diff --git a/bin/turbo_rspec b/bin/turbo_rspec
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..4594db48206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/turbo_rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require './lib/turbo_tests'
+require 'optparse'
+
+requires = []
+formatters = []
+
+OptionParser.new do |opts|
+  opts.on("-r", "--require PATH", "Require a file.") do |filename|
+    requires << filename
+  end
+
+  opts.on("-f", "--format FORMATTER", "Choose a formatter.") do |name|
+    formatters << {
+      name: name,
+      outputs: []
+    }
+  end
+
+  opts.on("-o", "--out FILE", "Write output to a file instead of $stdout") do |filename|
+    if formatters.empty?
+      formatters << {
+        name: "progress",
+        outputs: []
+      }
+    end
+    formatters.last[:outputs] << filename
+  end
+end.parse!(ARGV)
+
+requires.each { |f| require(f) }
+
+if formatters.empty?
+  formatters << {
+    name: "progress",
+    outputs: []
+  }
+end
+
+formatters.each do |formatter|
+  if formatter[:outputs].empty?
+    formatter[:outputs] << '-'
+  end
+end
+
+TurboTests::Runner.run(formatters, ARGV)
diff --git a/config/boot.rb b/config/boot.rb
index df26be14a64..f2197088fa3 100644
--- a/config/boot.rb
+++ b/config/boot.rb
@@ -33,16 +33,21 @@ end
 
 # Parallel spec system
 if ENV['RAILS_ENV'] == "test" && ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER']
-  n = ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER'].to_i
+  if ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER'] == ''
+    n = 1
+  else
+    n = ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER'].to_i
+  end
+
   port = 10000 + n
 
-  puts "Setting up parallel test mode - starting Redis #{n} on port #{port}"
+  STDERR.puts "Setting up parallel test mode - starting Redis #{n} on port #{port}"
 
   `rm -rf tmp/test_data_#{n} && mkdir -p tmp/test_data_#{n}/redis`
   pid = Process.spawn("redis-server --dir tmp/test_data_#{n}/redis --port #{port}", out: "/dev/null")
 
   ENV["DISCOURSE_REDIS_PORT"] = port.to_s
-  ENV["RAILS_DB"] = "discourse_test_#{ENV['TEST_ENV_NUMBER']}"
+  ENV["RAILS_DB"] = "discourse_test_#{n}"
 
-  at_exit { puts "Terminating redis #{n}"; Process.kill("SIGTERM", pid); Process.wait }
+  at_exit { STDERR.puts "Terminating redis #{n}"; Process.kill("SIGTERM", pid); Process.wait }
 end
diff --git a/lib/autospec/formatter.rb b/lib/autospec/formatter.rb
index c923e558b6f..8b5b3ac4162 100644
--- a/lib/autospec/formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/autospec/formatter.rb
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ class Autospec::Formatter < RSpec::Core::Formatters::BaseTextFormatter
   def initialize(output)
     super
     FileUtils.mkdir_p("tmp") unless Dir.exists?("tmp")
-  end
-
-  def start(example_count)
-    super
     File.delete(RSPEC_RESULT) if File.exists?(RSPEC_RESULT)
     @fail_file = File.open(RSPEC_RESULT, "w")
   end
@@ -32,7 +28,7 @@ class Autospec::Formatter < RSpec::Core::Formatters::BaseTextFormatter
 
   def example_failed(notification)
     output.print RSpec::Core::Formatters::ConsoleCodes.wrap('F', :failure)
-    @fail_file.puts(notification.example.metadata[:location] + " ")
+    @fail_file.puts(notification.example.location + " ")
     @fail_file.flush
   end
 
