dotenvx
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
1warn against
Dec 8, 2025first mention
Aug 16, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“For development on linux I like to use dotenvx”
“use sops + age [1] or dotenvx [2] (or similar) to encrypt just the values”
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“I've settled on dotenvx [0] for committing encrypted .env files.”
Caveats and dissent
“It's kinda like sops but not as good.”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“encrypting your .env file and keeping the decryption key separate”
creator of Node dotenvon “The Twelve-Factor App (2025)”
“Dotenvx splits your secrets into two separate locations.”
Threads where it came up
- Show HN: enveil – hide your .env secrets from prAIng eyes 3 mentions
- A Roblox cheat and one AI tool brought down Vercel's platform 2 mentions
- The Twelve-Factor App (2025) 1 mention
- Show HN: Laptop is the last place your secrets are still in plaintext 1 mention
- Ask HN: How are you managing secrets with AI agents? 1 mention
- Show HN: Lockenv – Simple encrypted secrets storage for Git 1 mention
Also written as Dotenvx. Data: dotenvx.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“For development on linux I like to use dotenvx”
“It's kinda like sops but not as good.”
“The local encryption approach (enveil, sops, dotenvx)”
“use sops + age [1] or dotenvx [2] (or similar) to encrypt just the values”
“How does this compare with https://dotenvx.com/?”
“Curious if anyone has experimented with dotenvx”
“I've settled on dotenvx [0] for committing encrypted .env files.”