Gradle Plugins

ForgeGradle

ForgeGradle is the official Gradle plugin used to build Minecraft Forge mods.

Minecraft 1.7.10 is only supported by version 1.2.

• Official repo: https://github.com/MinecraftForge/ForgeGradle/tree/FG_1.2
  • No longer maintained.
  • Asset downloading is no longer functional.
  • Supports Gradle up to 4.4.1

Forks

Notable forks of FG 1.2:

• GTNH fork: https://github.com/GTNewHorizons/ForgeGradle
  • Supports Gradle 6.9.1
• anatawa fork: https://github.com/anatawa12/ForgeGradle
  • Supports Gradle 7.4.2
• juanmuscaria fork: https://github.com/juanmuscaria/ForgeGradle
  • Supports Gradle 5.6.4

RetroFuturaGradle

A backwards-compatible rewrite of ForgeGradle for use in 1.7.10 mod development. It complements lwjgl3ify by allowing the use of LWJGL 3 and modern Java versions, and has a task for running the mod in an obfuscated environment. ^[*]

Used by GTNH.

• https://github.com/GTNewHorizons/RetroFuturaGradle

unimined

Unimined is a Gradle plugin that lets you build mods for legacy versions using modern tooling, all the way down to alpha versions of the game. It was created as a replacement for Architectury Loom, and is used by CraftPresence. ^[*]

• https://github.com/WagYourOrg/unimined