@@ -46,17 +42,3 @@ class Autospec::Formatter < RSpec::Core::Formatters::BaseTextFormatter
   end
 
 end
-
-class Autospec::ParallelFormatter < ParallelTests::RSpec::LoggerBase
-  RSpec::Core::Formatters.register self, :example_failed
-
-  def message(*args);end
-  def dump_failures(*args);end
-  def dump_summary(*args);end
-  def dump_pending(*args);end
-  def seed(*args);end
-
-  def example_failed(notification)
-    output.puts notification.example.metadata[:location] + " "
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/autospec/simple_runner.rb b/lib/autospec/simple_runner.rb
index 3cea5302546..12c8241b895 100644
--- a/lib/autospec/simple_runner.rb
+++ b/lib/autospec/simple_runner.rb
@@ -16,18 +16,17 @@ module Autospec
         self.abort
       end
       # we use our custom rspec formatter
-      args = ["-r", "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/formatter.rb"]
+      args = [
+        "-r", "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/formatter.rb",
+        "-f", "Autospec::Formatter"
+      ]
 
       command = begin
-        if ENV["PARALLEL_SPEC"] &&
+        if ENV["PARALLEL_SPEC"] != '0' &&
               !specs.split.any? { |s| puts s; s =~ /\:/ } # Parallel spec can't run specific groups
 
