Nx vs Turborepo
Nx
nx.dev
Turborepo
turborepo.devSide by side
| Figure | Nx | Turborepo |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $29/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 3 |
| Spec score · Monorepo Management Tools | 8.2 (#9) | 8.3 (#6) |
| Caching | Nx Core includes local caching, while Nx Cloud adds a remote cache shared across a team and CI. | Turborepo caches task outputs and logs locally, and can share cache artifacts across machines through Remote Caching. |
| CI integrations | Nx provides CI workflow setup for GitHub, CircleCI, GitLab, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, and Bitbucket Pipelines. | Official CI recipes cover Vercel, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, GitLab CI, Travis CI, and Buildkite. |
| Task execution | Nx builds project and task graphs, runs tasks in dependency order, and parallelizes tasks when possible. | It builds a task graph and parallelizes tasks across available cores. |
| What it does | Nx is a build system for JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos, with plugins that extend it to any language. | Turborepo is a build system for coding agents and JavaScript/TypeScript repositories that avoids repeating work. |
Plans
Turborepo
- Turborepo open-source CLIFree
- Turborepo with Vercel Remote CacheFree
- Vercel Remote CacheFree
In their own words
Nx
Nx is a build system for JavaScript and TypeScript monorepos, with plugins that can extend its work to other languages. It builds project and task graphs, follows task dependencies, and runs work in parallel where possible. Nx Core provides local caching; Nx Cloud adds a remote cache shared by teams and CI, and can distribute tasks across Nx Agents according to CPU and memory use. Plugins can infer tasks, generate or alter code, update dependencies, and provide executors. Documented integrations include Angular, React, Vue, Node.js, Java, .NET, Vite, Webpack, Rspack, Jest, Cypress, and Playwright. Nx also provides CI workflow setup for GitHub, CircleCI, GitLab, Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, and Bitbucket Pipelines. Nx Cloud describes trusted-branch cache writes, artifact traceability, and invalidation of artifacts made with revoked tokens. API communications are encrypted in transit, and task artifacts can be encrypted end to end before remote caching. Hobby is free forever, with monthly credits, contributor and CI-connection limits; Team is $29/month, with additional listed charges for usage, contributors, and connections.
Turborepo
Turborepo is a build system for JavaScript and TypeScript codebases, including monorepos and single-package workspaces. It organizes tasks into a graph and runs them in parallel across available cores. Task outputs and logs can be cached locally, while Remote Caching allows cache artifacts to be shared across machines. Vercel Remote Cache is free on all Vercel plans, including for teams that do not host applications on Vercel; teams can also self-host a remote cache using an HTTP server that implements the Remote Caching API. Remote artifacts can be signed with HMAC-SHA256 and checked when downloaded. The CLI is generally supported on Debian-based Linux, macOS, and Windows for x86_64 and ARM64. Stable package-manager support includes pnpm 8+, npm 8+, Yarn 1+ including Plug’n’Play, and Bun 1.2+. CI guides cover Vercel, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, GitLab CI, Travis CI, and Buildkite. Turborepo is free. To cache task files, outputs must be declared in configuration. Individuals can seek free help in GitHub Discussions or Vercel Community; companies can contact Vercel about paid support.