moonrepo
Moonrepo is a B2B company based in Portland, OR, specializing in productivity tools for the web ecosystem, including a repository management tool written in Rust and a service called moonbase for CI insights and cloud caching.
Company Overview
moonrepo is a B2B company based in Portland, OR, USA, with team members working remotely. Founded in the Winter 2023 Y-Combinator batch, moonrepo operates in the productivity sub-industry. The company focuses on optimizing performance and reducing workloads through innovative dependency graph generation and repository management tools.
Services
moonrepo provides several key services aimed at improving the productivity of development teams. The primary offering is a repository management, organization, orchestration, and notification tool for the web ecosystem, which is written in Rust. The company also offers moonbase, a paid service that provides cloud caching, insights into CI pipelines, code ownership tracking, and repository health metrics. Additionally, moonrepo develops proto, a version manager that supports multiple programming languages and dependency managers for incremental integration.
Products
moonrepo's main product is an open-source build system and repository management tool called moon. Designed for incremental adoption, moon allows users to migrate project-by-project or task-by-task. It features a project graph for understanding dependency relationships, supports code generation for new applications, and works alongside package manager workspaces for distinct dependency trees. Moon also includes functionalities like executing actions in parallel, remote caching of builds, automatic downloads of explicit versions of Node.js, and terminal notifications for build statuses.
Technology
moonrepo's technology stack is inspired by established build systems like Bazel and is optimized for the supported languages. The platform supports running on common development platforms, including Linux, macOS, and Windows. It leverages a thread pool and dependency graph to execute actions efficiently, supports remote caching to share caches between teammates and CI/CD environments, and aids in reducing flaky builds with automatic retries. The technology also includes features for managing Git hooks and providing webhook events for detailed metrics collection.
Regions and Remote Work
moonrepo operates in the United States of America and extends its services to regions including America and Canada. The company supports a fully remote work environment, enabling team members to work from anywhere. This flexibility allows moonrepo to attract top talent from diverse locations while maintaining a strong presence in its primary market.
