extends: JavaModule
mvnDeps:
- org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf:3.1.1.RELEASE
- org.slf4j:slf4j-nop:2.0.7A better build tool for Java, Scala and Kotlin: Simpler than Maven, easier than Gradle, with 3-7x faster dev workflows than other JVM build tools
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mill-plugin
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README
Mill is a build tool that improves upon the tools traditionally used in the JVM ecosystem:
-
Simpler than Maven, with declarative
build.mill.yamlfiles often 1/10th the lines of apom.xml -
Easier than Gradle, with object-oriented programmable builds Java developers can intuitively understand
-
Fastest builds on the JVM, 3-7x faster than Maven or Gradle due to aggressive caching & parallelism
Although the Java compiler is very fast and the Java language is easy to learn, JVM build tools have a reputation for being sluggish, complicated, and confusing. Mill tries to offer a better alternative that gives the Java platform the developer experience it deserves.
If you want to use Mill in your own projects, check out our documentation:
Here is some quick example, so that you can imagine how it looks:
> ./mill compile # compile sources into classfiles
...
compiling 1 Java source to...
> ./mill run --text hello
<h1>hello</h1>
> ./mill test
...
Test foo.FooTest.testEscaping finished, ...
Test foo.FooTest.testSimple finished, ...
Test run foo.FooTest finished: 0 failed, 0 ignored, 2 total, ...Contributors
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A better build tool for Java, Scala and Kotlin: Simpler than Maven, easier than Gradle, with 3-7x faster dev workflows than other JVM build tools
2,790
stars
6,314
commits
Scala
primary language
Sep 9, 2026
updated
android
build-system
build-tool
groovy
java
kotlin
mill-plugin
scala
scala-js
scala-native
README
Mill is a build tool that improves upon the tools traditionally used in the JVM ecosystem:
-
Simpler than Maven, with declarative
build.mill.yamlfiles often 1/10th the lines of apom.xml -
Easier than Gradle, with object-oriented programmable builds Java developers can intuitively understand
-
Fastest builds on the JVM, 3-7x faster than Maven or Gradle due to aggressive caching & parallelism
Although the Java compiler is very fast and the Java language is easy to learn, JVM build tools have a reputation for being sluggish, complicated, and confusing. Mill tries to offer a better alternative that gives the Java platform the developer experience it deserves.
If you want to use Mill in your own projects, check out our documentation:
Here is some quick example, so that you can imagine how it looks:
extends: JavaModule
mvnDeps:
- org.thymeleaf:thymeleaf:3.1.1.RELEASE
- org.slf4j:slf4j-nop:2.0.7> ./mill compile # compile sources into classfiles
...
compiling 1 Java source to...
> ./mill run --text hello
<h1>hello</h1>
> ./mill test
...
Test foo.FooTest.testEscaping finished, ...
Test foo.FooTest.testSimple finished, ...
Test run foo.FooTest finished: 0 failed, 0 ignored, 2 total, ...Similar repos
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Scala
88.6%
Java
5.0%
Kotlin
1.8%
CSS
1.2%