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envio

A secure command-line tool for managing environment variables

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About

envio is a command-line tool for securely managing environment variables. It allows users to create encrypted profiles containing environment variables for a specific project or use case. The tool provides various operations to manage these profiles, such as loading them into terminal sessions or running programs with the specified environment variables.

Some key features of envio include:

  • Encrypt profiles using different encryption methods
  • Start new shell sessions with profile environment variables injected
  • Run programs with your profiles

Installation

Pre-built binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows are available on the releases page.

Unix Install Script

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/humblepenguinn/envio/main/install.sh | bash

Set a custom install directory with ENVIO_INSTALL_DIR (default: ~/.local/bin):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/humblepenguinn/envio/main/install.sh | ENVIO_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin bash

Install a specific version with ENVIO_VERSION (default: latest):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/humblepenguinn/envio/main/install.sh | ENVIO_VERSION=v0.0.0 bash

Uninstall:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/humblepenguinn/envio/main/install.sh | bash -s -- uninstall

Cargo

cargo install envio

Arch Linux

Use your favorite AUR helper:

paru -S envio      # or envio-bin for pre-built binary

Debian/Ubuntu

A .deb package is also published on the releases page:

sudo dpkg -i envio_<version>_<arch>.deb

macOS

brew install envio

Windows

Download the MSI installer or zip archive from the releases page.

Usage

See the Usage Guide for detailed instructions on how to use the tool.

Contributing

Take a look at the Contributing Guide for more information.

License

envio is available under the terms of either the MIT License or the Apache License 2.0, at your option.

See the LICENSE-MIT and LICENSE-APACHE files for license details.