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Turborepo

Turborepo ToolingMonorepos that scale without slowing down

Turborepo makes monorepos fast through intelligent caching — tasks only re-run when their inputs change. We set up Turborepo workspaces for teams sharing code between web, mobile, and backend packages.

Turborepo is a high-performance build system for JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos. It makes monorepos fast through intelligent task caching — tasks only re-run when their inputs change, and remote caching shares build results across your entire team and CI. Turborepo works with npm, yarn, and pnpm workspaces. It orchestrates task dependencies (build before test, test before deploy), runs independent tasks in parallel, and provides a dashboard for monitoring cache hit rates and build times across your development workflow.

Quick start

bash
# Create a new Turborepo
npx create-turbo@latest

# Or add to an existing monorepo
npm install turbo --save-dev

# Run all builds with caching
npx turbo build

# Enable remote caching
npx turbo login
npx turbo link

Read the full documentation at turbo.build/repo/docs

Remote caching

Share build and test caches across your team — CI runs complete in seconds, not minutes.

Task pipelines

Declare task dependencies once — Turborepo runs them in the right order, in parallel where possible.

Shared packages

UI component libraries, utility packages, and config shared across apps without publishing to npm.

Incremental builds

Only rebuild packages that changed — consistent with git history for precise cache invalidation.

Workspace management

Works with npm, yarn, and pnpm workspaces — we migrate your existing monorepo or set one up from scratch.

Turbo Cloud dashboard

Visualise task runs, cache hit rates, and build times across your CI and local development.

Why it's hard

Monorepo architecture decisions

Deciding what belongs in shared packages vs app-specific code requires upfront planning. Over-sharing creates coupling; under-sharing duplicates code. Start with clear package boundaries.

CI cache configuration

Remote caching with Vercel or self-hosted requires proper authentication and cache key strategy. Misconfigured caching can serve stale results or miss cache hits.

Dependency management across packages

Keeping dependency versions consistent across workspace packages requires tooling like syncpack or manual review. Version mismatches cause hard-to-debug runtime errors.

Best practices

Enable remote caching from the start

Turbo Cloud or self-hosted remote caching ensures CI builds reuse work from local development and previous runs — dramatic CI speedups.

Define clear task pipelines

Declare task dependencies in turbo.json (build depends on ^build, test depends on build) so Turborepo runs them in the correct order with maximum parallelism.

Use shared packages for common code

Extract UI components, utility functions, and configurations into shared workspace packages — consumed by multiple apps without publishing to npm.

Frequently asked questions



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