bazel-contrib/bazel-gazelle

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1414 stars · 444 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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Gazelle is a Bazel build file generator that creates and updates BUILD.bazel files for projects, with native support for Go and protobuf. It can be run as a Bazel rule or a standalone command-line tool and extended to support additional languages and custom rule sets.

Use cases

• generate Bazel BUILD files for a Go project
• update existing BUILD.bazel files with new sources and dependencies
• generate build files for protobuf libraries
• write a Gazelle extension for a custom language or rule set
• generate build files for external Go repositories

When to choose

• you use Bazel and want BUILD files maintained automatically from source conventions
• your project is Go or protobuf based and you want native support
• you need a pluggable build file generator for a custom Bazel rule set

When to avoid

• your project does not use Bazel
• you need a fully stable, frozen tool - Gazelle's interface and generated rules may change

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

build-tool cli developer-tools plugin-system developer-tools cli go cross-platform bazel build-files code-generation go protobuf build automation

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