## Platform architecture

Gradle is arranged into several coarse-grained components called "platforms".
Each platform provides support for some kind of automation, such as building JVM software or building Gradle plugins.
Most platforms typically build on the features of other platforms.

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# Gradle platform architecture

Gradle is arranged into coarse-grained components called "architecture modules" and "platforms".
See [ADR4](standards/0004-use-a-platform-architecture.md) for a definition of these terms.

The diagram below shows the current set of architecture modules and platforms:

# Contributing to the Gradle Build Tool

Thank you for your interest in contributing to Gradle!
This guide explains how to contribute to the core Gradle components, 
extensions and documentation located in this repository.
For other extensions and components, see the 
[Gradle Community Resources](https://gradle.org/resources/).

This guide will help you to...

* maximize the chance of your changes being accepted
* work on the Gradle code base

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