Dotenvx
Encrypted .env files for agent stacks in one line.
Dotenvx is a secrets management CLI tool that encrypts .env files using elliptic curve cryptography, allowing developers and AI agents to securely handle environment secrets. It is a drop-in replacement for the popular dotenv library, adding encryption, scoping, rotation, and audit capabilities. Secrets are committed as ciphertext to Git, with decryption only happening at runtime using a separately stored private key.
Developers replace dotenv with dotenvx, run a single encrypt command to convert .env values to ciphertext, and secrets are decrypted only at runtime by the process that needs them using a separately managed private key.
Developers and teams building with AI agents who need to manage secrets securely
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
Founders
- Motgithub
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