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fix(website): comparison table is significantly mistaken about nx (#1290
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JamesHenry authored Jan 29, 2024
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67 changes: 45 additions & 22 deletions website/src/components/ComparisonTable.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const workspaceRows: Comparison[] = [
feature: 'Written in',
support: {
moon: 'Rust',
nx: 'Node.js',
nx: 'Rust for speed & TypeScript for extensibility',
turborepo: 'Go (being rewritten in Rust)',
},
},
Expand All @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const workspaceRows: Comparison[] = [
feature: 'Repo / folder structure',
support: {
moon: 'loose',
nx: 'strict',
nx: 'loose',
turborepo: 'loose',
},
},
Expand All @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const workspaceRows: Comparison[] = [
feature: 'Supports dependencies inherited by all tasks',
support: {
moon: [SUPPORTED, 'via `implicitDeps`'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'via `targetDefaults`'],
},
},
{
Expand All @@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ const workspaceRows: Comparison[] = [
feature: 'Supports tasks inherited by all projects',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'via `plugins`'],
},
},
{
Expand All @@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ const toolchainRows: Comparison[] = [
feature: 'Supported languages',
support: {
moon: 'Bash, Batch, Bun, Deno, Go, Node, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Ruby, Rust, Python',
nx: 'JavaScript, TypeScript',
nx: 'All languages via plugins. OOTB TS/JS, existing plugins for Rust, Go, Dotnet and more',
turborepo: 'JavaScript, TypeScript',
},
},
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feature: 'Dependencies on other projects',
support: {
moon: [SUPPORTED, 'implicit from `package.json` or explicit in `moon.yml`'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'implicit from `package.json` or explicit in `project.json`'],
nx: [
SUPPORTED,
'implicit from `package.json` or explicit in `project.json` and code imports/exports',
],
turborepo: [SUPPORTED, 'implicit from `package.json`'],
},
},
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feature: 'Tags and scopes (boundaries)',
support: {
moon: [SUPPORTED, 'native for all languages'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'via ESLint (JavaScript only)'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'boundaries via ESLint (TS and JS), tags for filtering for all languages'],
},
},
];
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feature: 'Known as',
support: {
moon: 'tasks',
nx: 'targets, executors',
nx: 'targets',
turborepo: 'tasks',
},
},
{
feature: 'Defines tasks in',
support: {
moon: '`moon.yml` or `package.json` scripts',
nx: '`project.json` or `package.json` scripts',
nx: '`nx.json`, `project.json` or `package.json` scripts',
turborepo: '`package.json` scripts',
},
},
{
feature: 'Run a single task with',
support: {
moon: '`moon run project:task`',
nx: '`nx run project:target`',
nx: '`nx target project` or `nx run project:target`',
turborepo: '`turbo run task --filter=project`',
},
},
{
feature: 'Run multiple tasks with',
support: {
moon: '`moon run :task` or `moon run a:task b:task` or `moon check`',
nx: '`nx run-many --target=target`',
nx: '`nx run-many -t task1 task2 task3`',
turborepo: '`turbo run task` or `turbo run a b c`',
},
},
{
feature: 'Run tasks based on a query/filter',
support: {
moon: '`moon run :task --query "..."`',
nx: '`nx run-many -t task -p "tag:.." -p "dir/*" -p "name*" -p "!negation"`',
},
},
{
feature: 'Can define tasks globally',
support: {
moon: [SUPPORTED, 'with `.moon/tasks.yml`'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'with `targetDefaults`'],
},
},
{
feature: 'Merges or overrides global tasks',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: SUPPORTED,
},
},
{
feature: 'Runs a command with args',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: [SIMILARLY_SUPPORTED, 'behind an executor abstraction'],
nx: SUPPORTED,
turborepo: [PARTIALLY_SUPPORTED, 'within the script'],
},
},
{
feature: 'Runs commands from',
support: {
moon: 'project or workspace root',
nx: 'workspace root',
nx: 'current working directory, or wherever desired via config',
turborepo: 'project root',
},
},
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feature: 'Can depend on arbitrary or unrelated tasks',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: [NOT_SUPPORTED, 'dependent projects only'],
nx: SUPPORTED,
turborepo: [NOT_SUPPORTED, 'dependent projects only'],
},
},
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feature: 'Can run task dependencies in serial',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'via `parallel=1`'],
turborepo: [SUPPORTED, 'via `concurrency=1`'],
},
},
{
