Your .env file is a ticking time bomb. It contains every secret your app needs to run: database passwords, API keys, OAuth secrets, encryption keys. One accidental commit to GitHub, and it's game over.

The Environment File Auditor finds secrets hiding in your config files and helps you create safe templates.

Scans for Secrets: Analyzes your .env file and flags every credential, token, password, and key it finds.

Generates Safe Templates: Creates a .env.example file with all secrets removed but variable names preserved, so new team members know what to configure.

Security Scoring: Gives your .env file a security score based on:

• Number of secrets found
• Secret strength (entropy)
• Naming conventions (are variables clearly labeled?)
• Dangerous patterns (hardcoded IPs, production URLs in dev files)

GitHub scanning: GitHub automatically scans commits for exposed secrets. If you accidentally commit a .env file with real credentials, you'll get an alert (and potential compromise).

Onboarding new developers: A .env.example file shows new team members what environment variables they need to set up without exposing real values.

Compliance requirements: Many security frameworks require proof that secrets are not hardcoded or checked into version control.

Before pushing to GitHub: Run an audit to make sure you're not about to commit secrets.

Creating .env.example: Generate a safe template automatically instead of manually redacting values.

Security audits: Get a report of all credentials in your config with strength ratings.

Rotating secrets: Identify which secrets are weak and need rotation.

• Database URLs: Full connection strings with credentials
• API Keys: AWS, Stripe, SendGrid, etc.
• OAuth Secrets: Client secrets, tokens
• Encryption Keys: JWT secrets, signing keys
• Passwords: Any plaintext passwords
• Tokens: Session tokens, API tokens
• Email Credentials: SMTP passwords
• Third-Party Integrations: Twilio, Slack, etc.

Auditing happens through browser-local detection and redaction for .env files.