Nx is a next generation build system with first class monorepo support and powerful integrations.
Using npx
npx create-nx-workspace
Using npm init
npm init nx-workspace
Using yarn create
yarn create nx-workspace
The create-nx-workspace command will ask you to select a preset, which will configure some plugins and create your applications to help you get started.
? What to create in the new workspace (Use arrow keys)
❯ apps [an empty workspace with no plugins with a layout that works best for building apps]
core [an empty workspace with no plugins set up to publish npm packages (similar to yarn workspaces)]
ts [an empty workspace with the JS/TS plugin preinstalled]
react [a workspace with a single React application]
angular [a workspace with a single Angular application]
next.js [a workspace with a single Next.js application]
nest [a workspace with a single Nest application]
express [a workspace with a single Express application]
web components [a workspace with a single app built using web components]
react-native [a workspace with a single React Native application]
react-express [a workspace with a full stack application (React + Express)]
Select the preset that works best for you
Run:
npx add-nx-to-monorepo@latest
A few links to help you get started:
Lerna is a tool for managing JavaScript projects with multiple packages, optimizing the workflow around managing multi-package repositories with git and npm. Compared to Nx, Lerna focuses more on the versioning and publishing of multi-package repositories, whereas Nx provides a broader range of tools for development and build optimization.
FAQs
The core Nx plugin contains the core functionality of Nx like the project graph, nx commands and task orchestration.
The npm package nx receives a total of 5,454,310 weekly downloads. As such, nx popularity was classified as popular.
We found that nx demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 8 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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