turbo

name	turbo
description	Turborepo CLI - run tasks across monorepo packages, prune dependencies, generate packages. Use when user mentions 'turbo', 'turborepo', 'monorepo build', or wants to manage a Turborepo monorepo.
category	devtools
install_command	npm i -g turbo

turbo

Setup

npm i -g turbo

Verify installation:

turbo --version

Requires a turbo.json configuration file in the project root.

Authentication

turbo login

Link to a Vercel team for remote caching:

turbo link

Resources

Running Tasks

Command	Description
turbo run build	Run build task across all packages
turbo run test	Run test task across all packages
turbo run lint	Run lint task across all packages
turbo run build test lint	Run multiple tasks
turbo run build --filter=<package>	Run task for a specific package
turbo run build --filter=<package>...	Run task for a package and its dependencies
turbo run build --filter=...<package>	Run task for a package and its dependents
turbo run build --filter='[HEAD~1]'	Run task only for changed packages
turbo run build --dry-run	Preview which tasks would run
turbo run build --graph	Generate a task dependency graph
turbo run build --force	Force execution, ignoring cache
turbo run build --concurrency=4	Limit parallel task execution
turbo run build --continue	Continue running even if a task fails

Pruning

Command	Description
turbo prune <package>	Generate a sparse monorepo for a specific package
turbo prune <package> --docker	Generate pruned output optimized for Docker

Code Generation

Command	Description
turbo gen	Run a generator
turbo gen workspace	Generate a new workspace package
turbo gen workspace --name <name>	Generate a named workspace package

Daemon

Command	Description
turbo daemon status	Show daemon status
turbo daemon start	Start the turbo daemon
turbo daemon stop	Stop the turbo daemon

Remote Caching

Command	Description
turbo login	Login to remote cache provider
turbo link	Link project to remote cache
turbo unlink	Unlink project from remote cache

Global Flags

Flag	Description
--filter=<pattern>	Filter packages to run tasks on
--force	Ignore cache and force execution
--dry-run	Preview tasks without executing
--concurrency=<n>	Set max parallel tasks
--graph	Generate a dependency graph
--output-logs=<mode>	Control log output (full, hash-only, new-only, none)
--env-mode=<mode>	Control environment variable handling (strict, loose)