turbo run <task>

Run npm scripts across all workspaces in specified scope. Tasks must be specified in your pipeline configuration.

turbo run <task1> <task2> [options] [-- <args passed to task1 and task2>]

turbo can run multiple tasks, and any arguments following -- will be passed through to the tasks to be executed. Note that these additional arguments will not be passed to any additional tasks that are run due to dependencies from the pipeline configuration.

Options

--cache-dir

type: string

Defaults to ./node_modules/.cache/turbo. Specify local filesystem cache directory. Be sure to add this folder to your .gitignore if you change it from the default.

turbo run build --cache-dir="./my-cache"

The same behavior can also be set via the TURBO_CACHE_DIR=./my-cache environment variable.

--concurrency

type: number | string

Defaults to 10. Set/limit the max concurrency of task execution. This must be an integer greater than or equal to 1 or a percentage value like 50%. Use 1 to force serial (i.e. one task at a time) execution. Use 100% to use all available logical processors. This option is ignored if the --parallel flag is also passed.

turbo run build --concurrency=50%
turbo run test --concurrency=1

--continue

Defaults to false. This flag tells turbo whether or not to continue with execution in the presence of an error (i.e. non-zero exit code from a task). By default, specifying the --parallel flag will automatically set --continue to true unless explicitly set to false. When --continue is true, turbo will exit with the highest exit code value encountered during execution.

turbo run build --continue

--cwd

Set the working directory of the command.

turbo run build --cwd=./somewhere/else

--dry / --dry-run

Instead of executing tasks, display details about the affected workspaces and tasks that would be run. Specify --dry=json to get the output in JSON format.

Task details include:

• task: The name of the task to be executed
• package: The workspace in which to run the task
• hash: The hash of the task, used for caching
• directory: The directory where the task will be run
• command: The actual command used to run the task
• outputs: Location of outputs from the task that will cached
• logFile: Location of the log file for the task run
• dependencies: Tasks that must run before this task
• dependents: Tasks that must be run after this task

--env-mode

type: string

Controls the available environment variables to your tasks.

PATH, SHELL, and SYSTEMROOT are always available to all tasks.

infer

In infer mode, Turborepo will look for passThroughEnv for each task config, and globalPassThroughEnv in the root of the turbo.json config. If either is defined, "strict" mode is inferred. If neither is defined, then loose mode is inferred.

In this mode, the value of globalPassThroughEnv and the flag's value ("infer") will only be incorporated into the global hash if globalPassThroughEnv is set.

loose

In loose mode, all environment variables are made available to the task. The flag's value ("loose") itself will be incorporated into the global hash.

strict

In strict mode, only environment variables specified in the following keys are available to the task:

• env and passThroughEnv in each task configuration
• globalEnv and globalPassThroughEnv in the root of your config

The value of globalPassThroughEnv and the flag's value ("strict") itself will be incorporated into the global hash.

If strict mode is specified or inferred, all tasks are run in strict mode, regardless of their configuration.

--filter

type: string[]

Specify combinations of workspaces, directories, and git commits to act as entrypoints for execution.

Multiple filters can be combined to select distinct sets of targets. Additionally, filters can also exclude targets. A target that matches any filter and is not explicitly excluded will be in the final entrypoint selection. In other words, the final list of targets is a union of all the targets matching the filters provided, minus the union of targets that have been excluded.

For more detailed information about the --filter flag and filtering, refer to the dedicated page in our documentation.

turbo run build --filter=my-pkg
turbo run test --filter=...^@scope/my-lib
turbo run build --filter=./apps/* --filter=!./apps/admin

--graph

This command will generate an svg, png, jpg, pdf, json, html, or other supported output formats (opens in a new tab) of the current task graph. The output file format defaults to jpg, but can be controlled by specifying the filename's extension.

