macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install envchainlocal Homebrew formula metadata
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#envchainnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/en/envchain/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
概览
软件包摘要
Secure your credentials in environment variables
项目链接
命令和别名
- envchain
历史
项目历史与用法
envchain is a security-focused CLI for storing secret environment variables in the macOS Keychain or a D-Bus Secret Service provider, then exposing them only for explicitly launched commands.
项目历史
The README positions envchain as a response to the common practice of putting credentials such as AWS access keys in shell initialization files. Instead of writing those secrets to `.bashrc` or `.zshrc`, envchain stores them in a secure vault under namespaced entries.
The project supports macOS Keychain and Linux Secret Service backends such as GNOME Keyring and KeePassXC. Its documented platform requirements include macOS versions from the OS X era and Linux systems with readline, libsecret, and D-Bus Secret Service support.
采用历史
envchain is a niche but established package-manager tool. Its README documents Homebrew installation, and Homebrew formula analytics showed hundreds of annual installs during this enrichment run. The input package facts also list Nix packaging.
使用方式
Users create a namespace with `envchain --set NAMESPACE ENV ...`, enter secret values interactively, and then run commands as `envchain namespace command`. The tool injects only the variables from the requested namespace into that child process.
Multiple namespaces can be combined, which supports workflows such as separating AWS credentials from chatbot or service credentials while still composing them for a particular command.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
envchain is part of a family of small Unix secret-handling wrappers that try to make environment variables less dangerous without changing the tools that consume them. Its package value is in bridging native desktop secret stores with ordinary CLI workflows.
时间线
- 2010s: envchain documents OS X Keychain support and later Linux Secret Service support.
- 2010s: Homebrew installation is documented in the upstream README.
- 2020s: The tool remains packaged as a small credential wrapper for macOS and Linux.
Related projects
- envchain relates to macOS Keychain, GNOME Keyring, KeePassXC, libsecret, and the D-Bus Secret Service specification.
- It overlaps with dotenv-style workflows, but stores values in platform secret stores rather than in project files.
来源
安全态势
风险级别：绿色
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
风险分类器
绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance
原因
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
信号
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
安装行为
- 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
envchain | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
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页面生成时间2026-08-03
管理器版本1.1.0
管理器更新时间
本地数据未知
上游不可用
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安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:envchain |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 1.1.0 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 主页 | https://github.com/sorah/envchain |
| 仓库 | https://github.com/sorah/envchain |
| Bottle | 未记录 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
Nix95%
envchain
nix profile install nixpkgs#envchain- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Envchain
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation