
Turborepo Has a Free API: Blazing Fast Monorepo Build System
Why Turborepo Turborepo by Vercel makes monorepo builds fast. It caches task outputs, runs tasks in parallel, and only rebuilds what changed. Used by Vercel, Netflix, and Shopify. Setup npx create-turbo@latest my-monorepo cd my-monorepo turbo.json { "tasks" : { "build" : { "dependsOn" : [ "^build" ], "outputs" : [ "dist/**" , ".next/**" ] }, "test" : { "dependsOn" : [ "build" ] }, "lint" : {}, "dev" : { "cache" : false , "persistent" : true } } } Run Tasks # Build all packages turbo build # Test only changed packages turbo test --filter = ...[HEAD~1] # Run specific package turbo build --filter = @myorg/web # Dev mode turbo dev Remote Caching # Login to Vercel (free tier) npx turbo login npx turbo link # Now builds are cached remotely turbo build # Cache miss: 45s turbo build # Cache hit: 0.5s (even on CI!) Monorepo Structure my-monorepo/ apps/ web/ # Next.js app api/ # Express API mobile/ # React Native packages/ ui/ # Shared components config/ # Shared configs utils/ # Shared utilitie
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