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State of JavaScript 2023

Monorepo Tools

Tools used to manage JavaScript monorepos.

Monorepo Tools Ratios Over Time

Rush
Turborepo
Yarn Workspaces
Yalc
Lerna
npm Workspaces
pnpm
Nx

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20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2021
2022
2023
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60%
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Monorepo Tools Experience & Sentiment

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1

41.3%
41.1%
17.7%
18,322
2

31.1%
35.7%
33.2%
18,238
3

29.8%
33%
37.2%
18,223
4

24.7%
29%
46.3%
18,201
5

21.1%
29.6%
49.3%
18,201
6

16%
38.4%
45.6%
18,202
7

3.4%
8%
88.6%
18,145
8

12.7%
85.2%
18,173

Experience

  • Used it: Respondents who have used an item.
  • Heard of it: Respondents who have heard about an item, but haven't used it.
  • Never heard of it: Respondents who have never heard about an item.

Sentiment

  • Positive: Respondents who are interested in learning more about a technology; or are willing to use it again.
  • Neutral: Responents who did not indicate any sentiment about a technology.
  • Negative: Respondents who are not interested in learning more about a technology; or have used it and had a negative experience.
“Used” average:21%
“Positive” average:30%
“Negative” average:20%
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Other Monorepo Tools

0%
11%
21%
32%
43%
54%
1

79
2

21
3

8
4

5
5

4
6

4
7

3
8

3
9

3
10

3
11

Other Answers

17
0%
11%
21%
32%
43%
54%
% of question respondents
147
0.6%
We asked members of the JavaScript community to share their “pick of the year”

My 2023 Pick: Lexical

It's been an exceptional year for the Meta text editor. Its ingenious data model and lifecycle have greatly influenced the way I program.
We asked members of the JavaScript community to share their “pick of the year”

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CEO and creator of Fluski, notes and spreadsheet manager

Monorepo Tools Happiness

0
1
2
3
4
2021
2022
2023
0
1
2
3
4
Average
16,492
70%
2.3
2
On a scale of 0 (very unhappy) to 4 (very happy), how happy are you with the current state of monorepo tools?

Monorepo Tools Pain Points

0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
61%
1

Package management issues

2

Configuration

3

Excessive complexity

4

Dependencies

5

Breaking changes

6

Choice overload

7

Lack of documentation

8

Performance

9

TypeScript support

10

No need for monorepos

0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
61%
% of question respondents
977
4%
What pain points have you encountered when using monorepo tools?
Freeform

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