nowfound

Dev tools · January 23, 2024

Sendenv, a CLI tool to share environment variables

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…

Sendenv, a CLI tool to share environment variables launched on January 23, 2024 with 83 votes, #765 of 4,438 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

Visit github.com ↗Alternativestop 17% of January 2024

In plain words

Sendenv is a command-line tool for securely sharing environment variables between users. Built on magic-wormhole, it enables account-free data transfer by generating a one-time code that recipients use to load variables into their shell. The tool is useful for onboarding team members or transferring local environment configurations to other systems. Currently in alpha, the core functionality has been tested across different operating systems and platforms.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Contribute to viraniaman94/sendenv development by creating an account on GitHub.

In the maker’s words, at launch

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…

Does a similar job

all alternatives →
  • Envelope – A modern environment variable cli tool2024 · github.com · ▲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…

  • Dotenv, if it is a Unix utility2024 · github.com · ▲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.

  • Sendenv2025 · sendenv.app · ▲11

    Send secrets securely to anyone

  • OnlyNv2025 · onlynv.dev · ▲121

    Sync your .env everywhere automatically

  • SE
    Send encrypted secrets from the command line2019 · fluidkeys.com · ▲117
  • CLI tool that allows you to encrypt and decrypt your env variables2024 · github.com · ▲9

    Environment Variables Encryption Tool. Contribute to ulisesojeda/sealenv development by creating an account on GitHub.

More dev tools this month

the category →
  • /dev/null▲481

    a social network for devs

    Dev tools · 2d ago · dev-null.sh

  • open-source IDE for thoughtful software design. Contribute to devdotfast/whiteboard development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Dev tools · 27d ago · github.com

  • Contribute to reladraw/reladraw development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Dev tools · 25d ago · github.com

  • OpenBot▲362

    Grok Bot alternative: free, local, open-source, multiplayer

    Dev tools · 22d ago · openbot.run

  • Talanoa▲341

    Hi HN, I’m a fullstack developer, and honestly, I’ve lost count of how many side projects I’ve worked on over the years. But one idea kept coming back to me: a different kind of email client. It first came to me in 2014: “What if we could handle emails more like conversations?” Every year, I’d revisit this concept in my “Build Notes.” Ten years later, no one had built exactly what I had in mind — so I finally decided to do it myself. That’s how Talanoa was born. I wanted something focused on people, not timelines. I was tired of marking messages as unread just to remember to reply later, or…

    Dev tools · 20d ago · talanoa.email

  • CoreSpeed▲332

    One MCP for everything your agents need: apps, memory, tools

    Dev tools · 28d ago · corespeed.io

Source: Show HN post ↗ · launch text quoted in part

Launched alongside, January 2024

the whole month →
  • Amie▲1,334

    Turn meeting notes into automated workflows. Handle meetings, summaries, todos and emails (soon) with your AI personal assistant.

    Work · 2024 · amie.so

  • Findr▲1,296

    Search all your apps, at once

    AI · 2024 · usefindr.com

  • Beautifully designed for your work and life

    Work · 2024 · notion.so

  • Connect meetings, track to-do, get aligned

    AI · 2024 · huudle.io

  • IM

    Sit in Shade - Discover the optimal seat to stay in the shade during your journey. Sit In Shade provides real-time sun exposure data and route visualization.

    Life & fun · 2024 · sitinshade.com

  • Letterly▲937

    Turn your speech into well-written text

    AI · 2024 · letterly.app