The Apache Grails community is pleased to announce the release of both Apache Grails 7.0.12 and Apache Grails 7.1.2!

Grails is a powerful Groovy-based web application framework for the JVM, built on top of Spring Boot, and supported by a rich ecosystem of plugins that extend its functionality.

📝 Release Notes & Changes

• Grails 7.0.12
  • Release Notes
  • Full Changelog (v7.0.11...v7.0.12)
• Grails 7.1.2
  • Release Notes
  • Full Changelog (v7.1.1...v7.1.2)

💾 Links & Resources

• Official Website:grails.apache.org
• Downloads:Grails Download Page
• GitHub Repository:apache/grails-core
• Issue Tracker:GitHub Issues
• Community & Mailing Lists:Grails Community

Happy Coding!

The Apache Grails Team

Interesting write-up on the 18-month journey of migrating Grails into the ASF. It touches on more than just the "governance" side—it discusses the security audits, the repo consolidation, and the push toward Grails 7.

For those still running Grails in production, how do you feel about the move to the "Apache Way"?

It’s been a wild ride for the Grails ecosystem over the last few years, but the move to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and the release of Grails 7 finally feels like we’re back on solid ground.

I found this write-up from Schneide Blog that summarizes the transition and why Grails is moving away from being seen as an "exotic outlier" and back toward being a high-productivity layer on top of Spring Boot.

As James Fredley (PMC Chair) mentions in the piece, the goal now is stability and community-led growth rather than corporate-dependency.

What do you guys think? Does Grails 7 feel like the "rebirth" we were waiting for, or is there still more work to be done to regain the momentum of the 2.x/3.x days?