-          args += ["-f", "progress", "-f", "Autospec::ParallelFormatter", "-o", "./tmp/rspec_result"]
-          args += ["-f", "ParallelTests::RSpec::RuntimeLogger", "-o", "./tmp/parallel_runtime_rspec.log"] if specs == "spec"
-
-          "parallel_rspec -- #{args.join(" ")} -- #{specs.split.join(" ")}"
+          "bin/turbo_rspec #{args.join(" ")} #{specs.split.join(" ")}"
         else
-          args += ["-f", "Autospec::Formatter"]
           "bin/rspec #{args.join(" ")} #{specs.split.join(" ")}"
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/turbo.rake b/lib/tasks/turbo.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b14ec56fb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/turbo.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+task 'turbo:spec' => :test do |t|
+  require './lib/turbo_tests'
+
+  TurboTests::Runner.run([{name: 'progress', outputs: ['-']}], ['spec'])
+end
diff --git a/lib/turbo_tests.rb b/lib/turbo_tests.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e88601667f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/turbo_tests.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+require 'open3'
+require 'fileutils'
+require 'json'
+require 'rspec'
+require 'rails'
+
+require 'parallel_tests'
+require 'parallel_tests/rspec/runner'
+
+require './lib/turbo_tests/reporter'
+require './lib/turbo_tests/runner'
+require './lib/turbo_tests/json_rows_formatter'
+
+module TurboTests
+  FakeException = Struct.new(:backtrace, :message, :cause)
+  class FakeException
+    def self.from_obj(obj)
+      if obj
+        obj = obj.symbolize_keys
+        new(
+          obj[:backtrace],
+          obj[:message],
+          obj[:cause]
+        )
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  FakeExecutionResult = Struct.new(:example_skipped?, :pending_message, :status, :pending_fixed?, :exception)
+  class FakeExecutionResult
+    def self.from_obj(obj)
+      obj = obj.symbolize_keys
+      new(
+        obj[:example_skipped?],
+        obj[:pending_message],
+        obj[:status].to_sym,
+        obj[:pending_fixed?],
+        FakeException.from_obj(obj[:exception])
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
+  FakeExample = Struct.new(:execution_result, :location, :full_description, :metadata, :location_rerun_argument)
+  class FakeExample
+    def self.from_obj(obj)
+      obj = obj.symbolize_keys
+      new(
+        FakeExecutionResult.from_obj(obj[:execution_result]),
+        obj[:location],
+        obj[:full_description],
+        obj[:metadata].symbolize_keys,
+        obj[:location_rerun_argument],
+      )
+    end
+
+    def notification
+      RSpec::Core::Notifications::ExampleNotification.for(
+        self
+      )
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/turbo_tests/json_rows_formatter.rb b/lib/turbo_tests/json_rows_formatter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9379c574db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/turbo_tests/json_rows_formatter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+module TurboTests
+  # An RSpec formatter used for each subprocess during parallel test execution
+  class JsonRowsFormatter
+    RSpec::Core::Formatters.register(
+      self,
+      :close,
+      :example_failed,
+      :example_passed,
+      :example_pending,
+      :seed
+    )
+
+    attr_reader :output
+
+    def initialize(output)
+      @output = output
+    end
+
+    def exception_to_json(exception)
+      if exception
+        {
+          backtrace: exception.backtrace,
+          message: exception.message,
+          cause: exception.cause
+        }
+      end
+    end
+
+    def execution_result_to_json(result)
+      {
+        example_skipped?: result.example_skipped?,
+        pending_message: result.pending_message,
+        status: result.status,
+        pending_fixed?: result.pending_fixed?,
+        exception: exception_to_json(result.exception)
+      }
+    end
+
+    def example_to_json(example)
+      {
+        execution_result: execution_result_to_json(example.execution_result),
+        location: example.location,
+        full_description: example.full_description,
+        metadata: {
+          shared_group_inclusion_backtrace:
+            example.metadata[:shared_group_inclusion_backtrace]
+        },
+        location_rerun_argument: example.location_rerun_argument
+      }
+    end
+
+    def example_passed(notification)
+      output_row({
+        type: :example_passed,
+        example: example_to_json(notification.example)
+      })
+    end
+
+    def example_pending(notification)
+      output_row({
+        type: :example_pending,
+        example: example_to_json(notification.example)
+      })
+    end
+
+    def example_failed(notification)
+      output_row({
+        type: :example_failed,
+        example: example_to_json(notification.example)
+      })
+    end
+
+    def seed(notification)
+      output_row({
+        type: :seed,
+        seed: notification.seed,
+      })
+    end
+
+    def close(notification)
+      output_row({
+        type: :close,
+      })
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def output_row(obj)
+      output.puts(obj.to_json)
+      output.flush
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/turbo_tests/reporter.rb b/lib/turbo_tests/reporter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f9442fc410d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/turbo_tests/reporter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+module TurboTests
+  class Reporter
+    def self.from_config(formatter_config, start_time)
+      reporter = new(start_time)
+
+      formatter_config.each do |config|
+        name, outputs = config.values_at(:name, :outputs)
+
+        outputs.map! do |filename|
+          filename == '-' ? STDOUT : File.open(filename, 'w')
+        end
+
+        reporter.add(name, outputs)
+      end
+
+      reporter
