envelope
envelope is a command line utility and tool to help you manage your .env files.
How it works
envelope is basically a command line utility that leverages an SQLite database to keep track of your enviroment variables so that you can easily switch between different configurations.
Usage
Pretty print
Pipe .env files to envelope to get a pretty format representation of the file
$ cat .env | envelope
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| VARIABLE | VALUE |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| DATABASE_URL | postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/mydb |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| SECRET_KEY | mysecretkey123 |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| API_KEY | your_api_key_here |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| DEBUG_MODE | true |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| SMTP_HOST | smtp.example.com |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID | your_access_key_id |
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
Import
Import from .env file
$ envelope import dev .env
$ envelope list
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| ENVIRONMENT | VARIABLE | VALUE |
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| dev | API_KEY | your_api_key_here |
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| dev | AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID | your_access_key_id |
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| dev | DATABASE_URL | postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/mydb |
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| dev | DEBUG_MODE | true |
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| dev | SECRET_KEY | mysecretkey123 |
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| dev | SMTP_HOST | smtp.example.com |
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
It's also possible to import directly from stdin
$ cat .env | envelope import prod
List
List env variables of a particular enviroment
$ envelope list dev
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| ENVIRONMENT | VARIABLE | VALUE |
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| dev | API_KEY | your_api_key_here |
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
+ ... + ... + ....... +
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
| dev | SMTP_HOST | smtp.example.com |
+-------------+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+
Export
Create a .env file with variables of a specific enviroment
$ envelope export prod
This will create a .env file containing all the variables that you have stored in your prod enviroment in envelope.
This makes it easy to switch between different configurations, need to use the prod envs? Just run envelope export prod, want to switch to your dev ones? Run envelope export dev and everything will be handled for you, for free.
You can also output to a specific file with the -o flag:
$ envelope export prod -o .env.prod
Add
Add env variables
$ envelope add local DB_CONNECTION https://example.com
$ envelope list local
+-------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
| ENVIRONMENT | VARIABLE | VALUE |
+-------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
| local | DB_CONNECTION | https://examples.com |
+-------------+-------------------+-----------------------+
Delete
Delete entire environments from envelope
$ envelope delete dev
$ envelope list dev
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