Environment Variable Manager CLI

intermediate

A CLI tool for managing environment variables across environments with encryption, validation, syncing, and diff comparison. Supports .env file parsing, variable grouping, and secure sharing with t...

Target user

Development teams who manage environment variables across stages

Problem

Development teams struggle to manage and sync environment variables across development, staging, and production without accidentally exposing secrets or missing required variables.

Requirements

Parse and manage .env files
Compare variables across environments
Validate required variables are present
Encrypt and decrypt variable exports
Sync variables between environment files

Core technologies

Node.js, TypeScript, dotenv

Completion criteria

Teams can manage, compare, validate, encrypt, and sync environment variables across multiple environment files.

Optional extensions

Add cloud secret integration
Implement variable rotation
Add schema definition support
Support Kubernetes secrets