.env Editor

Edit environment variables with a visual editor. Convert between .env and JSON formats.

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.env Output

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://localhost:5432/mydb
API_KEY=sk-your-api-key-here
NODE_ENV=development

JSON Output

{
  "DATABASE_URL": "postgresql://localhost:5432/mydb",
  "API_KEY": "sk-your-api-key-here",
  "NODE_ENV": "development"
}

Tips

• Variable names should be UPPERCASE with underscores
• Values with spaces are automatically quoted in output
• Mark sensitive values as "Secret" to hide them by default
• Never commit .env files with real secrets to version control

Environment Variables - Technical Details

.env files store configuration as KEY=VALUE pairs. They're loaded at runtime by tools like dotenv. Never commit real secrets to version control—use .env.example templates instead.

Command-line Alternative

# Load .env in Node.js\nrequire('dotenv').config()\n\n# Access variables\nprocess.env.DATABASE_URL\n\n# Load in shell\nexport $(cat .env | xargs)

Reference

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