Migration from dotenv

varlock makes it easy to migrate from dotenv.

Why Migrate?

Benefits of migrating to Varlock:

• Type safety for environment variables
• Better validation
• Improved security features

Migration Steps

There are a few ways to migrate:

Option 1: using overrides

1. Run varlock init
2. Update your package manager to use varlock instead of dotenv via an override

npm

package.json

      "overrides": {
        "dotenv": "varlock"
      }

yarn

package.json

    "overrides": {
      "dotenv": "varlock"
    }

pnpm

pnpm-workspace.yaml

overrides:
      dotenv: varlock

Next Steps

• Learn about security best practices
• Explore secrets management
• Check out JavaScript ecosystem integration