# Is maven or gradle better?

Is maven or gradle better?

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- Posted at: over 3 years ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

Gradle is far better in my opinion.  While Maven works, the XML POM files are extremely verbose and awkward.  The design principles of Maven make projects with unique needs difficult to accommodate.  I used Maven on a complex project that had build requirements that were not typical of a plain java library.  With Maven we were quickly at the mercy of its rigid structure and poorly documented plugins.  We switched to Gradle and were immediately "unblocked".  Things were so much easier with Gradle that I have never looked back.  I use Gradle exclusively now.

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- Posted at: about 3 years ago




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