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Life & fun · September 15, 2023

Shello – Wrangle environment variables

A lightweight mac app for managing environment variables locally. No auth, no network requests, no usage tracking... just files on your machine.

Shello – Wrangle environment variables launched on September 15, 2023 with 13 votes, #1,460 of 4,228 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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In plain words

Shello is a lightweight macOS application for managing environment variables locally on a user's machine. It operates without authentication, network requests, or usage tracking, storing everything as files locally. The tool is designed for developers who need to organize and handle environment variables without external dependencies or privacy concerns.

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Shello 🐚 - Wrangle environment variables.

For shello environments to be useful, their variables need to be exported into your terminal session. This can be achieved by adding the following to your .zshrc , or .bash_profle , or whatever file you use to source your shell. Optionally, you can load a default environment every time a terminal session isfrom shello.app

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