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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…