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Products that do what Handy vagrant plugin that lets you use environment variables from .env does

1. 1US
   Useful scripts and environment setup for coding in VPS▲44

   2020 · github.com

2. 2EA
   Envelope – A modern environment variable cli tool▲103

   Hey HN! I've built this cli tool to manage env variables of a project, but mostly for fun and to try out Rust and the clap crate. I had this idea when I made a big mistake and broke some production stuff because I had a very messy .env file laying around in my project. I was implementing new features for one of my projects and in my .env file I had the test database url commented out and the production one was not. Long story short, I applied migrations to the production database instead of my local test one and broke a lot of production APIs :') I wanted a tool that could easily help me…

   2024 · github.com

3. 3DI
   Dotenv, if it is a Unix utility▲225

   I like the idea of using dotenv files, but I dislike having to use different language-specific libraries to read them. To solve this, I created a small utility that lets you prefix any command with "dotenv" to load the ".env" file. This is how I imagine dotenv would work if it had started as a UNIX utility rather than a Node.js library.

   2024 · github.com

4. 4
   OnlyNv▲121

   Sync your .env everywhere automatically

   2025

5. 5FD
   From dotenv to dotenvx – better config management▲354

   2024 · dotenvx.com

6. 6EH
   enveil – hide your .env secrets from prAIng eyes▲201

   Feb 2026 · github.com

7. 7SA
   Sendenv, a CLI tool to share environment variables▲83

   My weekend project sendenv is a CLI tool that lets you share environment variables securely with someone else. It is built on top of magic-wormhole which allows for safe, account-free data transfer. When you send variables using sendenv, it creates a one-time code. You give this code to the person who needs the variables. They use the code in their shell to load the variables. This is handy for quickly setting up new team members or copying local environment variables to another system. Its currently in alpha obviously, but the core functionality works (I have tested sending vaults from a…

   2024 · github.com

8. 8VF
   Vagrantfile for every language – Looking for contributors▲20

   2015 · github.com

9. 9IJ
   I just fixed .env once and for all – better-env▲8

   .env files have always felt archaic, insecure, clunky and honestly just not fun to work with. I see my friends (and myself) accidentally committing them all the time. Managing secrets across projects becomes a mess of copy-pasting keys into scattered env files with no real way to sync anything. So I built better-env: a secure, developer-friendly alternative to .env. Store your secrets once in a global encrypted store, and load them per-project at runtime. I’d love feedback on whether this feels useful beyond solo devs, and what you’d want for teams or CI setups. Fully open source:…

   Nov 2025 · better-env.dev

10. 10
    EnvFlow▲6

    Manage environment variables across projects easily

    Jun 2026 · envflow.dev

11. 11
    envfix▲84

    A tiny .env doctor for Node.js projects

    20d ago · github.com

12. 12ES
    EnvKey – securely manage API keys, credentials, and config▲116

    2017 · envkey.com

13. 13PC
    Pre-configured Django project, Git repo, and virtualenv with 1 command▲58

    2012 · builtbyptm.com

14. 14LE
    Load env vars from variety of sources with ease▲5

    2021 · github.com

15. 15HA
    Hatch – A modern project, package, and virtual env manager for Python▲108

    2017 · github.com

16. 16VR
    Vagrant replacement in ~250 lines of code in Python 3▲6

    2016 · github.com

17. 17CT
    CLI tool that allows you to encrypt and decrypt your env variables▲9

    2024 · github.com

18. 18HI
    Hospice.io – Vagrant configurations generator▲93

    2013 · hospice.io

19. 19IB
    I built Envs.AI – Free env variable manager for dev teams▲6

    Hi HN, I built Envs.AI, a free tool to solve the headache of managing environment variables across different environments and platforms. Envs.AI lets you store all your environment variables in one secure place and easily integrate them with Jenkins, Python, and other platforms in your tech stack. No more scattered .env files or sharing secrets through Slack messages. Some features: - Central repository for all env variables - Secure storage with proper access controls - Simple integration with CI/CD pipelines - Easy access via API for different languages and frameworks - Team…

    2025 · envs.ai

20. 20MA
    Metamon – A Vagrant/Ansible toolkit for kickstarting Django apps▲75

    2015 · blog.tryolabs.com

21. 21GE
    Generate .env files from various secret providers via checked-in config▲9

    Hi! I've been frustrated with the secret sharing situation in serverside javascript land for a while; the common thing is to just toss .env files around on Slack to get someone's app working, or involves some kind of convoluted setup to get a blob from a storage and turn it into environment variables via commands I have to copy paste every time. But everyone uses secret storage providers, e.g. shared password vaults, cloud secrets, etc., so why not leverage those as URIs in a JSON file that can be checked in to source control? I want something simple that would just generate the darn .env…

    2025 · github.com

22. 22VS
    Visualenv: store env variables in image▲12

    Store env variables securely in images using steganography

    2024 · github.com

23. 23DD
    Dotenv-Diff v3.0.0▲17

    Long time since i last posted updated about dotenv-diff, a lot of new features since then

    Jul 2026 · github.com

24. 24EV
    Environment Variable Checker▲8

    Mar 2026 · github.com

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