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Turborepo Has a Free Monorepo Build System — 10x Faster Builds for JavaScript Projects

#javascript #webdev #devops #opensource

A team with 5 packages in a monorepo waited 8 minutes for CI builds. Each package rebuilt from scratch every time, even when nothing changed.

Turborepo is a free build system for JavaScript/TypeScript monorepos. Smart caching means you never rebuild the same thing twice.

What Turborepo Offers for Free

  • Smart Caching - Skip work that has already been done
  • Parallel Execution - Run tasks across packages simultaneously
  • Remote Caching - Share build cache across team and CI
  • Task Pipelines - Define build order and dependencies
  • Incremental Builds - Only rebuild what changed
  • Watch Mode - Rebuild on file changes
  • Pruned Subsets - Deploy only what you need

Quick Start 

npx create-turbo@latest
# or add to existing monorepo:
npm install turbo --save-dev
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{
  "pipeline": {
    "build": { "dependsOn": ["^build"] },
    "test": { "dependsOn": ["build"] },
    "lint": {}
  }
}
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turbo build  # builds all packages in correct order with caching
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GitHub: vercel/turborepo - 26K+ stars

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