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

#turborepo #monorepo #javascript #devops

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
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turbo.json 

{
  "tasks": {
    "build": {
      "dependsOn": ["^build"],
      "outputs": ["dist/**", ".next/**"]
    },
    "test": {
      "dependsOn": ["build"]
    },
    "lint": {}
  }
}
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turbo build    # Builds all packages in dependency order
turbo test     # Runs tests (skips if cached)
turbo lint     # Parallel lint across all packages
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Remote Caching 

npx turbo login
npx turbo link
turbo build  # Cache shared with entire team
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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
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Feature Turborepo Nx Lerna
Speed Very fast Fast Slow
Caching Remote Remote No
Config Minimal Complex Simple
Learning Easy Steep Easy

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