A monorepo contains multiple projects, packages, or applications in a single Git repository. Benefits: shared code without publishing packages, atomic cross-project changes, consistent tooling. Drawbacks: larger repository size, more complex CI/CD, potential for tighter coupling. Tools: Turborepo, Nx, Lerna, pnpm workspaces. Toolular itself is a monorepo — 8 products in one Next.js application.
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Monorepo Explained
A monorepo stores multiple projects in one repository. Learn the tradeoffs.
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