+1 and thank you Yeser for the detailed information and Gabriele for the execution.
On Thu, Feb 05, 2026 at 9:50 AM, Pere Fernandez <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > thank you all the involved for the hard work! > > On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 at 15:27, Francisco Javier Tirado Sarti < ftirados@ > redhat.com> wrote: > > +1 > Thanks for the detailed explanation. > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM Yeser Amer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > Over the last years, we have been working on adding Gradle support for > building Kogito projects, both for Spring Boot‑based and Quarkus‑based > applications. This feature has been requested several times by the Apache > KIE community, for example: > > - > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-runtimes/issues/3565 > - > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-drools/issues/6478 > > We are happy to share that the implementation is now complete and ready > > for > > review and eventual merging into the Apache KIE codebase > > - > > *kogito-drools* > - > > Minor change to better detect the used building system (Maven / Gradle) > - > > [incubator-kie-issues#1918] Fix building tool discovery by > > gitgabrio > > · Pull Request #6580 · apache/incubator-kie-drools > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-drools/pull/6580> > - > > *kogito-runtimes* > - > > New `kogito-gradle-plugin` and its integration test module added > - > > [incubator-kie-issues#1918] Implement GRADLE plugin by gitgabrio · Pull > Request #4180 · apache/incubator-kie-kogito-runtimes > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-runtimes/pull/4180 > > - > > *kogito-examples* > - > > A new top-level directory (`gradle-examples`) containing one Spring Boot > example and one Quarkus example > - > > [incubator-kie-issues#1839] Implement GRADLE examples by gitgabrio > > · > > Pull Request #2163 · apache/incubator-kie-kogito-examples > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-examples/pull/2163 > > To achieve this, some preliminary refactoring was required to support two > (and potentially more) build systems. Most of the logic previously > contained in the `kogito-maven-plugin` has been moved into a new shared > module, `kogito-codegen-manager*`*, which can now be reused by different > plugins. Relevant issues include: > > - > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1068 > - > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1910 > - > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1068 > - > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/2193 > > The strategies used to enable Gradle support follow the same approach > already used with Maven: > > - > > *Quarkus-based Kogito projects:* The `quarkus-gradle-plugin` will be used > to build the project, mirroring the strategy already adopted with the > `quarkus-maven-plugin`. > - > > *Spring Boot-based Kogito projects:* A new `kogito-gradle-plugin` will be > introduced. Its main purpose is to manage the code generation phase in > the same way as the existing `kogito-maven-plugin`. Both plugins rely > > on > > the common logic provided by the `kogito-codegen-manager` module. > > There are no breaking changes introduced with Gradle support. No changes > are required in the CI environment or on developers’ local machines. All > newly introduced Gradle‑based modules will continue to be managed by > > Maven, > > which will invoke them through the `exec-maven-plugin` and the `gradlew` > wrapper. This means that Gradle does *not* need to be installed on either > the CI infrastructure or local development machines. > > The work is currently tracked in the following tickets: > > - > > kie-issues#1918: Create a Gradle plugin to be a wrapper of the codegen > library [1] > - > > kie-issues#1839: Create gradle-based kogito-examples [2] > > The implementation part will be managed in 2 different phases: > > Phase 1: A PR for `kie-issues#1918` `Create a Gradle plugin to be a > > wrapper > > of the codegen library` will be created. This will introduce the new > `kogito-gradle-plugin` > Phase 2: A PR for `kie-issues#1839`: `Create gradle-based > > kogito-examples`. > > Phase 2 will be executed *after* the Quarkus update to 3.27.2 currently > > in > > progress [3], in order to base our testing phase to target the upcoming > Quarkus version. > > Kudos to Gabriele Cardosi, who led this effort as the main author. > > Thank you, > > Yeser Amer > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1918 > > [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-issues/issues/1839 > [3] https://lists.apache.org/thread/9rjfbp8kv0v6b24dg2dtpmcq7qd254ms > >