If Graphviz is not installed, or no filename is provided, this command prints the dot graph to stdout.

turbo run build --graph
turbo run build test lint --graph=my-graph.svg
turbo run build test lint --graph=my-json-graph.json
turbo run build test lint --graph=my-graph.pdf
turbo run build test lint --graph=my-graph.png
turbo run build test lint --graph=my-graph.html
turbo run build test lint --graph=my-graph.mermaid

--force

Ignore existing cached artifacts and forcibly re-execute all tasks (overwriting artifacts that overlap)

turbo run build --force

The same behavior can also be set via the TURBO_FORCE=true environment variable.

--global-deps

Specify glob of global filesystem dependencies to be hashed. Useful for .env and files in the root directory that impact multiple packages/apps. Can be specified multiple times.

turbo run build --global-deps=".env.*" --global-deps=".eslintrc" --global-deps="jest.config.js"

You can also specify these in your turbo configuration as globalDependencies key.

--framework-inference

type: bool

Specify whether or not to do framework inference for tasks. Defaults to true, can be configured to be false which skips framework inference for tasks. This disables automatic environment variable inclusion.

turbo run build --framework-inference=false

--ignore

type: string[]

Ignore files or directories from impacting scope. Uses glob patterns under the hood.

turbo run build --ignore="apps/**/*"
turbo run build --ignore="packages/**/*"
turbo run build --ignore="packages/**/*" --ignore="\!/packages/not-this-one/**/*"

How multiple patterns work

Positive patterns (e.g. foo or *) add to the results, while negative patterns (e.g. !foo) subtract from the results.

Therefore a lone negation (e.g. ['!foo']) will never match anything – use ['*', '!foo'] instead.

Globbing patterns

Just a quick overview.

• * matches any number of characters, but not /
• ? matches a single character, but not /
• ** matches any number of characters, including /, as long as it's the only thing in a path part
• {} allows for a comma-separated list of "or" expressions
• ! at the beginning of a pattern will negate the match

--log-order

type: string

Set type of task output order. Defaults to "auto" which lets turbo detect if it's running in CI and group logs in that environment while streaming in others.

Example

turbo run build --log-order=stream
turbo run build --log-order=grouped

--log-prefix

type: string

This controls the <package>:<task>: prefix to log lines produced when running tasks (both on execute and replay from cache). This also applies to "single package" repos where the prefix will be just <task>:. The log output when running multiple parallel tasks will be interleaved, so another method must be used to determine which task logged that line (ie enriched JSON logs) if the prefix is omitted.

--log-prefix=none

turbo run dev --log-prefix=none

--no-cache

Default false. Do not cache results of the task. This is useful for watch commands like next dev or react-scripts start.

turbo run build --no-cache
turbo run dev --no-cache

--no-daemon

Default false. turbo can run a standalone process in some cases to precalculate values used for determining what work needs to be done. This standalone process (daemon) is an optimization, and not required for proper functioning of turbo. Passing --no-daemon instructs turbo to avoid using or creating the standalone process.

--output-logs

type: string

Set type of output logging. This will override outputMode if defined in turbo.json.

Example

turbo run build --output-logs=full
turbo run build --output-logs=new-only
turbo run build --output-logs=errors-only
turbo run build --output-logs=none

--only

Default false. Restricts execution to include specified tasks only. This is very similar to how lerna and pnpm run tasks by default.

Given this pipeline in turbo.json:

{
  "$schema": "https://turbo.build/schema.json",
  "pipeline": {
    "build": {
      "dependsOn": ["^build"]
    },
    "test": {
      "dependsOn": ["^build"]
    }
  }
}

turbo run test --only

Will execute only the test tasks in each workspace. It will not build.

--parallel

Default false. Run commands in parallel across workspaces and ignore the task dependency graph.

turbo run lint --parallel --no-cache
turbo run dev --parallel --no-cache

--profile

Generates a trace of the run in Chrome Tracing format that you can use to analyze performance. The profile can be viewed in Perfetto (opens in a new tab).

turbo run build --profile=profile.json

--remote-cache-timeout

Default 30 seconds. Set the timeout for remote cache operations in seconds.

turbo run build --remote-cache-timeout=60

--remote-only

Default false. Ignore the local filesystem cache for all tasks. Only allow reading and caching artifacts using the remote cache.

turbo run build --remote-only

The same behavior can also be set via the TURBO_REMOTE_ONLY=true environment variable.

