missing Utility commands

[ernter4]

Hey ,
I downloaded gumtree with gradlew build.
According to the wiki following command should work .
gumtree list ELEMENTS
Apparently all Utility commands are missing.
Am i missing something?

gumtree/dist/build/install/gumtree/bin$ ./gumtree list ELEMENTS

Unknown sub-command 'list'.
Available Options:
-C <2> Set system property (-c property value).
-v Verbose mode
--help Display help (this screen).

Available Commands:

• webdiff: Web diff client
• cluster: Extract action clusters
• dotdiff: A dot diff client
• htmldiff: Dump diff as HTML in stdout
• swingdiff: A swing diff client
• textdiff: Dump actions in a textual format.
• axmldiff: Dump annotated xml tree

[jrfaller]

Hi and thanks for the feedback! Just a note, ELEMENTS must be replaced by the actual thing you want a list of (GENERATORS, CLIENTS or MATCHERS). However, using the same procedure I obtain :

./gumtree list MATCHERS
gumtree-simple
gumtree-classic
gumtree-simple-auto
gumtree-simple-auto-st
gumtree-simple-id
gumtree-simple-stable
change-distiller
change-distiller-theta
gumtree-classic-theta
gumtree-hybrid
gumtree-hybrid-id
gumtree-simple-id-theta
longestCommonSequence
rted-theta
theta
xy

Can you describe the exact steps you followed to install gumtree I will run it in a container.

Cheers!

[ernter4]

Hi and thanks for the reply.
I cloned the repo executed gradlew, , went to the dist folder and executed the command.
Environment:
Debian 13 in WSL
Default JDK :
java --version
openjdk 21.0.10 2026-01-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.10+7-Debian-1deb13u1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.10+7-Debian-1deb13u1, mixed mode, sharing)
I would prefer this over 17 because i cant install 17 that easily

paul@LAPTOP-CJ9C860U:~$ sudo apt install openjdk-17-jdk
Error: Unable to locate package openjdk-17-jdk 

Output:

paul@LAPTOP-CJ9C860U:~/test$ git clone https://github.com/GumTreeDiff/gumtree.git
cd gumtree
./gradlew build
Cloning into 'gumtree'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 21833, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (1533/1533), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (271/271), done.
remote: Total 21833 (delta 1352), reused 1262 (delta 1262), pack-reused 20300 (from 5)
Receiving objects: 100% (21833/21833), 22.62 MiB | 34.41 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (6785/6785), done.

> Task :gen.jdt:compileJava
/home/paul/test/gumtree/gen.jdt/src/main/java/com/github/gumtreediff/gen/jdt/cd/CdJdtVisitor.java:553: warning: [deprecation] getExpression() in SwitchCase has been deprecated
        pushNode(node, node.getExpression() != null ? node.getExpression().toString() : "default");
                           ^
/home/paul/test/gumtree/gen.jdt/src/main/java/com/github/gumtreediff/gen/jdt/cd/CdJdtVisitor.java:553: warning: [deprecation] getExpression() in SwitchCase has been deprecated
        pushNode(node, node.getExpression() != null ? node.getExpression().toString() : "default");
                                                          ^
/home/paul/test/gumtree/gen.jdt/src/main/java/com/github/gumtreediff/gen/jdt/JdtVisitor.java:426: warning: [deprecation] TokenNameIdentifier in ITerminalSymbols has been deprecated
                if (token == ITerminalSymbols.TokenNameIdentifier) {
                                             ^
Note: /home/paul/test/gumtree/gen.jdt/src/main/java/com/github/gumtreediff/gen/jdt/AbstractJdtVisitor.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
3 warnings

> Task :benchmark:compileJava
Note: /home/paul/test/gumtree/benchmark/src/main/java/com/github/gumtree/benchmark/RunOnDataset.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.

> Task :client.diff:compileJava
Note: /home/paul/test/gumtree/client.diff/src/main/java/com/github/gumtreediff/client/diff/swingdiff/DirectoryPanel.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.

