turborepo

Turborepo

TypeScriptMonorepoOpen Source

High-performance build system for JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos. Incremental builds, remote caching, and parallel task execution out of the box.

License

MIT

Language

TypeScript

57
Trust
Fair

Why Turborepo?

You're managing a monorepo with multiple packages/apps

You want drastically faster CI/CD with remote caching

You need consistent tooling across a large codebase

Signal Breakdown

What drives the Trust Score

npm downloads
4M / wk
Commits (90d)
200 commits
GitHub stars
26k ★
Stack Overflow
1.2k q's
Community
High
Weighted Trust Score57 / 100

Download Trend

Last 12 months

Tradeoffs & Caveats

Know before you commit

Overkill for single-app projects

Learning curve for task graph configuration

Pricing

Free tier & paid plans

Free tier

Fully free and open source

Paid

Vercel Remote Cache — included with Vercel plans

Remote caching requires a Vercel account (free tier available)

Often Used Together

Complementary tools that pair well with Turborepo

nextjs

Next.js

Frontend & UI

98Excellent
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vercel

Vercel

Hosting & Deploy

89Strong
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github-actions

GitHub Actions

DevOps & Infra

50Limited
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Learning Resources

Docs, videos, tutorials, and courses

Get Started

Repository and installation options

View on GitHub

github.com/vercel/turbo

npmnpm install turbo --save-dev

Quick Start

Copy and adapt to get going fast

# Create a new monorepo
npx create-turbo@latest

# Or add to existing repo
npm install turbo --save-dev

# Run all build tasks in parallel with caching
npx turbo build

# turbo.json
{
  "pipeline": {
    "build": { "dependsOn": ["^build"], "outputs": [".next/**"] },
    "test":  { "dependsOn": ["build"] },
    "dev":   { "cache": false, "persistent": true }
  }
}

Community Notes

Real experiences from developers who've used this tool