Solving Turborepo + Bun Workspace Dependency & Script Issues

[nithin-raj-9100]

Critical Fixes & Cleanup Steps 🧹

1. Root package.json Fixes

{
  "name": "shadcn-ui-monorepo",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "private": true,
- "packageManager": "[email protected]", // Although using `bunx --bun shadcn@canary init added pnpm as packageManager`
+ "packageManager": "[email protected]",
+ "workspaces": [
    "apps/*",
    "packages/*"
  ],
  "scripts": {
-   "dev": "turbo dev",
+   "dev:web": "turbo dev --filter=./apps/web"
  }
}

Why it mattered:

• workspaces is required for Bun's workspace resolution
• Explicit package manager declaration avoids Turbo errors
• Filtered script prevents recursive turbo invocations

Files to remove

• All pnpm related files that are pnpm-lock.json pnpm-workspace.yaml

rm -rf pnpm-*

Final Directory Structure

├── apps/
│   └── web/ # Next.js + shadcn
├── packages/
│   ├── eslint-config/
│   ├── typescript-config/
│   └── ui/ # shadcn components
├── package.json
├── turbo.json
└── bun.lock
└── package.json

This battle-tested configuration now runs Next.js + shadcn/ui with:

bun run dev:web

Adding shadcn/ui Components 🎨

Add Components to Your Project
Run the add command in your app directory:

cd apps/web
bunx --bun shadcn@canary add [COMPONENT]

What Happens:

Components are installed under packages/ui/src/components
Import paths are automatically updated in apps/web

Importing Components

Import components from the shared UI package:

import { Button } from "@workspace/ui/components/button"
import { Input } from "@workspace/ui/components/input"

These changes should work without any error