> Task :core:test

TestActionGenerator > testAlignChildren() PASSED

TestActionGenerator > testWithUnmappedRoot() PASSED

TestActionGenerator > testWithActionExample() PASSED

TestActionGenerator > testWithZsCustomExample() PASSED

TestActionGenerator > testWithActionExampleNoMove() PASSED

TestActionIoUtils > testActionsIoUtilsMove() PASSED

TestActionIoUtils > testActionsIoUtilsInsert() PASSED

TestActionIoUtils > testActionsIoUtilsUpdate() PASSED

TestAlgorithms > testLcs() PASSED

TestAlgorithms > testLcss() PASSED

TestAlgorithms > testHungarianAlgorithm() PASSED

TestAutoMatcher > testAutoMatcher() PASSED

TestCdMatcher > testLeafMatcher() PASSED

TestClassicGumtreeStability > testStability() PASSED

TestDefaultPriorityTreeQueue > testPopOpenWithHeight() PASSED

TestDefaultPriorityTreeQueue > testPopOpenWithSize() PASSED

TestDefaultPriorityTreeQueue > testPopOpenWithSizeAndMinPriority() PASSED

TestDefaultPriorityTreeQueue > testSynchronize() PASSED

TestDiff > testComputeWithReaders() PASSED

TestDirectoryComparator > testDirectoryComparatorOnTwoFolders() PASSED

TestDirectoryComparator > testPairFilesInvalidArguments() PASSED

TestDirectoryComparator > testPairAndUnpairFiles() PASSED

TestDirectoryComparator > testDirectoryComparatorOnFileAndFolder() PASSED

TestDirectoryComparator > testDirectoryComparatorOnNonExistentFiles() PASSED

TestDirectoryComparator > testDirectoryComparatorOnTwoFiles() PASSED

TestGumtreeMatcher > testMappingComparatorPosInParent() PASSED

TestGumtreeMatcher > testMinHeightThreshold() PASSED

TestGumtreeMatcher > testSimAndSizeThreshold() PASSED

TestGumtreeMatcher > testMappingComparatorPosInTree() PASSED

TestGumtreeProperties > testGreedyBottomUpMatcher() PASSED

TestGumtreeProperties > testAbstractSubtreeMatcher() PASSED

TestGumtreeProperties > testCompositeMatcher() PASSED

TestGumtreeProperties > testBottomUpMatcher() PASSED

TestGumtreeProperties > testChangeDistillerBottomUpMatcher() PASSED

TestGumtreeProperties > testChangeDistillerLeavesMatcher() PASSED

TestIdMatcher > testIdMatcher() PASSED

TestMappingComparators > testTwinMappings() PASSED

TestMappingStore > testMultiMappingStore() PASSED

TestMappingStore > testMappingStore() PASSED

TestMetadata > testExportInvalid1() PASSED

TestMetadata > testExportInvalid2() PASSED

TestMetadata > testPutNode() PASSED

TestMetadata > testExportCustom() PASSED

TestMetadata > testGlobalIterator() PASSED

TestMetadata > testLocalIterator() PASSED

TestOptimizedMatchers > testRtedThetaMatcher() PASSED

TestOptimizedMatchers > testChangeDistillerThetaParMatcher() PASSED

TestOptimizedMatchers > testClassicGumtreeThetaMatcher() PASSED

TestPair > testToString() PASSED

TestPair > testEquals() PASSED

TestRegistries > testTreeGenerators() PASSED

TestRegistries > testMatchers() PASSED

TestRtedMatcher > testRtedMatcher() PASSED

TestSequenceAlgorithms > testITreeLcssIsomorphism() PASSED

TestSequenceAlgorithms > testLcs() PASSED

TestSequenceAlgorithms > testITreeLcss() PASSED

TestSequenceAlgorithms > testStringLcss() PASSED

TestSimilarityMetrics > testOverlapSimilarity() PASSED

TestSimilarityMetrics > testChawatheSimilarity() PASSED

TestSimilarityMetrics > testJaccardSimilarity() PASSED

TestSimilarityMetrics > testDiceSimilarity() PASSED

TestTree > testGetDescendants() PASSED

TestTree > testImmutable() PASSED

TestTree > testChildUrl() PASSED

TestTree > testToString() PASSED

TestTree > testTypeThreading() PASSED

TestTree > testInsertChild() PASSED

TestTree > testGetParents() PASSED

TestTree > testIsomophism() PASSED

TestTree > testTypesAndLabels() PASSED

TestTree > testIsostructure() PASSED

TestTree > testTreesBetweenPositions() PASSED

TestTree > testDeepCopy() PASSED

TestTree > testSearchSubtree() PASSED

TestTree > testIsRoot() PASSED

TestTree > testFakeTree() PASSED

TestTree > testIsClone() PASSED

TestTree > testChildManipulation() PASSED

TestTreeClassifier > testOnlyRootsClassifier() PASSED

TestTreeClassifier > testAllNodesClassifier() PASSED

TestTreeIoUtils > testSerializeTree() PASSED

TestTreeIoUtils > testLineReader() PASSED

TestTreeIoUtils > testPrintTextTree() PASSED

