monox

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What monox is

monox is a free, MIT-licensed Go tool for managing polyglot monorepos. It automatically discovers projects, schedules tasks in parallel, and builds dependency graphs. Affected mode uses Git changes to identify projects for incremental CI runs, while commands such as deps, rdeps, and allpaths query project relationships. First-class support covers Go, Python, React, Angular, and Next.js, with a plugin SDK for additional stacks. Its content-addressable cache supports local and remote backends, including S3 and GCS. Remote caching for S3 and GCS is marked beta. The project also lists workspace scaffolding, stack-specific generators, graph export, file watching, and a VS Code extension with a project tree, task runner, generators, and cache controls. monox is in public beta, and maintainers advise testing it outside production while advanced features are validated. Installation is available through Homebrew, Go, Scoop for Windows, or release binaries. The releases page lists v0.1.0 as latest.

Who it suits

It suits developers maintaining monorepos that combine several language or framework stacks. Teams needing affected builds, dependency queries, parallel tasks, caching, or VS Code tooling may find it relevant.

What it does well

Automatic project discovery
Parallel task scheduling
Affected-project detection from Git changes
Local and remote content-addressable caching
VS Code extension included

What to know first

Public beta status
Remote S3 and GCS caching is beta
Latest listed release is v0.1.0
Older releases lack security support

Verdict

monox brings project discovery, graph queries, affected builds, parallel execution, and caching to polyglot monorepos. Its MIT license and free distribution are balanced by public-beta status and beta remote-cache support.

Facts from monox's own pages

Beta status: The project says it is in public beta and advises testing in non-production environments while advanced remote-cache and distributed-execution features are validated. · github.com, 3 Oct 2026
Cache: The README describes a content-addressable cache with local and remote backends, including S3 and GCS. · github.com, 3 Oct 2026
Caching: The README describes a content-addressable cache with local and remote backends, including S3 and GCS. · github.com, 2 Oct 2026
Dependency graph: monox builds dependency graphs and supports Bazel-like queries including deps, rdeps and allpaths. · github.com, 3 Oct 2026
Developer tools: The README lists workspace scaffolding, stack-specific generators, graph export, file watching and a VS Code extension. · github.com, 2 Oct 2026
Incremental CI: Its affected mode uses Git change detection to identify projects for incremental CI runs. · github.com, 3 Oct 2026
Installation: The README lists installation through Homebrew, Go, Scoop for Windows, or downloadable release binaries. · github.com, 2 Oct 2026
Install platforms: Installation instructions list Scoop for Windows, Homebrew for macOS and Linux, and downloadable binaries for supported platforms. · github.com, 3 Oct 2026
License: The repository states that monox is licensed under the MIT License. · github.com, 3 Oct 2026
Purpose: monox is a Go-based tool for managing polyglot monorepos, with automatic project discovery, parallel task execution and caching. · github.com, 3 Oct 2026
Release: The releases page lists v0.1.0 as the latest release and provides binaries for multiple platforms. · github.com, 2 Oct 2026
Remote cache limitation: The README labels remote cache support for S3 and GCS as beta, and says remote cache documentation is coming soon. · github.com, 2 Oct 2026
Security checks: The README says CI runs govulncheck, npm audit and pip-audit, and that releases are signed using GoReleaser cosign integration. · github.com, 3 Oct 2026
Supported stacks: The README lists first-class support for Go, Python, React, Angular and Next.js, with a plugin SDK for additional stacks. · github.com, 3 Oct 2026
Supported versions: The security policy supports main and releases from the last 12 months; older releases are unsupported. · github.com, 2 Oct 2026
Task and graph tools: monox can schedule tasks in parallel, detect affected projects from Git changes, and query dependency graphs with commands such as deps and rdeps. · github.com, 2 Oct 2026
VS Code: The project includes a VS Code extension with a project tree, task runner, generators and cache controls. · github.com, 3 Oct 2026
VS Code extension: The VS Code extension provides a project tree, task runner, generators and cache controls. · github.com, 2 Oct 2026
Vulnerability reporting: The security policy asks reporters to email [email protected] and says to expect acknowledgment within 72 hours. · github.com, 2 Oct 2026
Vulnerability reports: The security policy asks reporters to email [email protected] and says acknowledgment is expected within 72 hours. · github.com, 3 Oct 2026

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