CurseForge Gradle Publish Plugin review
A focused open-source bridge from Gradle builds to automated CurseForge publishing.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
CurseForge Gradle Publish Plugin is an open-source Gradle plugin for Minecraft mod developers and build engineers who want to automate artifact publication to CurseForge. It adds a Gradle publication model with named CurseForge publications, registered main and additional artifacts, release metadata, changelogs, and dependency relationships. The plugin is available as a free, open-source tool for Windows and macOS projects.
Its strongest fit is an existing Gradle build that needs structured CurseForge delivery. The plugin supports authentication through a CurseForge API token and integrates with Gradle, the CurseForge Upload API, Fabric Loom, ModDevGradle, and NeoGradle. It can infer publication metadata from supported mod toolchains, while also managing embedded, incompatible, optional, and required dependencies. That combination gives build engineers control over how artifacts and their relationships are represented during publication, rather than limiting the workflow to a single uploaded file.
The scope is deliberately narrow. This is a distribution tool, not a general Minecraft mod development environment, so teams looking for core authoring or development capabilities will need other tooling. Its published loader support centers on Fabric and NeoForge, and the workflow assumes Gradle-based projects plus CurseForge API-token authentication. Choose it when CurseForge publishing belongs inside a Gradle build and release metadata, dependency handling, or multiple artifacts matter. Choose an alternative when the primary need is mod development itself, a different build system, or a broader publishing ecosystem.
CurseForge Gradle Publish Plugin pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Publishes main and additional artifacts with named publications
- Handles release types, changelogs, metadata, and dependency relationships
- Integrates with Fabric Loom and NeoForge-oriented Gradle tooling
- Where it doesn't
- Focuses on CurseForge distribution rather than core mod development
- Designed around Gradle-based workflows and API-token authentication
- Supported Minecraft toolchains center on Fabric and NeoForge
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