| Project: /_project.yaml |
| Book: /_book.yaml |
| |
| # Rules |
| |
| The Bazel ecosystem has a growing and evolving set of rules to support popular |
| languages and packages. Much of Bazel's strength comes from the ability to |
| [define new rules](/rules/concepts) that can be used by others. |
| |
| This page describes the recommended, native, and non-native Bazel rules. |
| |
| ## Recommended rules {:#recommended-rules} |
| |
| Here is a selection of recommended rules: |
| |
| * [Android](/docs/bazel-and-android) |
| * [Boost](https://github.com/nelhage/rules_boost){: .external} |
| * [C / C++](/docs/bazel-and-cpp) |
| * [Docker](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_docker){: .external} |
| * [Go](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_go){: .external} |
| * [Haskell](https://github.com/tweag/rules_haskell){: .external} |
| * [Java](/docs/bazel-and-java) |
| * [JavaScript / NodeJS](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs){: .external} |
| * [Kubernetes](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_k8s){: .external} |
| * [Maven dependency management](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external){: .external} |
| * [Objective C](/docs/bazel-and-apple) |
| * [Package building and fetching rules](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg){: .external} |
| * [Protocol Buffers](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_proto#protobuf-rules-for-bazel){: .external} |
| * [Python](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python){: .external} |
| * [Scala](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_scala){: .external} |
| * [Shell](/reference/be/shell) |
| * [Webtesting](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_webtesting){: .external} (Webdriver) |
| |
| The repository [Skylib](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-skylib){: .external} contains |
| additional functions that can be useful when writing new rules and new |
| macros. |
| |
| The rules above were reviewed and follow our |
| [requirements for recommended rules](/contribute/recommended-rules){: .external}. |
| Contact the respective rule set's maintainers regarding issues and feature |
| requests. |
| |
| To find more Bazel rules, use a search engine, take a look on |
| [awesomebazel.com](https://awesomebazel.com/){: .external}, or search on |
| [GitHub](https://github.com/search?o=desc&q=bazel+rules&s=stars&type=Repositories){: .external}. |
| |
| ## Native rules that do not apply to a specific programming language |
| |
| Native rules are shipped with the Bazel binary, they are always available in |
| BUILD files without a `load` statement. |
| |
| * Extra actions |
| - [`extra_action`](/reference/be/extra-actions#extra_action) |
| - [`action_listener`](/reference/be/extra-actions#action_listener) |
| * General |
| - [`filegroup`](/reference/be/general#filegroup) |
| - [`genquery`](/reference/be/general#genquery) |
| - [`test_suite`](/reference/be/general#test_suite) |
| - [`alias`](/reference/be/general#alias) |
| - [`config_setting`](/reference/be/general#config_setting) |
| - [`genrule`](/reference/be/general#genrule) |
| * Platform |
| - [`constraint_setting`](/reference/be/platform#constraint_setting) |
| - [`constraint_value`](/reference/be/platform#constraint_value) |
| - [`platform`](/reference/be/platform#platform) |
| - [`toolchain`](/reference/be/platform#toolchain) |
| - [`toolchain_type`](/reference/be/platform#toolchain_type) |
| * Workspace |
| - [`bind`](/reference/be/workspace#bind) |
| - [`local_repository`](/reference/be/workspace#local_repository) |
| - [`new_local_repository`](/reference/be/workspace#new_local_repository) |
| - [`xcode_config`](/reference/be/objective-c#xcode_config) |
| - [`xcode_version`](/reference/be/objective-c#xcode_version) |
| |
| ## Embedded non-native rules {:#embedded-rules} |
| |
| Bazel also embeds additional rules written in [Starlark](/rules/language). Those can be loaded from |
| the `@bazel_tools` built-in external repository. |
| |
| * Repository rules |
| - [`git_repository`](/rules/lib/repo/git#git_repository) |
| - [`new_git_repository`](/rules/lib/repo/git#new_git_repository) |
| - [`http_archive`](/rules/lib/repo/http#http_archive) |
| - [`http_file`](/rules/lib/repo/http#http_archive) |
| - [`http_jar`](/rules/lib/repo/http#http_jar) |
| - [Utility functions on patching](/rules/lib/repo/utils) |