--summarize

Generates a JSON file in .turbo/runs containing metadata about the run, including affected workspaces, executed tasks (including their timings and hashes), expanded to the cache key based on your config and all the files included in the cached artifact. This flag can be helpful to determine, among other things:

• How turbo interpreted your glob syntax for inputs and outputs
• What inputs changed between two task runs to produce a cache hit or miss
• How task timings changed over time

--token

A bearer token for remote caching. Useful for running in non-interactive shells (e.g. CI/CD) in combination with --team flags.

turbo run build --team=my-team --token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

You can also set the value of the current token by setting an environment variable named TURBO_TOKEN. The flag will take precedence over the environment variable if both are present.

If you are using Remote Caching on Vercel and building your project on Vercel, this environment variable and flag are unnecessary because they are automatically set for you. Suppose you are using Remote Caching on Vercel but building in another CI provider like CircleCI or GitHub Actions. You can use a Vercel Personal Access Token as your --token or TURBO_TOKEN. If you are using a custom Remote Cache, this value will be used to send an HTTP Bearer token with requests to your custom Remote Cache.

--team

The slug of the remote cache team. Useful for running in non-interactive shells in combination with --token and --team flags.

turbo run build --team=my-team
turbo run build --team=my-team --token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

You can also set the value of the current team by setting an environment variable named TURBO_TEAM. The flag will take precedence over the environment variable if both are present.

--preflight

Only applicable when remote artifact caching is configured. Enables sending a preflight request before every cache artifact and analytics request. The follow-up upload and download will follow redirects.

turbo run build --preflight

The same behavior can also be set via the TURBO_PREFLIGHT=true environment variable.

--verbosity

To specify log level, use --verbosity=<num> or -v, -vv, -vvv.

• Info : --verbosity=1, or -v
• Debug: --verbosity=2, or -vv
• Trace: --verbosity=3, or -vvv

turbo run build -v
turbo run build --verbosity=2
turbo run build -vvv

Deprecated Options

--cpuprofile

type: string

To view CPU profile, outputs the profile to the given file, drop the file into speedscope (opens in a new tab).

turbo run build --cpuprofile="<cpu-profile-file-name>"

--include-dependencies

Default false. When true, turbo will add any workspaces that the workspaces in the current execution depend on (i.e. those declared in dependencies or devDependencies).

This is useful when using --filter in CI as it guarantees that every dependency needed for the execution is actually executed.

--deps

Defaults to true. Include dependent workspace consumers in the execution.

turbo run build --deps
turbo run build --no-deps

Example

Let's say you have workspaces A, B, C, and D where A depends on B and C depends on D. You run turbo run build for the first time and everything is built and cached. Then, you change a line of code in B. With the --deps flag on, running turbo run build will execute build in B and then A, but not in C and D because they are not impacted by the change. If you were to run turbo run build --no-deps instead, turbo will only run build in B.

--heap

type: string

To view heap trace, outputs the trace to the given file, use go tool pprof [file] and type top. You can also drop it into speedscope (opens in a new tab) and use the left heavy or sandwich view modes.

turbo run build --heap="<heap-file-name>"

--scope

type: string[]

Specify/filter workspaces to act as entry points for execution. Globs against package.json name field (and not the file system.)

turbo run lint --scope="@example/**"
turbo run dev --scope="@example/a" --scope="@example/b" --no-cache --no-deps

--since

Filter execution based on which workspaces have changed since a merge-base.

turbo run build --since=origin/main

--trace

type: string

To view CPU trace, outputs the trace to the given file, use go tool trace [file].

turbo run build --trace="<trace-file-name>"