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    Comment #49265535

    https://varlock.dev (free, open source) can pull secrets from many places, and has a credential broker (proxy) to inject placeholders, then replace with real secrets at the network…

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    Comment #49173591

    Varlock sounds like what you might be looking for. Free, open source, and very flexible toolkit to use however you like.

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    Comment #49173556

    Varlock has bw plugin too - and similarly you can either wire up individual items or pull a whole env style blob from a single item if you prefer.

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    Comment #49172809

    FYI - You can pull a whole .env style blob from a single item using varlock. Never written to disk and supports caching behind Secure Enclave.

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    Comment #49130915

    Of course there's no single solution and a multi-layered defense is needed... But as the article mentions, a huge step is first getting credentials out of plaintext, and then out o…

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    Comment #49125461

    While there are absolutely a million of these env tools popping up which are total vibe-coded slop, secretspec is not one of them. It's from the creator of https://devenv.sh and ha…

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    Comment #49125411

    Over at varlock ( https://varlock.dev -- also free, open source), we agree that .env as we know it is full of problems. But instead of abandoning it, we evolved it. We replace your…

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    Comment #49025087

    Looks great. The "credential broker" pattern (inject placeholders, replace in proxy) is something we just added to https://varlock.dev (totally free and open source). Rather than u…

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    Comment #48248069

    Check out varlock - it’s a free and open source toolkit to help with this. It has built in validation, extra protection for your secrets, and uses plugins to pull sensitive data fr…

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    Comment #48195402

    Get everything out of plaintext! Varlock is a great and flexible way to do this.

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    Comment #48195303

    You might like varlock - it helps keep secrets out of plaintext by using plugins to pull from various backends (aws ssm, gcp, vault, 1pass, etc). Also has built in local encryption…

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    Comment #48026020

    We piggyback on .env files with a new DSL rather than introducing a new file. Using plugins that register new functions, you can fetch from many different backends (15 and growing)…

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    Comment #48024799

    Check out https://varlock.dev - it uses functions and a plugin system to pull from different backends. But also allows composing values together in whatever way you like, has built…

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    Comment #48015205

    check out https://bumpy.varlock.dev - still a bit of work to do to make other languages even easier, but it fixes a few things with changesets around custom publishing.

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    Show HN: Bumpy – versioning/changelog tool, fixed 120 open changesets issues

    Meet bumpy - your new favourite open-source versioning, release, and changelog tool. Especially useful in monorepos with many related packages, but also great to use in simpler set…

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    Comment #47788481

    Totally - the only completely safe way is to inject keys in a proxy and keep them out of the process. But getting them totally out of plaintext is a great first step, both to keep …

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    Comment #47753362

    You will probably like varlock - it helps get your keys out of plaintext, while giving your agents a schema and additional tools so it can interact with env vars safely. The next s…

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    Comment #47707784

    Another tool that helps here is https://varlock.dev (free + open source!) There are plugins for many different secret storage solutions, including infisical - as well as native loc…

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    Comment #47601748

    Check out https://varlock.dev - it makes .env files useful and safer!

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    Comment #47522124

    You might like https://varlock.dev (free and open source) - it has a plugin system so you can follow this pattern but pull from many different backends. Plus it provides a lot more…

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    Comment #47417018

    You'll probably like https://varlock.dev (free and open source) Im just about to roll out similar built in secure-enclave encryption with fingerprint unlocking. But integrated into…

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    Comment #47384519

    Check out https://varlock.dev for a modern take on .env that gets your secrets out of plaintext. Free and open source - works with tons of tools. Adds validation, type safety, lots…

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    Comment #47254971

    Reading from 1Password definitely does add some overhead, but at least our integration fetches in bulk so should be ~2s total and not scale with number of secrets. For team members…

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    Comment #47236534

    While the 1Password model is not perfect, you can organize your vaults however makes sense for your project. You can do prod/staging/dev, or by projects, etc. Or you can use the ne…