The Groovy programming language is supported by the Apache Software Foundation and the Groovy community.

From the download page, you will be able to download the distribution (binary and source), the Windows installer (a community artifact) and the documentation for Groovy.

Core Groovy language classes for implementing data structures, closures, metadata and so forth.

Groovy tries to be as natural as possible for Java developers. We’ve tried to follow the principle of least surprise when designing Groovy, particularly for developers learning Groovy who’ve …

The Apache Groovy™ documentation is available as a single-page document, or a PDF, or feel free to pick at a direct section below. You can also browse documentation for other versions.

Syntax This chapter covers the syntax of the Groovy programming language. The grammar of the language derives from the Java grammar, but enhances it with specific constructs for Groovy, …

Groovy provides over 2000 extension methods to 150+ JDK classes to enhance JDK functionality, with 350 new methods added in Groovy 5. These methods reduce dependency on third-party …

Oct 15, 2025 · For a quick and effortless start on Mac OSX, Linux, WSL2 or Cygwin, you can use SDKMAN! (The Software Development Kit Manager) to download and configure any Groovy …

Groovy adopts a naming convention that avoids one ambiguity that might seem a little strange but was popular at the time of Groovy’s design and has remained (so far) for historical reasons.

Oct 15, 2025 · The Groovy language proposes several ways to integrate itself into applications (Java or even Groovy) at runtime, from the most basic, simple code execution to the most …