Nx Workspace Management

Quick Start

Exploring workspace: nx show projects and nx show project <name> --json
Running tasks: nx <target> <project> (e.g., nx build my-app)
Affected analysis: nx show projects --affected or nx affected -t <target>

Note: Prefix commands with npx/pnpx/yarn if nx isn't installed globally.

Core Commands

List and Explore Projects

# List all projects
nx show projects

# Filter by type, pattern, or target
nx show projects --type app
nx show projects --projects "apps/*"
nx show projects --withTarget build

# Find affected projects
nx show projects --affected --base=main

Get Project Information

Critical: Always use nx show project <name> --json for full resolved configuration. Do NOT read project.json directly - it contains only partial configuration.

# Get full configuration
nx show project my-app --json

# Extract targets
nx show project my-app --json | jq '.targets | keys'

Configuration schemas:

• Workspace: node_modules/nx/schemas/nx-schema.json
• Project: node_modules/nx/schemas/project-schema.json

Run Tasks

# Run specific project
nx build web --configuration=production

# Run affected
nx affected -t test --base=main

# View dependency graph
nx graph

Workspace Architecture

workspace/
├── apps/              # Deployable applications
├── libs/              # Shared libraries
│   ├── shared/        # Shared across scopes
│   └── feature/       # Feature-specific
├── nx.json            # Workspace configuration
└── tools/             # Custom executors/generators

Library Types