Turborepo
High-performance build system for monorepos with task parallelization.
Build tools and bundlers npm MIT
Used in agent projects
399
3.1% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in build tools and bundlers
#3 of 81
by use in those projects
Downloads
29.5M
npm, last 7 days, turbo
GitHub stars
31.2K
last push Oct 10, 2026
How Turborepo is used
Turborepo is a dependency in 399 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (3.1%), #3 of 81 in build tools and bundlers. The most used alternative there is Vite. Projects that use it most often also use Husky (32.3%), Biome (29.8%), Prettier (44.1%). It is more common in projects set up for OpenAI Codex (15.4%) than for GitHub Copilot (4.4%).
Often used with Turborepo
| Husky | 32.3% of Turborepo projects · 5.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| Biome | 29.8% of Turborepo projects · 8.5× more than average |
| Prettier | 44.1% of Turborepo projects · 2.5× more than average |
| TypeScript | 77.9% of Turborepo projects |
| lint-staged | 23.3% of Turborepo projects · 5.0× more than average |
| Changesets | 14.3% of Turborepo projects · 12.4× more than average |
| Vitest | 24.3% of Turborepo projects · 2.0× more than average |
| Lefthook | 10.8% of Turborepo projects · 10.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 7.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 8.1% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 4.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 15.4% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 10.5% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 13.4% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 11.0% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 4.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Turborepo as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install turbo |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (365), Next.js (13), Python (9), Rust (8) |
| Example projects | thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, cosscom/coss, founded-labs/react-native-reusables, primer/react, crbnos/carbon |
Alternatives to Turborepo
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vite npm Fast native-ESM powered web development build tool and dev server. |
2,897 (22.8%) | 194M | 83.3K | MIT |
| Babel (JavaScript) npm JavaScript compiler for transforming modern JavaScript to compatible code. |
484 (3.8%) | 187M | 44.1K | MIT |
| esbuild npm Extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier written in Go. |
342 (2.7%) | 3M | 40.1K | MIT |
| webpack npm Module bundler that packages JavaScript, assets and dependencies for browser deployment. |
255 (2.0%) | 54.9M | 66.1K | MIT |
| react-scripts npm Build configuration and scripts for Create React App zero-configuration setup. |
231 (1.8%) | 2.4M | 103K | MIT |
| React Compiler Babel Plugin npm Babel plugin for React Compiler that optimizes React component rendering. |
202 (1.6%) | 17.8M | 251K | MIT |
| webpack CLI npm Command-line interface for webpack bundler and related build tools. |
201 (1.6%) | 10.4M | 2,617 | MIT |
| vite-tsconfig-paths npm Vite plugin that resolves TypeScript path aliases from tsconfig.json automatically. |
184 (1.4%) | 26.7M | 1,631 | MIT |