Gradle 发布包包含了很多插件，如下：

22.1. Language plugins 语言类插件

这些插件添加各种语言可以被编译为在JVM中执行的支持。

Table 22.1. Language plugins

Plugin Id	Automatically applies	Works with	Description
java	java-base	-	Adds Java compilation, testing and bundling capabilities to a project. It serves as the basis for many of the other Gradle plugins. See also Chapter 7, Java Quickstart.
groovy	java,groovy-base	-	Adds support for building Groovy projects. See also Chapter 9, Groovy Quickstart.
scala	java,scala-base	-	Adds support for building Scala projects.
antlr	java	-	Adds support for generating parsers using Antlr.

22.2. Incubating language plugins 孵化中的语言插件

Table 22.2. Language plugins

Plugin Id	Automatically applies	Works with	Description
assembler	-	-	Adds native assembly language capabilities to a project.
c	-	-	Adds C source compilation capabilities to a project.
cpp	-	-	Adds C++ source compilation capabilities to a project.
objective-c	-	-	Adds Objective-C source compilation capabilities to a project.
objective-cpp	-	-	Adds Objective-C++ source compilation capabilities to a project.
windows-resources	-	-	Adds support for including Windows resources in native binaries.

22.3. Integration plugins 集成插件

这些插件提供一些集成各种运行技术。

Table 22.3. Integration plugins

Plugin Id	Automatically applies	Works with	Description
application	java	-	Adds tasks for running and bundling a Java project as a command-line application.
ear	-	java	Adds support for building J2EE applications.
jetty	war	-	Deploys your web application to a Jetty web container embedded in the build. See also Chapter 10, Web Application Quickstart.
maven	-	java,war	Adds support for publishing artifacts to Maven repositories.
osgi	java-base	java	Adds support for building OSGi bundles.
war	java	-	Adds support for assembling web application WAR files. See alsoChapter 10, Web Application Quickstart.

22.4. Incubating integration plugins 孵化中的集成插件

这些插件提供一些集成各种运行技术。

Table 22.4. Incubating integration plugins

Plugin Id	Automatically applies	Works with	Description
distribution	-	-	Adds support for building ZIP and TAR distributions.
java-library-distribution	java,distribution	-	Adds support for building ZIP and TAR distributions for a Java library.
ivy-publish	-	java,war	This plugin provides a new DSL to support publishing artifacts to Ivy repositories, which improves on the existing DSL.
maven-publish	-	java,war	This plugin provides a new DSL to support publishing artifacts to Maven repositories, which improves on the existing DSL.

22.5. Software development plugins 软件开发插件

Table 22.5. Software development plugins

Plugin Id	Automatically applies	Works with	Description
announce	-	-	Publish messages to your favourite platforms, such as Twitter or Growl.
build-announcements	announce	-	Sends local announcements to your desktop about interesting events in the build lifecycle.
checkstyle	java-base	-	Performs quality checks on your project's Java source files using Checkstyle and generates reports from these checks.
codenarc	groovy-base	-	Performs quality checks on your project's Groovy source files using CodeNarc and generates reports from these checks.
eclipse	-	java,groovy,scala	Generates files that are used by Eclipse IDE, thus making it possible to import the project into Eclipse. See also Chapter 7,Java Quickstart.
eclipse-wtp	-	ear, war	Does the same as the eclipse plugin plus generates eclipse WTP (Web Tools Platform) configuration files. After importing to eclipse your war/ear projects should be configured to work with WTP. See also Chapter 7, Java Quickstart.
findbugs	java-base	-	Performs quality checks on your project's Java source files using FindBugs and generates reports from these checks.
idea	-	java	Generates files that are used by Intellij IDEA IDE, thus making it possible to import the project into IDEA.
jdepend	java-base	-	Performs quality checks on your project's source files usingJDepend and generates reports from these checks.
pmd	java-base	-	Performs quality checks on your project's Java source files using PMD and generates reports from these checks.
project-report	reporting-base	-	Generates reports containing useful information about your Gradle build.
signing	base	-	Adds the ability to digitally sign built files and artifacts.
sonar	-	java-base, java, jacoco	Provides integration with the Sonar code quality platform. Superceeded by the sonar-runner plugin.

22.6. Incubating software development plugins 孵化中的软件开发插件

Table 22.6. Software development plugins

Plugin Id	Automatically applies	Works with	Description
build-dashboard	reporting-base	-	Generates build dashboard report.
build-init	wrapper	-	Adds support for initializing a new Gradle build. Handles converting a Maven build to a Gradle build.
cunit	-	-	Adds support for running CUnit tests.
jacoco	reporting-base	java	Provides integration with the JaCoCo code coverage library for Java.
sonar-runner	-	java-base, java, jacoco	Provides integration with the Sonar code quality platform. Supersedes the sonar plugin.
visual-studio	-	native language plugins	Adds integration with Visual Studio.
wrapper	-	-	Adds a Wrapper task for generating Gradle wrapper files.
java-gradle-plugin	java		Assists with development of Gradle plugins by providing standard plugin build configuration and validation.

22.7. Base plugins 基本插件

这些插件形成基本构建块，用来提供给其他插件组装。它们可以被使用在你的构建文件，并列出的完整性。然而，要注意他们还没有考虑 Gradle 的公共API的一部分。因此，这些插件都不能列在用户指南文件中。你可以参考他们的API文档来了解他们。

Table 22.7. Base plugins

Plugin Id	Description
base	Adds the standard lifecycle tasks and configures reasonable defaults for the archive tasks:
java-base	Adds the source sets concept to the project. Does not add any particular source sets.
groovy-base	Adds the Groovy source sets concept to the project.
scala-base	Adds the Scala source sets concept to the project.
reporting-base	Adds some shared convention properties to the project, relating to report generation.

22.8. Third party plugins 第三方插件

可以从这里看到外部的插件