secret-env 🔒

A secure alternative to dotenv — prevents sensitive .env.secret files from being pushed to Git and creates .env.secret.example automatically. Supports CommonJS and ES Module.

Requires Node.js v14+

🚀 Install

npm install secret-env

⚙️ Usage

Create .env.secret file at the project root

PORT=8080
DB_USER=root
DB_PASS=12345
SECRET_KEY=mysecret

CommonJS

const secretEnv = require("secret-env");
secretEnv.config();

or

require("secret-env").config();

ES Module

import { config } from "secret-env";
config();

Access anywhere in your app

console.log(secretenv.PORT);    // output: 8080
console.log(secretenv.DB_USER);  // output: root




### Features
- Loads `.secret-env`  
- Adds `.env.secret` to `.gitignore`  
- Creates `.env.secret.example` with dummy values (`your_` prefix)  
- Prevents your secrets from leaking