how to share a convex database between multiple repos?

[odd prism]

I would like to share a convex database within two different projects. Each project in its own repo.
How can I do this?

[hidden hornet]

I believe convex allows you to init a project in another git repo and import it however you dont get all the type benefits of it being local (unless you use git submodules maybe.

[odd prism]

i'm thinking about putting the projects ni the same repo and use pnpm workspaces to share the convex code with all the apps

[compact gulch]

great idea. There's a repo with a turborepo monorepo. Monorepo is my recommendation, so you get the type benefits & autocomplete in both. However if one is python and doesn't use types right now, you can just configure the CONVEX_URL to point to the existing backend

[hidden hornet]

there is an anyAPI type right? That is used for when your convex is not directly in the same project root

[odd prism]

actually in the frontend i use rescript so i don't get much of the type safety from convex. But it is really nice to have TS in convex. I just make sure to mirror the types in Rescript and keep it updated.

[hidden hornet]

never heard of rescript

what does it do that convex types dont?

[odd prism]

https://rescript-lang.org

Rescript is like Typescript but purely functional programming

[hidden hornet]

oh

i see

[compact gulch]

@odd prism in case you missed it I just published a monorepo template: https://www.convex.dev/templates/monorepo
If you ended up with any best practices you didn't see there for pnpm etc. lmk!

[odd prism]

thank you Ian, i'll check it right now