+    end
+
+    attr_reader :pending_examples
+    attr_reader :failed_examples
+
+    def initialize(start_time)
+      @formatters = []
+      @pending_examples = []
+      @failed_examples = []
+      @all_examples = []
+      @start_time = start_time
+    end
+
+    def add(name, outputs)
+      outputs.each do |output|
+        formatter_class =
+          case name
+          when 'p', 'progress'
+            RSpec::Core::Formatters::ProgressFormatter
+          else
+            Kernel.const_get(name)
+          end
+
+        @formatters << formatter_class.new(output)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def example_passed(example)
+      delegate_to_formatters(:example_passed, example.notification)
+
+      @all_examples << example
+    end
+
+    def example_pending(example)
+      delegate_to_formatters(:example_pending, example.notification)
+
+      @all_examples << example
+      @pending_examples << example
+    end
+
+    def example_failed(example)
+      delegate_to_formatters(:example_failed, example.notification)
+
+      @all_examples << example
+      @failed_examples << example
+    end
+
+    def finish
+      end_time = Time.now
+
+      delegate_to_formatters(:start_dump,
+        RSpec::Core::Notifications::NullNotification
+      )
+      delegate_to_formatters(:dump_pending,
+        RSpec::Core::Notifications::ExamplesNotification.new(
+          self
+        )
+      )
+      delegate_to_formatters(:dump_failures,
+        RSpec::Core::Notifications::ExamplesNotification.new(
+          self
+        )
+      )
+      delegate_to_formatters(:dump_summary,
+        RSpec::Core::Notifications::SummaryNotification.new(
+          end_time - @start_time,
+          @all_examples,
+          @failed_examples,
+          @pending_examples,
+          0,
+          0
+        )
+      )
+      delegate_to_formatters(:close,
+        RSpec::Core::Notifications::NullNotification
+      )
+    end
+
+    protected
+
+    def delegate_to_formatters(method, *args)
+      @formatters.each do |formatter|
+        formatter.send(method, *args) if formatter.respond_to?(method)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/turbo_tests/runner.rb b/lib/turbo_tests/runner.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e27f20fdb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/turbo_tests/runner.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+module TurboTests
+  class Runner
+    def self.run(formatter_config, files, start_time=Time.now)
+      reporter = Reporter.from_config(formatter_config, start_time)
+
+      new(reporter, files).run
+    end
+
+    def initialize(reporter, files)
+      @reporter = reporter
+      @files = files
+      @messages = Queue.new
+      @threads = []
+    end
+
+    def run
+      @num_processes = ParallelTests.determine_number_of_processes(nil)
+
+      tests_in_groups =
+        ParallelTests::RSpec::Runner.tests_in_groups(
+          @files,
+          @num_processes,
+          group_by: :filesize
+        )
+
+      setup_tmp_dir
+
+      tests_in_groups.each_with_index do |tests, process_num|
+        start_subprocess(tests, process_num + 1)
+      end
+
+      handle_messages
+
+      @reporter.finish
+
+      @threads.each(&:join)
+    end
+
+    protected
+
+    def setup_tmp_dir
+      begin
+        FileUtils.rm_r('tmp/test-pipes')
+      rescue Errno::ENOENT
+      end
+
+      FileUtils.mkdir_p('tmp/test-pipes/')
+    end
+
+    def start_subprocess(tests, process_num)
+      if tests.empty?
+        @messages << {type: 'exit', process_num: process_num}
+      else
+        begin
+          File.mkfifo("tmp/test-pipes/subprocess-#{process_num}")
+        rescue Errno::EEXIST
+        end
+
+        stdin, stdout, stderr, wait_thr =
+          Open3.popen3(
+            {'TEST_ENV_NUMBER' => process_num.to_s},
+            "bundle", "exec", "rspec",
+            "-f", "TurboTests::JsonRowsFormatter",
+            "-o", "tmp/test-pipes/subprocess-#{process_num}",
+            *tests
+          )
+
+        @threads <<
+          Thread.new do
+            File.open("tmp/test-pipes/subprocess-#{process_num}") do |fd|
+              fd.each_line do |line|
+                message = JSON.parse(line)
+                message = message.symbolize_keys
+                message[:process_num] = process_num
+                @messages << message
+              end
+            end
+
+            @messages << {type: 'exit', process_num: process_num}
+          end
+
+        @threads << start_copy_thread(stdout, STDOUT)
+        @threads << start_copy_thread(stderr, STDERR)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def start_copy_thread(src, dst)
+      Thread.new do
+        while true
+          begin
+            msg = src.readpartial(4096)
+          rescue EOFError
+            break
+          else
+            dst.write(msg)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def handle_messages
+      exited = 0
+
+      begin
+        while true
+          message = @messages.pop
+          case message[:type]
+          when 'example_passed'
+            example = FakeExample.from_obj(message[:example])
+            @reporter.example_passed(example)
+          when 'example_pending'
+            example = FakeExample.from_obj(message[:example])
+            @reporter.example_pending(example)
+          when 'example_failed'
+            example = FakeExample.from_obj(message[:example])
+            @reporter.example_failed(example)
+          when 'seed'
+          when 'close'
+          when 'exit'
+            exited += 1
+            if exited == @num_processes
+              break
+            end
+          else
+            STDERR.puts("Unhandled message in main process: #{message}")
+          end
+
+          STDOUT.flush
+        end
+      rescue Interrupt
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end