The gradle-node-plugin is a Gradle plugin that allows integration and execution of Node.js-based tools—such as Node.js itself, Yarn, Grunt, and Gulp—within your Gradle build, even if Node.js isn’t installed locally. It streamlines frontend build tasks by managing Node toolchain dependencies directly through Gradle. Installing the node-related plugins can be done in multiple ways. The easiest is to use the plugins-closure in your build.gradle file.