feature: 'File groups',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: [SIMILARLY_SUPPORTED, 'via `namedInputs`'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'via `namedInputs`'],
},
},
{
feature: 'Environment variables',
support: {
moon: [SUPPORTED, 'via `env`'],
nx: [PARTIALLY_SUPPORTED, 'within the executor or script'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'automatically via `.env` files and/or inherited from shell'],
turborepo: [PARTIALLY_SUPPORTED, 'within the script'],
},
},
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -344,14 +353,18 @@ const tasksRows: Comparison[] = [
{
feature: 'Custom hash inputs',
support: {
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'via `runtimeCacheInputs`'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'via `runtime` inputs'],
turborepo: [SUPPORTED, 'via `globalDependencies`'],
},
},
{
feature: 'Token substitution',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: [
SUPPORTED,
'`{workspaceRoot}`, `{projectRoot}`, `{projectName}`, arbitrary patterns `namedInputs`',
],
},
},
{
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -400,6 +413,7 @@ const taskRunnerRows: Comparison[] = [
feature: 'Automatically retries failed tasks',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'when task flakiness detected on https://nx.app Nx Cloud'],
},
},
{
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -428,26 +442,29 @@ const taskRunnerRows: Comparison[] = [
feature: 'Can generate run reports',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'free in https://nx.app, and in Nx Cloud GitHub App Comment'],
turborepo: SUPPORTED,
},
},
{
feature: 'Continuous integration (CI) support',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: PARTIALLY_SUPPORTED,
nx: SUPPORTED,
turborepo: PARTIALLY_SUPPORTED,
},
},
{
feature: 'Continuous deployment (CD) support',
support: {},
support: {
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'via `nx release`'],
},
},
{
feature: 'Remote / cloud caching and syncing',
support: {
moon: [SUPPORTED, 'with moonrepo.app (free / paid)'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'with Nx cloud (paid)'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'with https://nx.app Nx Cloud (free / paid)'],
turborepo: [SUPPORTED, 'requires a Vercel account (free)'],
},
},
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feature: 'Template file extensions (optional)',
support: {
moon: [SUPPORTED, '.tera, .twig'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'fully under user control, built in utility for .ejs templates'],
turborepo: [SUPPORTED, '.hbs'],
},
},
{
feature: 'Template files support frontmatter',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'fully under user control'],
},
},
{
Expand All @@ -494,15 +513,15 @@ const generatorRows: Comparison[] = [
feature: 'Updates/merges with existing files',
support: {
moon: [SUPPORTED, 'JSON/YAML only'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'using JavaScript'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'fully under user control, author in TypeScript/JavaScript'],
turborepo: SUPPORTED,
},
},
{
feature: 'Renders with a template engine',
support: {
moon: [SUPPORTED, 'via Tera'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'via EJS'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'fully under user control, built in utility for .ejs templates'],
turborepo: [SUPPORTED, 'via Handlebars'],
},
},
Expand All @@ -526,14 +545,15 @@ const generatorRows: Comparison[] = [
feature: 'Can define variable values via interactive prompts',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: SUPPORTED,
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'fully definable as JSON schema'],
turborepo: SUPPORTED,
},
},
{
feature: 'Can define variable values via command line args',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'fully definable as JSON schema'],
turborepo: SUPPORTED,
},
},
Expand All @@ -556,7 +576,7 @@ const generatorRows: Comparison[] = [
feature: 'Generators can compose other generators',
support: {
moon: [SUPPORTED, 'via `extends`'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'using JavaScript'],
nx: [SUPPORTED, 'fully under user control, author in TypeScript/JavaScript'],
turborepo: [SUPPORTED, 'using JavaScript'],
},
},
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feature: 'Can alias `package.json` names for projects',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: SUPPORTED,
},
},
{
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feature: 'Efficient scaffolding for Dockerfile layer caching',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: [SIMILARLY_SUPPORTED, 'via custom generator'],
turborepo: SUPPORTED,
},
},
{
feature: 'Automatic production-only dependency installation',
support: {
moon: SUPPORTED,
nx: [PARTIALLY_SUPPORTED, 'generated automatically by first party plugin'],
},
},
{
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