What's the recommended way to create a binary plug...

# gradle

[CLOVIS]

What's the recommended way to create a binary plugin written in Kotlin nowadays?

I'm using kotlin-dsl and I'm getting errors of unsupported Kotlin version. It recommends using kotlin("jvm") for binary plugins, so I thought of combining it with java-gradle-plugin but the experience is very poor. There are no receivers anymore so all calls need an explicit parameter, eg:

target.extensions.configure(JavaPluginExtension::class.java) { javaExt ->
	javaExt.withSourcesJar()

	javaExt.toolchain { toolchain ->
		toolchain.languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaCompatibility))
	}
}

Also, I'm getting a ton of overloading resolution errors anytime there is Action argument.

I assume there's some simple setting that everyone is using? Or is everyone using kotlin-dsl ?

[mbonnin]

https://mbonnin.net/2025-07-10_the_case_for_kgp/

[mbonnin]

You can configure the sam-with-receiver plugin on top of KGP if you really want to (example here)

[mbonnin]

kotlin-dsl is a very bad default