# googleapis/google-cloud-java

Google Cloud Client Library for Java

Repository: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/google-cloud-java
Homepage: https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: java, cloud-bigquery, cloud-storage, cloud-datastore, google-cloud, artisanal, gcp
Last push: 2026-08-26T20:53:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 99, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4320, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 9, "gap_med": 12, "n_releases_24m": 58}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2090, forks 1167 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:12.316352+00:00)

## What it is
The official Google Cloud Client Library for Java, providing idiomatic Java clients for Google Cloud Platform services such as BigQuery, Cloud Storage, and Datastore. It is a monorepo of Maven-published client libraries that reduce boilerplate when calling Google Cloud APIs.

## Use cases
- access Google Cloud services from a Java application
- query BigQuery from Java
- upload and download files to Cloud Storage in Java
- use Firestore or Datastore from a JVM app
- manage GCP resources programmatically with Java
- authenticate and call Google Cloud APIs without writing raw HTTP

## When to choose
- you are building a Java or JVM application on Google Cloud Platform
- you want official, maintained, idiomatic clients for GCP APIs
- you need Maven Central packages with stable release levels

## When to avoid
- you are targeting AWS or Azure instead of GCP
- you need a non-JVM language
- you want a lightweight REST client with minimal dependencies

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: sdk, http-client, database-driver, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, apis, developer-tools, backend
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: google-cloud, gcp, client-libraries, bigquery, cloud-storage, maven

## Member repositories
- googleapis/google-cloud-java (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:12.316352+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:55:36.327813+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:12.316352+00:00, sha 770c509ba1db)
  - homepage: https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference (fetched 2026-08-29T10:35:20.774083+00:00, sha ff6947d1c0f9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.