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Turborepo Has a Free Monorepo Build System — 10x Faster Builds with Remote Caching

Turborepo Has a Free Monorepo Build System — 10x Faster Builds with Remote Caching

via Dev.to JavaScriptAlex Spinov

Why Turborepo? Turborepo makes monorepo builds fast with intelligent caching. If a package hasn't changed, it skips the build entirely. Remote caching shares build artifacts across your team. npx create-turbo@latest turbo.json { "tasks" : { "build" : { "dependsOn" : [ "^build" ], "outputs" : [ "dist/**" , ".next/**" ] }, "test" : { "dependsOn" : [ "build" ] }, "lint" : {} } } turbo build # Builds all packages in dependency order turbo test # Runs tests (skips if cached) turbo lint # Parallel lint across all packages Remote Caching npx turbo login npx turbo link turbo build # Cache shared with entire team Teammate runs same build? Instant — downloads cached artifacts instead of rebuilding. Monorepo Structure apps/ web/ # Next.js app mobile/ # React Native api/ # Express server packages/ ui/ # Shared components config/ # Shared config types/ # Shared TypeScript types Feature Turborepo Nx Lerna Speed Very fast Fast Slow Caching Remote Remote No Config Minimal Complex Simple Learning Easy

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