Creating Extensions

Creating Extensions

Extension Module Layout

Every extension lives under extensions/<name>/ with this structure:

extensions/<name>/
  runtime/          # Runtime classes, recorders, beans (quarkus-<name>)
  runtime-api/      # (optional) Public APIs for loose coupling (quarkus-<name>-api)
  deployment/       # @BuildStep processors (quarkus-<name>-deployment)
  deployment-spi/   # (optional) Public build items for cross-extension use (quarkus-<name>-deployment-spi)
  runtime-dev/      # (optional) Dev UI/Shell components, dev mode only (quarkus-<name>-dev)
  codegen/          # (optional) Code generation utilities (quarkus-<name>-codegen)
  cli/              # (optional) CLI commands (quarkus-<name>-cli)
  codestart/        # (optional) Codestart templates (quarkus-<name>-codestart)

Only runtime and deployment are mandatory.

Dependency Rules

• Deployment depends on runtime, never the reverse
• External consumers use runtime-api or deployment-spi for loose coupling
• External consumers use runtime or deployment for tight coupling
• Both runtime/ and deployment/ POMs must include quarkus-extension-processor as an annotation processor path

Package Naming

Hyphenated names become underscored: quarkus-foo-bar -> io.quarkus.foo_bar

Artifact Naming

• Runtime: quarkus-<name>
• Deployment: quarkus-<name>-deployment
• See adr/0009-extension-structure.adoc for the full naming table

Dev UI

• Provide CardPageBuildItem and JsonRPCProvidersBuildItem in deployment processors guarded by @BuildSteps(onlyIf = IsLocalDevelopment.class)
• Dev-only classes go in runtime-dev/ modules
• See the classloading-and-runtime-dev skill for runtime-dev wiring details

After Creating an Extension

• Run ./update-extension-dependencies.sh after adding/removing/renaming — this ensures modules like devtools/bom-descriptor-json build in the correct order relative to the new extension
• Always install (not just compile) so dependent modules can find it
• If you change a runtime module, rebuild its deployment module too
• Run mvn -Dowasp-check in the extension directory to check for known security vulnerabilities in dependencies

External Maven Repositories

Quarkus uses --ignore-transitive-repositories to ensure all dependencies come from Maven Central. If your extension needs an external repository:

1. Discuss with the Quarkus Core team first — external repos are avoided
2. Add the repository to the specific extension module's pom.xml, not the root pom.xml
3. Declare Maven Central first in the <repositories> element
4. Add a .mvn/rrf/groupId-<REPOSITORY-ID>.txt file listing authorized groupIds (one per line)
5. Verify with: ./mvnw -Dquickly -Dmaven.repo.local=/tmp/temp-repo

Independent Projects

Some sub-projects in independent-projects/ have their own build lifecycle:

• arc/ — The CDI implementation
• resteasy-reactive/ — RESTEasy Reactive
• qute/ — The templating engine
• tools/ — Shared tooling utilities

These can be built standalone but are also included in the main Quarkus build.