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Nx Has a Free Monorepo Build System with Project Graph Visualization

Nx Has a Free Monorepo Build System with Project Graph Visualization

via Dev.to WebdevAlex Spinov

Nx understands your codebase structure. It knows which projects depend on which, caches builds, and only runs what's affected by your changes. Beyond Turborepo Turborepo caches task outputs. Nx does that AND: Visualizes your project dependency graph Generates code with project-specific generators Enforces module boundaries (prevent bad imports) Distributes tasks across CI machines What You Get for Free Computation caching — same inputs → cached output Affected commands — nx affected:test only tests projects affected by your changes Project graph — nx graph opens a visual map of your entire codebase Code generation — nx generate scaffolds projects, components, libraries Module boundaries — lint rules that prevent unauthorized cross-project imports Nx Cloud — distributed caching and task distribution (free tier: 500 hours/month) Quick Start npx create-nx-workspace@latest my-org Or add to existing project: npx nx@latest init The Project Graph nx graph Opens a browser with an interactive v

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