# How Turbopack chunks your JavaScript

DevFeed: [How Turbopack chunks your JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-turbopack-chunks-your-javascript-3282.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nextjs.org/blog/turbopack-chunking>)

Author: Sam Poder

Published: 2026-09-03T16:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Next.js Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/next-js-blog.md>)

Topics: [modern web development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/modern-web-development.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [web applications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-applications.md>)

Tags: [cache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cache.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [compression](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compression.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [next-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/next-js.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how Turbopack groups JavaScript into chunks for Next.js applications. It examines the tradeoff between minimizing downloaded code and minimizing network requests, including the effects on caching and compression.

## Source excerpt

Turbopack's chunking speeds up page loads and enables sharing code across pages. We shipped new experimental features to improve chunking in Next.js 16.3.