https://github.com/webb1es/dotenvify
Pull, format, and manage .env files — from the terminal or your IDE.
https://github.com/webb1es/dotenvify
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Pull, format, and manage .env files — from the terminal or your IDE.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/webb1es/dotenvify
- Owner: webb1es
- License: mit
- Created: 2026-03-09T06:51:10.000Z (4 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-03-11T04:45:42.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-03-12T23:49:57.256Z (3 months ago)
- Language: TypeScript
- Homepage: https://dotenvify-landing.vercel.app
- Size: 2.69 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# DotEnvify
Convert messy key-value pairs into clean, standardized `.env` files.
After doing this manually one too many times, this tool was rage-coded into existence. You're welcome.
**Transform this:**
```
API_KEY
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0
DATABASE_URL
postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/db
```
**Into this:**
```env
API_KEY=a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0
DATABASE_URL="postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/db"
```
## Installation
```bash
npm install -g @webbies.dev/dotenvify
```
## Quick Start
```bash
# Convert a file to .env
dotenvify vars.txt
# Custom output path
dotenvify vars.txt -o production.env
# Add export prefix
dotenvify vars.txt --export
```
## Features
| | Feature | Description |
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Auto-Detect** | Smart Parsing | Handles `KEY=VALUE`, `KEY VALUE`, key-on-separate-lines, quoted values, `export` prefixes, even mixed together |
| **Backup** | Safe by Default | Automatic backups with incremental counters before any overwrite |
| **Lock** | Preserve Mode | Keep existing values for specific variables when regenerating `.env` files |
| **Filter** | Flexible Filtering | Skip lowercase keys, filter to URLs only, sort alphabetically or keep original order |
| **Quote** | Smart Quoting | Automatically quotes values containing spaces or URLs |
## Supported Input Formats
DotEnvify auto-detects and parses all of these, even when mixed in the same file:
```bash
# KEY=VALUE
API_KEY=a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0
# Quoted values
SECRET="my secret value"
# export prefix (stripped automatically)
export NODE_ENV=production
# Space-separated
REDIS_HOST localhost
# Key on one line, value on the next
DATABASE_URL
postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/db
```
> Lines starting with `#` are treated as comments and ignored.
## CLI Reference
```
dotenvify [options]
```
| Option | Alias | Description |
|---------------------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| `--output ` | `-o` | Output file path (default: `.env`) |
| `--export` | `-e` | Add `export` prefix to all variables |
| `--overwrite` | `-f` | Overwrite output without creating a backup |
| `--preserve ` | `-k` | Comma-separated variables to keep existing values for |
| `--skip-sort` | | Maintain original order (default: sorted alphabetically) |
| `--skip-lower` | | Skip variables with lowercase keys |
| `--url-only` | | Include only variables with HTTP/HTTPS URL values |
### Examples
```bash
# Overwrite without backup
dotenvify vars.txt -f
# Preserve DB creds when regenerating
dotenvify vars.txt --preserve "DATABASE_URL,API_SECRET"
# Only extract URLs, skip lowercase keys
dotenvify vars.txt --url-only --skip-lower
# Full pipeline: export-prefixed, custom output, no sorting
dotenvify vars.txt -o .env.local --export --skip-sort
```
## IDE Plugins
Use DotEnvify directly in your editor. Get features the CLI can't offer: Azure DevOps integration, paste-and-format, and
real-time diagnostics.
| Plugin | Highlights | Status |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 
| Azure DevOps variable groups, paste & format, `.env` diagnostics | 
|
| 
| Parser, formatter, diagnostics. Built on @dotenvify/core | 
|
> **Migrating from v0.x?** Azure DevOps support has moved from the CLI to
> the [JetBrains plugin](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/dev.webbies.dotenvify) for a better experience with full IDE
> integration. See the [CLI README](./cli#upgrading-from-v0x-go-version) for the full migration guide.
## Ecosystem
| Package | Description |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 
| File conversion, scripting, CI/CD pipelines |
| 
| Parser, formatter, IO. Powers CLI and plugins |
| 
| Live demo and docs |
## Development
```bash
npm install # Install dependencies
npm run build # Build all packages
npm run test # Run tests
npm run dev:landing # Dev mode (landing page)
```
Project Structure
```
dotenvify/
├── packages/core/ # @dotenvify/core (shared TS library)
├── cli/ # CLI tool (Commander.js)
├── plugins/
│ ├── jetbrains/ # Kotlin, Gradle build
│ └── vscode/ # VS Code extension
├── landing/ # Product landing page
└── docs/ # Shared docs & assets
```
## Contributing
Found a bug? Have a feature idea? PRs welcome!
Check out
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or submit
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## License
Go wild, make millions, just don't blame us when it formats your grocery list.
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"Life's too short for manual formatting."