# When do you really need a monorepo?

DevFeed: [When do you really need a monorepo?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/when-do-you-really-need-a-monorepo-31109.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.mintlify.com/blog/when-do-you-really-need-a-monorepo>)

Author: Emma Adler

Published: 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Mintlify Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mintlify-blog.md>)

Topics: [monorepo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monorepo.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Dependency management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dependency-management.md>), [build performance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/build-performance.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>)

Tags: [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [build-performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build-performance.md>), [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [dependency-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependency-management.md>), [documentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/documentation.md>), [monorepo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monorepo.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>)

## AI overview

This guide helps software engineering teams choose between monorepo and multi-repo strategies. It compares code sharing, dependency management, build performance, CI/CD pipelines, documentation consistency, collaboration, and access control, while describing how large organizations use monorepos.

## Source excerpt

Software engineering teams often face an important decision: "Should all projects live in one repository or be split across multiple repositories?" This decision impacts build times, CI/CD pipelines, dependency management, and even documentation accuracy.