A Mac app to see, editand switch every.env file you own
One window for every variable across every project — no more hunting through folders.
Pulls your variables straight from
The friction
A text file is a fine place to store variables. It's a miserable place to work in.
If you run more than a couple of projects, you already know these five by heart.
Every .env is raw text in a different folder — you edit blind, and one stray quote means the app won't boot.
Switching dev to staging to prod means renaming files by hand — slow, fiddly, and easy to get wrong.
No overview — with ten projects you can't see what's set where, or which keys a fresh clone is missing.
Comparing two environments means opening two files side by side and reading them line by line.
And the quiet risk underneath it all: a secret in plain text slips into a commit or onto a shared screen before you notice.
Why I built this
“I hated editing .env files in the terminal or use IDE to manage them. Envly is the app I wanted so I built it myself.”
The fix
One window for every .env file you own.
A sidebar of projects on the left, a structured editor on the right. Everything you wish a text file could do.
A proper editor, not a text file.
A structured key-value table with inline editing, type-aware validation, and duplicate detection. One stray quote can't break your config anymore.
- Inline rename and edit, no syntax to remember
- Validates values as you type
- Catches duplicate keys before they bite
Switch environments in one click.
Development, staging, and production live as tabs — switch instantly instead of renaming files. No more running prod credentials in dev by accident.
- Dev / Staging / Prod as tabs
- Side-by-side compare to spot drift
- Prod tab is masked and clearly marked
Envly collects nothing.
No account, no telemetry, nothing sent to our servers. Your .env files and secrets stay on your Mac. When you import from Vercel, Netlify, Railway or Fly, the values go straight from your Mac to your own provider with your own credentials — never through us.
- No account, no sign-up, no telemetry
- Optional encrypted backup, AES-256 — we hold no keys
Careful with your secrets, quietly.
Secrets render as dots until you reveal them — safe to screen-share — and live in the macOS Keychain. Envly also keeps your .env out of git: it validates .gitignore and warns before a .env is ever staged.
- Masked by default · reveal one at a time · panic-hide shortcut
- Warns before a .env is committed
Import from your cloud.
Pull variables straight from Vercel, Netlify, Railway, and Fly — no copy-paste, no missed keys, types kept intact.
- Vercel · Netlify · Railway · Fly.io
- Merge into an existing file or replace
How it compares
Built for individuals, not enterprises.
Doppler and EnvKey are great — at ~$18/user/month and a mandatory cloud. Envly is the native, local, pay-once tool for the rest of us.
| Envly | VS Code | Doppler | EnvKey | direnv | 1Password | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native macOS app | ||||||
| Structured editor | ||||||
| Env switching | ||||||
| Cross-project view | ||||||
| Local-first · collects no data | ||||||
| Git safety | ||||||
| Price | $19 once | Free | $18/mo | $10/mo | Free | $3/mo |
| Setup | Minutes | — | Account + CLI | Account + CLI | CLI + shell | CLI + account |
Pricing
Pay once. Use it forever.
No subscription. No account. No cloud. The price rises as more people buy — the earlier you are, the less you pay.
one-time payment · yours forever
- Lifetime use of the current major version
- Free updates within it, automatic via Sparkle
- One license valid on 2 Macs
- 7-day, no-questions-asked refund
No subscription. No account. No cloud. Pay once.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Give your .env files a home.
Stop hunting through folders and editing blind. Start tonight.