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1. dotenv

   1 258 20,546 9.2 JavaScript

   Loads environment variables from .env for nodejs projects.

   

   Project mention: My code checker was wrong. How I turned its false positives into tests | dev.to | 2026-09-22

   rebar told dotenv (commit f6390d1):

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3. dotenvx

   2 6 5,828 9.9 JavaScript

   a secure dotenv—from the creator of `dotenv`

   

4. dotenv-webpack

   3 1 1,294 3.2 JavaScript

   A secure webpack plugin that supports dotenv and other environment variables and only exposes what you choose and use.

   

5. dotenv-expand

   4 11 1,056 7.3 JavaScript

   Expand variables already on your machine for use in your .env file.

   

   Project mention: Show HN: enveil – hide your .env secrets from prAIng eyes | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-23

6. dotenv-flow

   5 1 902 0.0 JavaScript

   Loads environment variables from .env.[development|test|production][.local] files for Node.js® projects.

   

7. react-native-dotenv

   6 12 858 8.4 JavaScript

   Load .env into React Native - with support for multiple .env files.

   

8. svelte-boilerplate

   7 1 290 0.0 JavaScript

   Svelte application boilerplate with Webpack, Babel, PostCSS, Sass, Fetch, Jest, .Env, EsLint. (by pankod)

   

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10. serverless-export-env

    8 3 104 0.0 JavaScript

    Serverless plugin to export environment variables into a .env file

    

11. authorize-slim-4

    9 2 92 0.0 JavaScript

    Slim 4 Authorization Tutorial

    

12. confdiff

    10 1 41 8.8 JavaScript

    Semantic, format-aware diff for config & structured-data files (JSON, YAML, TOML, INI, .env, .properties, CSV, XML). See what actually changed — keys and values, not text noise.

    

    Project mention: Confdiff – semantic diff for config files (JSON/YAML/TOML) that redacts secrets | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-08-27

13. gen-env-template

    11 1 14 2.6 JavaScript

    Generate documentation for your environment variables

    

14. env-hot-reload

    12 1 13 2.6 JavaScript

    This small lib offers you the ability to edit your .env files without the need to restart the process.

    

15. envars

    13 2 11 5.6 JavaScript

    Load environment variables securely from .env files, with seamless integration for Google Secret Manager to handle referenced secrets.

    

16. config-ship

    14 1 1 7.0 JavaScript

    Lightweight, package-safe configuration resolver with layered defaults, env, and runtime overrides.

    

    Project mention: ConfigShip: A Zero-Dependency, Secure Configuration Manager for Node.js (with Raw Env Support!) | dev.to | 2025-12-25

17. envspec

    15 1 1 6.3 JavaScript

    It is a schema-driven environment variable workflow tool designed to prevent runtime bugs and configuration drift.

    

    Project mention: I built a CLI to prevent .env bugs — here’s why | dev.to | 2025-12-11

18. dotenv-out

    16 1 1 6.9 JavaScript

    This CLI is a wrapper for dotenv and will output a resultant file with the compiled environment in a particular language format.

    

19. envguard

    17 1 1 - JavaScript

    Environment variable validation, security scanning & documentation generator (by AnhuiJie)

    

    Project mention: Stop Leaking Secrets: How EnvGuard Catches API Keys in Your .env Files | dev.to | 2026-06-02

    GitHub: https://github.com/AnhuiJie/envguard

20. envlint

    18 1 1 - JavaScript

    Validate .env files against a typed schema. Catch missing variables before runtime. Diff environments without exposing secrets.

    

    Project mention: Stop Sharing Env Files: A Safer Way to Manage Configurations in Node | dev.to | 2026-05-29

    Code and documentation: https://github.com/7xmohamed/envlint

21. envtruth

    19 1 0 5.5 JavaScript

    🧩 VS Code extension: Catches environment variables used as booleans or numbers without parsing in Python and JS/TS: if os.getenv("DEBUG") is true for DEBUG=false, process.env.FLAG === true is always false, process.env.PORT + 1 gives "30001".

    

    Project mention: DEBUG=false but my app still runs in debug mode: why an environment variable "false" is true | dev.to | 2026-10-01

    Source (MIT): github.com/jay-tank/envtruth

22. contact-form

    20 1 0 3.4 JavaScript

    Modern contact form using React, TailwindCSS, and EmailJS for real-time email functionality. The code and setup instructions can be used to create a professional contact form, ready for deployment. (by mahmud-r-farhan)

    

23. node-trekker

    21 2 0 1.8 JavaScript

    Speed up building of your Node.js/express/mongoose RESTFUL api.

    

24. demo-dotenv

    22 1 0 0.0 JavaScript

    An example project for using the 'dotenv' library to hide environment variables (secret keys).

    

25. auth-server

    23 1 0 4.1 JavaScript

    Nodejs sever to learn how to use jsonwebtoken, authentication a user and to create, delete and update user information (by Marcel-MSC)

    

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