Key facts
- Paradigm
- Multi-paradigm : object-oriented , imperative , functional , aspect-oriented , scripting
- Designed by
- James Strachan
- Developer
- Paul King (PMC Chair), Jochen Theodorou (Tech Lead), Guillaume Laforge, Cedric Champeau, Daniel Sun, Eric Milles
- First appeared
- 2003 ; 23 years ago ( 2003 )
- Stable release
- 5.0.6 (4 May 2026 ; 31 days ago ( 4 May 2026 ) ) [ ± ]
- Typing discipline
- Dynamic , static , strong , duck
- Platform
- Java SE
- License
- Apache 2.0
- Filename extensions
- .groovy, .gvy, .gy, .gsh
- Website
- groovy-lang .org
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Official website
The Apache Groovy™ programming language
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- groovy.apache.org
- Image
- XGroovyConsole.gif.pagespeed.ic.MveHrO02zE.png
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- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/groovy
- software version identifier
- 5.0.5
- inception
- 2003-00-00
- file extension
- groovy
- source code repository URL
- gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/groovy.git
- issue tracker URL
- issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GROOVY
- download URL
- groovy-lang.org/download.html
- Commons category
- Groovy
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Apache Groovy is a Java-syntax-compatible object-oriented programming language for the Java platform. It is both a static and dynamic language with features similar to those of Python, Ruby, and Smalltalk. It can be used as both a programming language and a scripting language for the Java Platform, is compiled to Java virtual machine (JVM) bytecode, and interoperates seamlessly with other Java code and libraries. Groovy uses a curly-bracket syntax similar to Java's. Groovy supports closures, multiline strings, and expressions embedded in strings. Much of Groovy's power lies in its abstract syntax tree (AST) transformations, triggered through annotations.
Groovy 1.0 was released on January 2, 2007, and Groovy 2.0 in July, 2012. Since version 2, Groovy can be compiled statically, offering type inference and performance near that of Java. Groovy 2.4 was the last major release under Pivotal Software's sponsorship which ended in March 2015. Groovy has since changed its governance structure to a Project Management Committee in the Apache Software Foundation.