TestTreeIoUtils > testDotFormatter() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testPostOrder() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testPreOrderList() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testBfs() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testDepth() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testBfs2() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testBfs3() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testHash() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testSize() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testBfsList() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testPostOrderNumbering() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testLeafIterator() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testPostOrder2() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testPostOrder3() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testHashValue() PASSED

TestTreeUtils > testHeight() PASSED

TestZsMatcher > testWithCustomExample() PASSED

TestZsMatcher > testWithSlideExample() PASSED

> Task :gen.css:test

TestCssTreeGenerator > badSyntax() PASSED

TestCssTreeGenerator > testSimple() PASSED

> Task :gen.javaparser:test

TestJavaParserGenerator > testBadSyntax() PASSED

TestJavaParserGenerator > testRange() PASSED

TestJavaParserGenerator > testSimpleSyntax(String, int, String) > [1] CompilationUnit, 12, package foo.bar; public class Foo { public int foo; } PASSED

TestJavaParserGenerator > testSimpleSyntax(String, int, String) > [2] CompilationUnit, 37, public class Foo<A> { public List<A> foo; public void foo() { for (A f : foo) { System.out.println(f); } } } PASSED

TestJavaParserGenerator > testSimpleSyntax(String, int, String) > [3] CompilationUnit, 23, public class Foo {
        public void foo() {
                new ArrayList<Object>().stream().forEach(a -> {});
        }
} PASSED

> Task :gen.jdt:test

TestJdtGenerator > testTagElement() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testPrefixExpression() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testArrayCreation() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testIds() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testComments2() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testClassReservedKeywords() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testMethodInvocation() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testJava8Syntax() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testSimpleSyntax() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testVarargs() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testComments() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testAssignment() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testGenericFunctionWithTypeParameter() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testTypeDefinition() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testClassReservedKeywords2() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testClassReservedKeywords3() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testJava5Syntax() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testPostfixExpression() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testEnumReservedKeywords() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > badSyntax() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testRecordReservedKeywords() PASSED

TestJdtGenerator > testInfixOperator() PASSED

TestJdtMatching > testCase_1_20391Classic() SKIPPED

TestJdtMatching > testSpurious1WithClassicDefault() SKIPPED

TestJdtMatching > testSpurious1WithSimple() SKIPPED

TestJdtMatching > testCase_1_0007_Classic() SKIPPED

TestJdtMatching > testSpurious1WithClassic1_Default_0007d191fec7fe2d6a0c4e87594cb286a553f92c() SKIPPED

TestJdtMatching > testCase_1_0a66_Simple() SKIPPED

TestJdtMatching > testNotSpurious1() SKIPPED

TestJdtMatching > testSpurious1WithClassicConfiguredGreedySubtreeMatcher() SKIPPED

TestJdtMatching > testSpurious1WithClassicConfiguredGreedyBottomUpMatcher() SKIPPED

TestJdtMatching > testCase_1_0007_Simple() SKIPPED

TestJdtMatching > testSpurious1WithClassic_Configured_1_0007d191fec7fe2d6a0c4e87594cb286a553f92c() SKIPPED

TestJdtMatching > testSpurious1WithClassic_Configured4Passing_1_0007d191fec7fe2d6a0c4e87594cb286a553f92c() SKIPPED

