# Install grails with Homebrew, chocolatey, MacPorts, Nix, scoop Web application framework for the Groovy language. Version 7.2.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-05. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:grails ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install grails ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install grails ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/grails/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#grails ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: grails from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install Grails ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: Grails from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.158','newfiletime' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/grails ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/grails.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:grails - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 7.2.0 - **Source summary:** Web application framework for the Groovy language - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-05T14:37:38Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - grails (cli) - grails-forge-cli (cli) - grails-shell-cli (cli) - grails_forge_cli_completion (cli) - grails (alias) - grails-forge-cli (alias) - grails-shell-cli (alias) - grails_forge_cli_completion (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk@21 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: The GRAILS_HOME directory is: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/grails/libexec - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 7.2.0 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-05 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/apache/grails-core - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Apache Grails is a Groovy-based full-stack web application framework for the JVM. It packages a convention-over-configuration application generator, runtime conventions, Gradle-based builds, GORM data access, and Spring Boot integration into a CLI-centered developer workflow. ### Project history The Apache Grails project history says work began in July 2005, followed by a 0.1 release on March 29, 2006 and a 1.0 release on February 5, 2008. Its early appeal came from bringing Ruby on Rails-style productivity to the Java and Groovy ecosystem. Grails passed through several stewardship phases: G2One, SpringSource, Object Computing, the Grails Foundation and Unity Foundation, and then the Apache Software Foundation. Apache described the ASF migration as an 18-month process starting in late spring 2024 alongside Grails 7 development. The ASF move also changed package coordinates for Grails artifacts to org.apache.grails and consolidated many repositories into a single code base to satisfy ASF policy and speed release work. ### Adoption history Grails gained adoption among JVM teams that wanted rapid web application development without leaving Java infrastructure. Its docs emphasize productivity, DRY conventions, Groovy, Spring Boot, Hibernate/GORM, and plugin-based extension. Package managers matter for Grails because the CLI creates and runs applications, invokes scaffolding and build tasks, and anchors a developer's local JVM web framework toolchain. Homebrew, SDKMAN, and similar managers made it easier to install the framework outside IDE-specific setup. ### How it is used A typical Grails package user installs the CLI, creates or opens a Grails app, edits build.gradle and grails-app/conf configuration, and runs framework commands to build, test, run, generate, or package an application. The framework is used for full-stack server-rendered apps, REST APIs, and JVM services that benefit from Groovy productivity while retaining Spring Boot, Jakarta EE, Hibernate, and Gradle integration. ### Why package nerds care Grails is significant because it is a framework package whose executable is the front door to an entire application layout. Its package has to fit JVM versioning, Gradle behavior, shell completion, generated project files, and long-lived enterprise upgrade paths. The Apache transition is especially relevant for packagers because artifact coordinates, source distribution rules, release signing, and repository layout all affect downstream formulae and build reproducibility. ### Timeline - 2005-07: Work on Grails began. - 2006-03-29: Grails 0.1 release. - 2008-02-05: Grails 1.0 release. - 2019-07-11: Grails 4 GA release announced. - 2024: ASF migration began alongside Grails 7 development. - 2025-06-10: Grails 7.0.0-M4 became the first Grails release under ASF incubation. - 2025-10-07: Apache Grails graduated to an ASF Top-Level Project. ### Related projects - Apache Groovy is the language foundation. - Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Jakarta EE, Hibernate, GORM, Gradle, and Grails Forge are core parts of the Grails ecosystem. - Ruby on Rails is the historical convention-over-configuration comparison point. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: build.gradle, grails-app/conf/application.yml, grails-app/conf/application.groovy, grails-app/conf/runtime.groovy, ./config/application.(properties|yml), ./application.(properties|yml), grails-app/conf/logback-spring.xml ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** grails - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - grails: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: grails from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - MacPorts - grails: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/grails/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - Grails: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: Grails from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='7.158','newfiletime' - Scoop - main/grails: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/grails.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [openjdk@21](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk-21/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [skinny](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/skinny/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, mvc, web-framework, web-frameworks. - [fastapi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fastapi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, web-framework, web-frameworks. - [gradle](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gradle/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, groovy, java, jvm. - [ant](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ant/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, developer-tools, java. - [apache-opennlp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-opennlp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: apache, cli, developer-tools, java. - [crash](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/crash/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java, jvm. - [gcviewer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gcviewer/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java, jvm. - [jasmin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jasmin/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, java, jvm. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. 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