.html) into your project.

    - This allows control over the Gradle version and exact distribution to be used.

2. Specify the Java version to be used as per [these instructions](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/java-support#specifying-a-java-version).

3. If you are not using Spring Boot or Ratpack, then follow the instructions for [configuring your build](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/deploying-gradle-apps-on-heroku).

You do not need to explicitly declare that your project should use this buildpack.

The presence of a `gradlew` script in the root of your project will allow the fact that your app is built with Gradle to detected.

The `bin` directory of the installed JDK is placed on the `PATH` for process execution (i.e. the `java` command is available to start the app).