# Install dotenv-cli with npm

A global executable to run applications with the ENV variables loaded by dotenv. Version 11.0.0 via npm; verified 2025-10-28. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install dotenv-cli.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:dotenv-cli
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g dotenv-cli
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:dotenv-cli
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 11.0.0
- **Source summary:** A global executable to run applications with the ENV variables loaded by dotenv
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-28T20:43:19.873Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- dotenv (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 11.0.0

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dotenv-cli. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - dotenv-cli - 3.4.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dotenv-cli from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | CLI that loads .env configuration | https://github.com/venthur/dotenv-cli
- Debian apt - python3-dotenv-cli - 3.4.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-dotenv-cli from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | transitional package | https://github.com/venthur/dotenv-cli
- Nix - dotenv-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/do/dotenv-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - python3-dotenv-cli - 3.2.2-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-dotenv-cli from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | CLI that loads .env configuration | https://github.com/venthur/dotenv-cli
- MacPorts - dotenv: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/dotenv/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - dotenv - 0.15.0-2build1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dotenv from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | `dotenv` implementation for Rust | https://github.com/dotenv-rs/dotenv
- apk - dotenv - 1.2.2-r0: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dotenv from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Reads the key-value pair from .env file and adds them to environment variable. | https://github.com/theskumar/python-dotenv


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
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- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph