Run recipe-driven codebase migrations and framework upgrades with reviewable diffs through OpenRewrite

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slug: "run-recipe-driven-codebase-migrations-and-framework-upgrades-with-reviewable-diffs-through-openrewrite"
description: "Apply reusable refactoring recipes to large codebases so framework upgrades and codemods happen as auditable, reviewable changes."
github_stars: 3395
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite"
author: "OpenRewrite"
publisher_type: "organization"
category: "Templates & Workflows"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
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  github_repo: "openrewrite/rewrite"
  github_stars: 3395
  npm_package: "@openrewrite/rewrite"
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# Run recipe-driven codebase migrations and framework upgrades with reviewable diffs through OpenRewrite

Apply reusable refactoring recipes to large codebases so framework upgrades and codemods happen as auditable, reviewable changes.

## Prerequisites

Java, Gradle or Maven

## Installation

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- It consists of an auto-refactoring engine that runs prepackaged, open source refactoring recipes for common framework migrations, security fixes, and stylistic consistency tasks—reducing your coding effort from hours...
- [Moderne](https://www.moderne.io/) is a commercial platform designed to run the OpenRewrite recipe catalog with incredible efficiency, supporting large codebases and multiple repositories. It’s a place where platform...
- Moderne freely runs an [open public service](https://www.moderne.io/try-moderne) for the benefit of tens of thousands of open source projects. The platform can streamline your recipe customization and creation, enabli...

- Source: https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openrewrite/rewrite/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://docs.openrewrite.org/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/run-recipe-driven-codebase-migrations-and-framework-upgrades-with-reviewable-diffs-through-openrewrite/)