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Comprehensive CLI tool for managing .env files. Version 0.10.12 via Homebrew; verified 2026-10-21. Also installable with winget: winget install --id urwithajit9.evnx -e.
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Windows
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overview
Package summary
Comprehensive CLI tool for managing .env files
Project links
Commands and aliases
- evnx
history
Project history and usage
evnx is a cross-platform Rust command-line tool for creating, validating, synchronizing, scanning, converting, and securing `.env` files.
Project history
The author describes evnx as growing from an accidental `.env` exposure and the need for preventive tooling. The project developed into a Rust CLI covering the environment-file lifecycle, including initialization, validation, synchronization, scanning, conversion, diagnostics, and experimental cloud migration.
Adoption history
The official site documents distribution as a static cross-platform binary and through Cargo and Homebrew. Its integrations target local development, pre-commit hooks, GitHub Actions, Docker, and CI security scanning.
How it is used
Typical workflows start with `evnx init`, which creates project-local `.env.example` and `.env` files and updates `.gitignore`. Users can then run `evnx doctor`, `evnx validate`, or `evnx scan` locally or in CI.
The tool also synchronizes `.env` with `.env.example`, converts variables to deployment formats such as Kubernetes or Terraform, manages values without manual editing, and can migrate secrets to supported services.
Why package nerds care
evnx combines several frequently separate package categories—dotenv editing, schema validation, secret scanning, format conversion, encrypted backup, and secret-manager migration—inside one Rust CLI.
It is particularly relevant to package-oriented development workflows because it offers a dependency-light executable, machine-readable output, CI exit codes, and SARIF reporting.
Timeline
- 2024: The incident described by the author became the motivation for preventive `.env` tooling.
- The project expanded from environment-file management into secret scanning, CI integration, format conversion, encrypted backup, and cloud migration.
- 2026: The official site documented the 0.3.x series as a cross-platform Rust CLI.
Related projects
- The official project material identifies companion repositories for evnx testing, a GitHub Action, Homebrew packaging, and Scoop packaging.
Sources
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for evnx. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 5 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
./.evnx.toml- Windows
.\.evnx.toml
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
./.env- Windows
.\.env
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
evnx | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-10-22
manager version0.10.12
manager updated2026-10-21
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.10.14
https://github.com/urwithajit9/evnx
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:evnx |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.10.12 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/evnx |
| Homepage | https://evnx.dev |
| Repository | https://github.com/urwithajit9/evnx |
| Upstream docs | https://evnx.dev |
| License | MIT |
| Source archive | https://github.com/urwithajit9/evnx/archive/refs/tags/v0.10.14.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-10-21T17:06:14Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | rust |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | evnx |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
winget95%
urwithajit9.evnx
winget install --id urwithajit9.evnx -e- normalized package name match
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source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment
- pkg.so package database