Simple Monorepo Starter

This is a simple monorepo starter for a project that has multiple packages. It uses PnPm for efficiency and speed

The code came mainly from Scott Tolinski's Monorepos with Pnpm tutorial.

How to use

Click the green "Use this template" button above to create a new repo from this template
Name your new monorepo
Enjoy!

The packages folder is where you'll put your packages, duh. A package can be anything from a frontend framework to a backend framework to a library to a CLI tool. It's up to you!

Scripts

  "scripts": {
    "start:main": "pnpm -F @project-name/main start",
    "start:second": "pnpm -F @project-name/second start",
    "start": "pnpm -r start",
    "update:all": "pnpm -r update -i -L",
    "clean": "find ./ -name node_modules -type d -exec rm -rf {} +"
  },

start:main - starts the main package
start:second - starts the second package
start - starts both/all packages
update:all - recursively updates all dependencies for all packages
clean - removes all node_modules folders

How to add new dependencies

  # Add a new package
  pnpm -F @project-name/second add just-snake-case@3.0.0

  # Add a new dependency to the main package (the root package) - rarely needed
  pnpm add -w just-kebab-case

How to add a new package

Simply create a new folder in the packages folder and add run pnpm init in that folder.

Create a new folder in the packages folder
Run pnpm init in that folder
Optionally, duplicate start:second in the root package.json and change the name to the new package