@kszongic/env-to-json-cli

Convert .env files to JSON from the command line — pipe-friendly, zero dependencies.

Install

npm install -g @kszongic/env-to-json-cli

Usage

# Read .env in current directory
env-to-json

# Read a specific file
env-to-json .env.production

# Pretty-print
env-to-json -p

# Pipe from stdin
cat .env | env-to-json

# Combine with jq
env-to-json | jq '.DATABASE_URL'

Options

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | -p, --pretty | Pretty-print JSON output | | -q, --quoted | Preserve surrounding quotes on values | | -h, --help | Show help | | -v, --version | Show version |

Parsing Rules

• Skips blank lines and comments (#)
• Strips export prefix
• Strips surrounding single/double quotes (unless --quoted)
• Handles KEY=VALUE format

Example

# .env
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=5432
API_KEY="my-secret-key"

$ env-to-json -p
{
  "DB_HOST": "localhost",
  "DB_PORT": "5432",
  "API_KEY": "my-secret-key"
}

License

MIT © 2026 kszongic