End the dependency hell in minutes.

The refreshVersions plugin targets all kinds of Gradle projects, including the following:

• Kotlin Multiplatform

• Android

• Kotlin/JS, Kotlin/JVM, Kotlin/Native

• Java

The refreshVersions Gradle plugin brings the following benefits:

1. Centralizes dependencies versions (very useful in multi-module projects)

2. Shows available updates in seconds

3. Allows applying the available updates with minimal effort

4. Brings autocomplete for select dependencies (you can add yours too)

Gradle multi-module projects are on the rise because of how it enforces code decoupling, which is a good thing for maintenance and inevitable changes.

Unfortunately, that means the number of build files (build.gradle[.kts]) are multiplied, which makes upgrading the dependencies versions where significantly more tedious as you now need to open, edit and check more files.

Also, some library vendors like Google are publishing artifacts with different versions (AndroidX, Google Play Services and Firebase, just to name a few). AndroidX for example has about 70 different families with different versions overall.

We saw this made developers to update the dependencies less and less often, effectively leading to legacy accumulation (a form of technical debt), or even projects abandon.

We firmly believe the modularization benefits should not be hindered by these drawbacks. That’s how refreshVersions was born.

We want discovery of dependencies updates to be as quick as possible, we want applying these updates be as quick as possible through the whole codebase, and we want to remove the human error factor in dependencies declaration and update. That’s exactly what refreshVersions can already do today in your project.

The short Setting-up guide is here.

Once setup, you just need to run the refreshVersions Gradle task and apply the updates you want in the versions.properties file.

The full usage guide (with screenshots) is here.

Good documentation can also help you upgrade an old project to the latest and greatest.

I have a series of articles called Built with Gradle:

• Use the Build Scan ! The one Gradle trick that supersedes all the others

• Configuring Gradle with the gradle.properties file

• How Kotlin makes editing your Gradle build less frustrating

To get the future tips and informative articles, you can follow me on dev.to.

• Jean-Michel Fayard

• Louis CAD

Questions? Look at the existing issues, then ask your own.

For special requests (not issues), you can also reach us out on Kotlin’s Slack in the #gradle-refresh-versions channel.

See the CHANGELOG.md file.

This project has sponsors that help the maintainers dedicate more time to this project and keep it updated.

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• This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt

• Explain your use case and start the discussion before your submit a pull-request

• CONTRIBUTING.md describes the process for submitting pull requests.