# Install groovysdk with Homebrew SDK for Groovy: a Java-based scripting language. Version 5.0.7 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-04. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:groovysdk ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install groovysdk ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:groovysdk - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 5.0.7 - **Source summary:** SDK for Groovy: a Java-based scripting language - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-04T04:45:15Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - grape_completion (cli) - groovy.ico (cli) - groovyConsole_completion (cli) - groovy_completion (cli) - groovyc_completion (cli) - groovydoc_completion (cli) - groovysh_completion (cli) - grape_completion (alias) - groovy.ico (alias) - groovyConsole_completion (alias) - groovy_completion (alias) - groovyc_completion (alias) - groovydoc_completion (alias) - groovysh_completion (alias) ## Dependencies - openjdk ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 5.0.7 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-04 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.groovy-lang.org/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage The `groovysdk` package is a Homebrew packaging companion for Apache Groovy SDK-related assets rather than a separate upstream language. Its history is therefore the project-level history of Apache Groovy, with package significance centered on SDK support files and completions. ### Project history Apache Groovy began in 2003 as a Java-platform language and evolved through beta, JSR, release-candidate, and 1.0.0 releases documented in the official changelog. JSR 241 records the Java Community Process standardization effort for Groovy. Groovy 2.0.0 in 2012 added static type checking and static compilation to the language's dynamic scripting model. In 2015, the project entered the Apache Incubator and graduated on 2015-11-18 as an Apache top-level project. The package role is narrower than the main `groovy` formula: `groovysdk` is curated as SDK material for Groovy, with completion assets and documentation-oriented support around the same Apache Groovy upstream. ### Adoption history The Groovy SDK is relevant because Groovy users rarely consume only a compiler. They use shell commands, documentation, dependency tooling, completions, and editor or terminal support around a JVM language distribution. Groovy adoption in build tools, CI pipelines, frameworks, and test tooling made SDK-adjacent packaging useful: completions and command support reduce friction for users who run Groovy tools directly from a Unix shell. ### How it is used The Homebrew package exposes completion-oriented files such as `groovy_completion`, `groovyc_completion`, `groovysh_completion`, `groovyConsole_completion`, `groovydoc_completion`, and `grape_completion` rather than the main runtime command set. Because it shares Apache Groovy's per-user conventions, the curation preserves the same `~/.groovy` configuration paths used by Grape, logging, and shell initialization. No separate credentials file is documented for this SDK package. ### Why package nerds care `groovysdk` is package-nerd interesting mostly as a split-package artifact: it shows how package managers sometimes separate a language runtime from SDK or shell-support assets even when the upstream project is one language distribution. The package also makes Groovy friendlier in CLI-heavy environments by shipping completions for the commands developers use when compiling, documenting, running, and exploring Groovy code. ### Timeline - 2003: Groovy project history begins. - 2007: Groovy 1.0.0 was released. - 2012: Groovy 2.0.0 was released with static type checking and static compilation. - 2015: Groovy graduated from Apache incubation. - 2020: Groovy 3.0.0 was released. - 2022: Groovy 4.0.0 was released. - 2025: Groovy 5.0.0 was released. ### Related projects - Apache Groovy is the upstream project for this package role. - The main Homebrew `groovy` package provides the runtime commands that the SDK completion files accompany. - Grape, Groovysh, Groovyc, Groovydoc, and GroovyConsole are the command surfaces reflected by the package contents. ### 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: ~/.groovy/grapeConfig.xml, ~/.groovy/logging.properties, ~/.groovy/groovysh_init.groovy ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** groovysdk - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Conflicts With:** groovy - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## 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. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [openjdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openjdk/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [groovy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/groovy/) - Shares the same upstream homepage. - [dart-sdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dart-sdk/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, language-runtime, sdk. - [gosu](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gosu/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, java, jvm, language-runtime. - [jruby](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jruby/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, java, jvm, language-runtime. - [jython](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jython/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, java, jvm, language-runtime. - [openj9](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openj9/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, java, jvm, language-runtime. - [abcl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/abcl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, jvm, language-runtime. - [bigloo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bigloo/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, jvm, language-runtime. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/groovysdk.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/groovysdk.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph