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Has this even been released? I went to look for a release on the repo and website and only saw instructions for using it with Next js. Might as well call it Next.js if it can't easily be used with anything else. The only way I found to build it was from the master branch. The latest tip in master is not a release.

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> As of today, Turbopack can be used in Next.js v13. In the future we will be releasing a standalone CLI, plugin API, and support for other frameworks such as Svelte and Vue.

It is not ready for general usage for the moment, and it is still in alpha stage that isn't production ready and missing some crucial function such as PostCSS support. Nonetheless it is still exciting to see all the new innovation and healthy competition around JS bundler ecosystem.

Correct, still very early. While the happy path right now is through Next.js, there's a hacky workaround for general use outside Next.js. As we move forward in stability, we'll be publishing more guidance for using it as a general bundler with any framework. Next.js is helping dogfood Turbopack prior to that, while in alpha.

So then calling it a release is misleading. I don't mind it being called a component or module of Next.js in the meantime, but release makes it seem like it is standalone.

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