TestJdtMatching > testSpurious1WithSimple_0007d191fec7fe2d6a0c4e87594cb286a553f92c() SKIPPED

> Task :gen.js:test

TestJsGenerator > testStatement() PASSED

TestJsGenerator > testComment() PASSED

TestJsGenerator > testLambda() PASSED

TestJsGenerator > badSyntax() PASSED

> Task :gen.json:test

TestJsonTreeGenerator > testSyntaxError1() PASSED

TestJsonTreeGenerator > testSyntaxError2() PASSED

TestJsonTreeGenerator > testSyntaxError3() PASSED

TestJsonTreeGenerator > testJsonArray() PASSED

TestJsonTreeGenerator > testJsonObject() PASSED

> Task :gen.treesitter-ng:test

AbstractTreeSitterNgGeneratorTest > testMatchNodeOrAncestorTypes() PASSED

CMakeTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

CTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

CppTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

GoTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

HaskellTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

JavaScriptTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

JavaTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testUnicodeInComment() PASSED

JavaTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testUnicodeInString() PASSED

JavaTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testCommentLine() PASSED

JavaTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testAffectationOperatorChange() PASSED

JavaTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

KotlinTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testUnicodeInString() PASSED

KotlinTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testAffectationOperatorChange() PASSED

KotlinTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

OcamlTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

PhpTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testComparisonOperators(String) > [1] < PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testComparisonOperators(String) > [2] <= PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testComparisonOperators(String) > [3] > PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testComparisonOperators(String) > [4] >= PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testComparisonOperators(String) > [5] == PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testComparisonOperators(String) > [6] != PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testBooleanOperators(String) > [1] and PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testBooleanOperators(String) > [2] or PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testAssignmentOperators(String) > [1] = PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testAssignmentOperators(String) > [2] += PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testAssignmentOperators(String) > [3] -= PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testAssignmentOperators(String) > [4] *= PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testAssignmentOperators(String) > [5] /= PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testAssignmentOperators(String) > [6] //= PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testAssignmentOperators(String) > [7] %= PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testAssignmentOperators(String) > [8] **= PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testString() PASSED

PythonTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

RTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

RubyTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

RustTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

SwiftTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

TsxTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

TypeScriptTreeSitterNgTreeGeneratorTest > testHelloWorld() PASSED

> Task :gen.xml:test

TestXmlTreeGenerator > testSimpleSyntax() PASSED

TestXmlTreeGenerator > testXmlDeclaration() PASSED

> Task :gen.yaml:test

TestYamlGenerator > testSyntaxError() PASSED

TestYamlGenerator > testSimpleSyntax() PASSED

[Incubating] Problems report is available at: file:///home/paul/test/gumtree/build/reports/problems/problems-report.html

BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 1m 12s
139 actionable tasks: 139 executed
Consider enabling configuration cache to speed up this build: https://docs.gradle.org/9.4.1/userguide/configuration_cache_enabling.html
paul@LAPTOP-CJ9C860U:~/test/gumtree$ cd d
dist/   doc/    docker/ 
paul@LAPTOP-CJ9C860U:~/test/gumtree$ cd d
dist/   doc/    docker/ 
paul@LAPTOP-CJ9C860U:~/test/gumtree$ cd dist/build/install/gumtree/bin/
paul@LAPTOP-CJ9C860U:~/test/gumtree/dist/build/install/gumtree/bin$ ./gumtree list MATCHERS
Unknown sub-command 'list'.
Available Options:
-C <2>  Set system property (-c property value). 
-v      Verbose mode
--help  Display help (this screen).

Available Commands:
* webdiff: Web diff client
* cluster: Extract action clusters
* dotdiff: A dot diff client
* htmldiff: Dump diff as HTML in stdout
* swingdiff: A swing diff client
* textdiff: Dump actions in a textual format.
* axmldiff: Dump annotated xml tree
paul@LAPTOP-CJ9C860U:~/test/gumtree/dist/build/install/gumtree/bin$ java --version
openjdk 21.0.10 2026-01-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 21.0.10+7-Debian-1deb13u1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0.10+7-Debian-1deb13u1, mixed mode, sharing)


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