Master monorepo management with Turborepo, Nx, and pnpm workspaces to build efficient, scalable multi-package repositories with optimized builds and dependency management. Use when setting up monorepo
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Master monorepo management with Turborepo, Nx, and pnpm workspaces to build efficient, scalable multi-package repositories with optimized builds and dependency management. Use when setting up monorepos, optimizing builds, or managing shared dependencies.
Master monorepo management with Turborepo, Nx, and pnpm workspaces to build efficient, scalable multi-package repositories with optimized builds and dependency management. Use when setting up monorepos, optimizing builds, or managing shared dependencies.
Build efficient, scalable monorepos that enable code sharing, consistent tooling, and atomic changes across multiple packages and applications.
Advantages:
Challenges:
Package Managers:
Build Systems:
# Create new monorepo
npx create-turbo@latest my-monorepo
cd my-monorepo
# Structure:
# apps/
# web/ - Next.js app
# docs/ - Documentation site
# packages/
# ui/ - Shared UI components
# config/ - Shared configurations
# tsconfig/ - Shared TypeScript configs
# turbo.json - Turborepo configuration
# package.json - Root package.json
// turbo.json
{
"$schema": "https://turbo.build/schema.json",
"globalDependencies": ["**/.env.*local"],
"tasks": {
"build": {
"dependsOn": ["^build"],
"outputs": ["dist/**", ".next/**", "!.next/cache/**"]
},
"test": {
"dependsOn": ["build"],
"outputs": ["coverage/**"]
},
"lint": {
"outputs": []
},
"dev": {
"cache": false,
"persistent": true
},
"type-check": {
"dependsOn": ["^build"],
"outputs": []
}
}
}
// package.json (root)
{
"name": "my-monorepo",
"private": true,
"scripts": {
"build": "turbo run build",
"dev": "turbo run dev",
"test": "turbo run test",
"lint": "turbo run lint",
"format": "prettier --write \"**/*.{ts,tsx,md}\"",
"clean": "turbo run clean && rm -rf node_modules"
},
"devDependencies": {
"turbo": "^2.0.0",
"prettier": "^3.0.0",
"typescript": "^5.0.0"
},
"packageManager": "[email protected]"
}
pnpm reads workspace packages only from pnpm-workspace.yaml, so declare them there (see references/details.md). Turborepo 2 renamed pipeline to tasks and rejects a turbo.json that still uses pipeline; run npx @turbo/codemod migrate to upgrade a 1.x config.
// packages/ui/package.json
{
"name": "@repo/ui",
"version": "0.0.0",
"private": true,
"main": "./dist/index.js",
"types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
"exports": {
".": {
"import": "./dist/index.js",
"types": "./dist/index.d.ts"
},
"./button": {
"import": "./dist/button.js",
"types": "./dist/button.d.ts"
}
},
"scripts": {
"build": "tsup src/index.ts --format esm,cjs --dts",
"dev": "tsup src/index.ts --format esm,cjs --dts --watch",
"lint": "eslint src/",
"type-check": "tsc --noEmit"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@repo/tsconfig": "workspace:*",
"tsup": "^7.0.0",
"typescript": "^5.0.0"
},
"dependencies": {
"react": "^18.2.0"
}
}
Detailed pattern documentation lives in references/details.md. Read that file when the navigation tier above is insufficient.
# Using Changesets
pnpm add -Dw @changesets/cli
pnpm changeset init
# Create changeset
pnpm changeset
# Version packages
pnpm changeset version
# Publish
pnpm changeset publish
# .github/workflows/release.yml
- name: Create Release Pull Request or Publish
uses: changesets/action@v1
with:
publish: pnpm release
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}