Welcoming Repositories Index Groovy Ecosystem
Top Welcoming Open-Source Groovy Repositories
Top welcoming Groovy repositories. Scored by real 90-day external PR merge rates, maintainer review turnaround speed, and first-time contributor success.
Updated daily • Sun, 30 Aug 2026 UTC
Tracked Repos
113
>100 stars verified
Avg Merge Rate
17%
90-day external PRs
Open GFIs
0
Beginner friendly issues
Welcoming Tier
5
S & A Tier maintainers
Ranked Groovy Repositories
Showing top 50 of 113 ranked repositories
| Rank | Repository | Tier | Score | Merge Rate | Good First Issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Dockerized version of Nexus Repo Manager 3 | S•Elite | 77.8 | 93.1% | - |
| #2 | SkillTree is a micro-learning gamification platform supporting the rapid integration of a gamified tool training approach into new and existing applications. | S•Elite | 73.4 | 100.0% | - |
| #3 | rundeck/rundeck6,271 Enable Self-Service Operations: Give specific users access to your existing tools, services, and scripts | A•Welcoming | 69.5 | 80.9% | - |
| #4 | OpenBoxes is a warehouse management system designed to manage inventory and track stock movements for healthcare facilities. | A•Welcoming | 62.7 | 71.6% | - |
| #5 | Creates a complete GitOps-based operational stack / IDP on your Kubernetes clusters | B•Solid | 60.3 | 100.0% | - |
| #6 | Gradle plugin that provides a task to generate a HTML license report of your project. | B•Solid | 58.2 | 100.0% | - |
| #7 | nextflow-io/nextflow3,468 A DSL for data-driven computational pipelines | A•Welcoming | 57.5 | 63.2% | - |
| #8 | apache/grails-core2,926 Grails - the Web Application Framework | B•Solid | 54.1 | 10.0% | - |
| #9 | Repository for the Supersymmetry Minecraft Modpack | B•Solid | 49.4 | 100.0% | - |
| #10 | gradle/gradle18,812 Adaptable, fast automation for all | B•Solid | 49.3 | 12.5% | - |
| #11 | The dependency-check gradle plugin is a Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tool that allows projects to monitor dependent libraries for known, published vulnerabilities. | B•Solid | 43.9 | 100.0% | - |
| #12 | Groovy Scripts for FileBot | D•Risky | 8.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #13 | A pluggable and configurable linter tool for identifying and reporting on patterns of misuse or deprecations in Gradle scripts. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #14 | 一款用于优化png图片的gradle插件，有效减少APK体积，支持极限压缩和无损压缩。 | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #15 | a Gradle plugin for orchestrating docker builds and pushes. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #16 | A set of Gradle plugins that greatly simplify project management / 一套极大简化项目管理的Gradle插件集 | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #17 | Advanced gradle plugin for running web-apps on jetty and tomcat. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #18 | Gradle release & version management plugin. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #19 | Project to generate POS tag dictionary for Ukrainian language | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #20 | Gradle plugin that fixes Android build caching problems. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #21 | Betamax is a tool for mocking external HTTP resources such as web services and REST APIs in your tests. The project was inspired by the VCR library for Ruby. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #22 | gradle plugin for building Xcode Projects for iOS, watchOS, macOS or tvOS | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #23 | A repository of one-off script console scripts for Jenkins. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #24 | 💍Gradle 执行流程、什么叫DSL、领域专用语言、Gradle常见用法、Gradle高级插件用法、Gradle对Android优化、结合Javassist使用给上一层楼以及Gradle开发中的遇到的问题 | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #25 | rdk/p2rank458 P2Rank: Protein-ligand binding site prediction from protein structure based on machine learning. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #26 | An example Job DSL project that uses Gradle for building and testing. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #27 | Gradle plugin to optimize png files and reduce resultant apk size within an Android project. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #28 | Document templates for open-source projects (README, CONTRIBUTING, GitHub templates) | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #29 | Android plugin for the Gradle build system. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #30 | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - | |
| #31 | Lightweight SOAP and REST webservice clients for Groovy | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #32 | Gradle plugin for constructing linux packages, specifically RPM and DEBs. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #33 | 深入理解Android Gradle | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #34 | Android构建工具集：包含快速实现组件化构建脚本，快速实现屏幕最小宽度适配脚本 | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #35 | Sample Artifactory User Plugins | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #36 | Bridge between SmartThings and MQTT | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #37 | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - | |
| #38 | A plugin for generating reports about the licenses of third party software using Gradle | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #39 | An open source project by OverOps. Generate massive random Java applications with a command line tool | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #40 | Gradle plugin for `git.properties` file generation | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #41 | Производственный календарь json | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #42 | :book: Groovy CheatSheet For Jenkins Usage In A4 | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #43 | Gradle plugin to help embed dependencies in generated AAR artifact | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #44 | CodeNarc is a static analysis tool for Groovy source code | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #45 | The powerful, programmable, API Middleware Platform | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #46 | Gradle plugin to add unit testing to android plugin. Prepared for Robolectric. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #47 | gradle-android-scala-plugin adds scala language support to official gradle android plugin | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #48 | Jenkins as immutable infrastructure made easy. A repository of shared scripts meant to be used as a git submodule. Packing Jenkins, plugins, and scripts into immutable packages and images. | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #49 | Modification of the standard Maven Publish plugin to be compatible with android-library projects (aar). | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
| #50 | SSH automation tool based on Gradle Plugin and Groovy DSL | D•Risky | 0.0 | 0.0% | - |
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What is the most welcoming Groovy open-source repository?
The highest-ranked Groovy repository on GetMerged is currently sonatype/docker-nexus3, with a C-Rank score of 77.8/100 and a 93.1% PR merge rate.
How can I find good first issues in Groovy?
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A ‘Super Welcoming’ (S-Tier) Groovy repository demonstrates an external PR merge rate above 80%, a median first response time within 24 to 48 hours, active review feedback, and clear onboarding documentation.