MERN Turborepo Starter

A MERN monorepo built with PNPM workspaces and Turborepo.

Stack

• Frontend: React 19, Vite 8, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS 4, Redux Toolkit
• Backend: Express 5, TypeScript, Mongoose, Zod
• Tooling: Turborepo, PNPM, ESLint 10, Prettier
• Deployment: Docker, Docker Compose, Nginx

Workspace

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├── apps/
│   ├── frontend/
│   └── server/
├── packages/
│   ├── eslint-config/
│   └── typescript-config/
├── turbo.json
└── pnpm-workspace.yaml

Requirements

• Node.js 22+
• PNPM 9

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/aargon007/mern-boilerplate
cd mern-boilerplate
pnpm install
pnpm dev

Root Commands

pnpm dev
pnpm build
pnpm lint
pnpm start

Package-targeted examples:

pnpm build:frontend
pnpm build:server
pnpm start:frontend
pnpm start:server

App Commands

Frontend:

pnpm --filter frontend dev
pnpm --filter frontend build
pnpm --filter frontend lint

Server:

pnpm --filter server dev
pnpm --filter server build
pnpm --filter server lint

Monorepo Notes

• Root scripts delegate through turbo run
• Shared TypeScript config lives in packages/typescript-config
• Shared ESLint config lives in packages/eslint-config
• Frontend uses Vite 8 native TS path resolution
• Server uses ESLint flat config at apps/server/eslint.config.mjs

Docker

docker-compose up --build

Validation

pnpm turbo run lint
pnpm turbo run build

Documentation

• Docs Index
• Docker Guide
• Monorepo Notes
• Quick Start Notes