@aklinker1/buildc

buildc

Zero config CLI tool for caching and orchestrating builds in monorepos.

pnpm i -D buildc

Then prefix any package-specific build commands you want to cache with buildc -- :

-"build": "unbuild --minify",
+"build": "buildc -- unbuild --minify",

build also supports only building the package's dependencies, not the package itself. Add buildc --deps-only -- before any scripts that needs the dependencies built before running, like tests:

-"build": "vitest",
+"build": "buildc --deps-only -- vitest",

Supports:

• PNPM workspaces
• Bun workspaces

Note that this is a personal tool, and I only plan on supporting the tools I use. If you want to add support for NPM or Yarn, feel free to open a PR!

Why Not NX/Turborepo

It's hard to just use the caching feature of NX/Turborepo without completely migrating to the tools, and using them instead of pnpm/bun, which more developers are familiar with. I found that since build-caching was really the only feature I used from those packages, it wasn't worth migrating to.

Instead, this tools is a simpler version that doesn't add another CLI people have to memorize to use. Well, technically it does, but at the same time, it doesn't get in your way, and I bet people wouldn't even realize it was being called most the time. Which is the goal.

Config

Each package.json can have a buildc field where you can configure options. Listed below are the defaults:

{
  // ...,
  "buildc": {
    // Set to false to disable the cache-checking behavior for this package
    "cachable": true,
    // The directory where your build is output to
    "outDir": "dist",
    // List of glob patterns to include when checking if the package needs rebuilt
    "include": ["src/**/*"],
    // List of glob patterns to ignore when checking if the package needs rebuilt
    "exclude": ["**/__tests__/**", "**/*.test.*", "**/e2e/**"],
  },
}