Create a Groovy executable JAR with Gradle
What you are looking for is the application plugin which allows you build a standalone JVM application including all dependencies and run scripts. apply plugin:’application’ mainClassName=”test.tree.App” EDIT: This should create the uberjar you want: task uberjar(type: Jar) { from files(sourceSets.main.output.classesDir) from configurations.runtime.asFileTree.files.collect { zipTree(it) } manifest { attributes ‘Main-Class’: ‘test.tree.App’ } }