polyrepo

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noun

A software project in which different components are located in separate code repositories which can be versioned individually (as opposed to a monorepo in which all the code exists within a single repository).

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Meanings

nounpolyrepo (plural polyrepos)

plural polyrepos

  1. computingA software project in which different components are located in separate code repositories which can be versioned individually (as opposed to a monorepo in which all the code exists within a single repository).

    In situation where there is 2 components, polyrepos are sufficient. In situation where there is 50 components, monorepos shine. And the switch is somewhere in between.

    2024 May 8, u/Haspe, “Mono repo or not?”, in Reddit, r/golang, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2024

Origin

From poly- + repo.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

polypore
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APA

polyrepo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyrepo

MLA

“polyrepo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyrepo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polyrepo,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polyrepo.

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