Monorepo in 2026: Turborepo vs Nx vs pnpm Workspaces

Managing multiple related packages is painful. Monorepos solve it by putting everything in one repo with shared tooling. Why Monorepos? Atomic commits across multiple packages Shared code without npm publishing dance Consistent tooling (ESLint, TypeScript, tests) everywhere Easy refactoring across package boundaries pnpm Workspaces (The Foundation) Most monorepo tools build on workspace protocols. pnpm's is the best: # pnpm-workspace.yaml packages : - ' apps/*' - ' packages/*' // packages/ui/package.json { "name" : "@myapp/ui" , "version" : "1.0.0" } // apps/web/package.json { "dependencies" : { "@myapp/ui" : "workspace:*" // Always uses local version } } pnpm install # Install all packages pnpm -r build # Build all packages pnpm -F @myapp/ui dev # Run dev in specific package Turborepo: Speed First Turborepo's killer feature is remote caching — build once, share across your team: // turbo.json { "pipeline" : { "build" : { "dependsOn" : [ "^build" ], // Build deps first "outputs" : [ ".