Package Installation

A package manager (like npm) handles two things for you: managing workspaces and installing packages.

Turborepo is compatible with four package managers:

• npm (opens in a new tab)
• pnpm (opens in a new tab)
• Yarn 1 (opens in a new tab)
• Yarn >=2 (docs coming soon)

You should use whichever you feel most comfortable with - but if you're a monorepo beginner, we recommend npm.

If you're comfortable with monorepos, we recommend pnpm. It's faster and offers some useful CLI options like --filter.

Installing packages

When you first clone or create your monorepo, you'll need to:

1. Make sure you're in the root directory of your monorepo
2. Run the install command:

npm install

You'll now see node_modules folders appear in the root of your repository, and in each workspace.

Adding/removing/upgrading packages

You can add, remove and upgrade packages from within your monorepo using your package manager's built-in commands:

npm install <package> --workspace=<workspace>

npm install react --workspace=web

npm uninstall <package> --workspace=<workspace>

npm uninstall react --workspace=web

npm update <package> --workspace=<workspace>

npm update react --workspace=web