# frontend-maven-plugin

Maven plugin that downloads Node and npm for a project and runs npm, Yarn, Grunt, Gulp, Webpack and other frontend tools as part of the Maven build.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/frontend-maven-plugin/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin
- docs: https://github.com/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin/blob/master/README.md

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Eirik Sletteberg
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: build-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: java
- runtime: jvm
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: Maven plugin declaration in pom.xml

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-28

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 4382
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 123
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 228
- dependentPackages: 9

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://search.maven.org/solrsearch/select?q=g:com.github.eirslett+AND+a:frontend-maven-plugin&core=gav&rows=200&wt=json (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://github.com/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin/blob/frontend-plugins-2.0.2/pom.xml (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainerType: https://api.github.com/users/eirslett (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://github.com/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://github.com/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://github.com/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/github/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin/maven-metadata.xml (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/github/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin/maven-metadata.xml (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/eirslett/frontend-maven-plugin/contributors (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/repo1.maven.org/packages/com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/repo1.maven.org/packages/com.github.eirslett:frontend-maven-plugin (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

frontend-maven-plugin is a Maven plugin that downloads Node and npm into the project and runs npm, Yarn, Grunt, Gulp, Webpack and other frontend tools as part of a Maven build. It is declared as a plugin in `pom.xml`.

## Worth knowing

The plugin does not support a Node or npm that is already installed. The Node usage is intended as part of a frontend build.

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