hyperupcall/autoenv

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Autoenv is a shell extension written in Shell that automatically executes `.env` files when you `cd` into a directory and `.env.leave` files when you leave it. It enables magic per-project shell environments, such as auto-activating virtualenvs and setting project-specific environment variables, with support for nested environments.

Use cases

• automatically activate a python virtualenv when entering a project directory
• automatically deactivate a virtualenv when leaving a project directory
• set project-specific environment variables on cd
• run setup scripts automatically when entering a folder
• manage nested directory-based environments
• load per-project shell configuration in bash or zsh

When to choose

• you want directory-based environment activation triggered by cd in bash or zsh
• you need simple per-project env vars or virtualenv auto-activation without extra tooling
• you want a lightweight, mature shell script with no runtime dependencies

When to avoid

• you need declarative env file loading without executing arbitrary shell code
• you want cross-shell support beyond bash/zsh
• you prefer containerized or direnv-style sandboxed environment management

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

developer-tools cli configuration-management developer-tools cli shell-environments dotenv per-project-env cd-hook shell-extension command-line automation linux macos bash zsh

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