Why Turborepo is migrating from Go to Rust
Mar 7, 2023

Summary
This post details the technical motivations and benefits of migrating Turborepo from Go to Rust. It contrasts Go's simplicity and runtime error handling with Rust's emphasis on compile-time correctness and expressiveness, particularly in areas like filesystem operations and interfacing with native libraries (e.g., zstd, libgit2 via git2 crate). The migration aims to improve performance, stability, and developer experience, aligning the Turborepo and Turbopack teams' tooling.