dotenv VS cross-env

Compare dotenv vs cross-env and see what are their differences.

dotenv

Loads environment variables from .env for nodejs projects. (by motdotla)

cross-env

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dotenv cross-env
219 22
18,370 5,156
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9.0 5.6
22 days ago over 3 years ago
JavaScript JavaScript
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License MIT License
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dotenv

Posts with mentions or reviews of dotenv. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-27.

cross-env

Posts with mentions or reviews of cross-env. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-31.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing dotenv and cross-env you can also consider the following projects:

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Electron - :electron: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

concurrently - Run commands concurrently. Like `npm run watch-js & npm run watch-less` but better.

hardhat-deploy - hardhat deployment plugin

fastify - Fast and low overhead web framework, for Node.js

electron-builder - A complete solution to package and build a ready for distribution Electron app with “auto update” support out of the box

shelljs - :shell: Portable Unix shell commands for Node.js

node-config - Node.js Application Configuration

nvm - Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions

dotenv - A Ruby gem to load environment variables from `.env`.

yargs - yargs the modern, pirate-themed successor to optimist.

Visual Studio Code - Public documentation for Visual Studio Code