Dotenv syncs, encrypts, and deploys environment variables from .env files across teams and environments. See Dotenv pricing, plans, and features on Gappsy.
Dotenv is a secrets management platform built around the .env file, the plain-text configuration format that a huge share of software projects already use to store API keys, database URLs, and other environment variables locally. Rather than asking teams to adopt an entirely new secrets format, Dotenv encrypts and centralizes the .env files a project already has, then syncs them across machines, environments, and CI pipelines.
The product was created by Scott Motte, the original author of the open-source dotenv library that popularized the .env pattern in Node.js and other ecosystems years ago. Dotenv is the commercial, hosted layer on top of that pattern: a dashboard, CLI, and integrations that let a team manage who can see and change which secrets, without abandoning the file format their codebase already expects.
The core feature is encrypted syncing of .env files: a developer runs a command to push their local environment variables to Dotenv's vault, and teammates or deployment systems pull the current version back down, so nobody is emailing plaintext secrets or pasting them into Slack. Multiple environments per project, such as development, staging, and production, are supported, each with its own set of variables and access.
On top of syncing, Dotenv adds team-oriented controls: access permissions that limit who can view or modify which environment's secrets, a version history so changes can be audited or rolled back, Slack notifications when secrets change, and an audit log for compliance purposes. Integrations include a GitHub add-on for CI/CD workflows and a VS Code extension for working with encrypted variables directly in the editor.
Dotenv uses simple per-seat pricing rather than usage-based tiers. The Solo plan costs $5 per user per month and is aimed at individual developers, including up to two teammates, unlimited projects, multiple environments, encrypted deploys, and access to the CLI, dashboard, GitHub add-on, and VS Code extension.
The Team plan costs $8 per user per month and removes the teammate cap, adding custom environments, Slack notifications, more granular access controls, version history, external sharing, high availability, and audit logs. Dotenv positions this pricing as substantially cheaper than broader secrets-management platforms like HashiCorp Vault, Doppler, or Infisical at comparable team sizes.
No. The open-source dotenv library, and its newer sibling dotenvx, is a free tool for loading .env files locally. Dotenv (dotenv.org) is a separate paid product from the same creator that adds encrypted syncing, team access controls, and a hosted vault on top of that format.
The Solo plan is $5 per user per month for up to two teammates, and the Team plan is $8 per user per month with unlimited teammates and added access controls.
Yes, a GitHub add-on lets CI pipelines pull decrypted environment variables during builds and deploys.
Yes, Dotenv is billed month to month with no long-term contract required.
Yes, since it operates on the .env file format itself rather than a language-specific library, it works with any stack that reads environment variables from .env files.