Switch environments,
not files.

Dotvane lives in your menu bar and flips a project’s .env between local, staging and production in one click.

Coming soonSee how it works

Free for 7 days, then $14.99 once. No subscription.

Code
Fri 9:41
Dotvane1 needs attention

  • web-app~/Code/web-app

  • api~/Code/api

    Missing REDIS_URL

  • billing~/Code/billing

Add Project…Edit Profiles ↗

Click a profile to try it.

Features

Every environment, handled.

Small, quiet and always one click away. Here is what it does for you.

localstagingproduction
APP_URL=http://localhost:3000

One click to switch

Pick a profile in the menu bar and .env is rewritten on the spot. The bar takes the environment’s colour, so production reads red from across the room.

.env.local.env.staging.env.production
Keychain

Secrets in the Keychain

Every profile lives in your login Keychain, not in loose .env.staging files. The one .env on disk is readable by you alone.

9:41
APP_URL=http://localhost:3000

Hand edits are caught

Change .env yourself and the menu bar key turns into a warning within a second. Save the edits to the profile or throw them away.

.env.example → staging

  • PORT
  • LOG_LEVEL
  • REDIS_URLmissing
  • DATABASE_URL

Missing keys are named

Keys declared in .env.example but absent from the active profile show up by name.

$ git status --short

?? .env

.env isn’t in .gitignore

Leaks are flagged

If git would commit your .env, you hear about it before your teammates do.

Touch ID for production

Production asks first

Protected profiles need Touch ID to show, switch to, run or delete.

  • APP_URLdifferent
  • DATABASE_URLdifferent
  • STRIPE_SECRET_KEYdifferent
  • APP_DEBUGdifferent

Compare without revealing

A key-by-key diff between two profiles. Values stay hidden, so it’s safe on a shared screen.

The app

Edit every profile in one place.

Pick a profile to edit it, compare it with another, or switch to it. Try it: production is locked.

Profiles
production

This profile is protected

Touch ID is needed to show, switch to or delete it.

Command line

Or skip the file entirely.

dotvane run injects a profile into one command. Your .env stays exactly as it was.

Install the dotvane command

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin && sudo ln -sf '/Applications/Dotvane.app/Contents/MacOS/Dotvane' /usr/local/bin/dotvane
zsh — web-app

~/Code/web-app $

Specs

Built the Mac way.

Requires
macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Runs on
Apple silicon and Intel
Security
Notarized by Apple, Developer ID signed
Storage
Profiles in your login Keychain, .env written 0600
Privacy
No account, no sync, no analytics in the app
Licence
One-time purchase, free updates

Pricing

Pay once. Keep it.

Try every feature free for 7 days. No account, no card.

Dotvane licence

$14.99one time

  • Every feature
  • Free updates
  • One licence key
  • 14-day refunds
On sale soon
Or try it free for 7 days

Secure checkout by Dodo Payments

Questions

All questions

Stop copying .env files around.

Download Dotvane and switch your first project in under a minute.

Coming soon

macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple silicon & Intel