sorah/envchain
Environment variables meet macOS Keychain and gnome-keyring <3 observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4490
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 862
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1326 stars · 40 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
envchain is a command-line tool that stores environment variables like API credentials in macOS Keychain or the D-Bus Secret Service (gnome-keyring) instead of shell dotfiles. It injects stored secrets into the environment only when explicitly invoked, e.g. `envchain aws s3cmd ...`.
Use cases
- store aws credentials securely instead of in .bashrc
- inject secrets into environment variables when running a command
- keep api keys out of shell initialization files
- manage credentials per namespace on macos keychain
- use gnome-keyring to hold environment secrets on linux
When to choose
- you want secrets backed by the OS keychain rather than plaintext dotfiles
- you work on macOS or Linux with gnome-keyring/KeePassXC
- you prefer explicit, per-command secret injection
When to avoid
- you need cross-platform support including Windows
- you want automatic secret loading for every shell session
- you need a team-wide secrets manager with sharing features
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
security secrets-management cli developer-tools security developer-tools cli keychain gnome-keyring environment-variables credentials secret-service command-line macos linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/sorah/envchain · fetched 2026-08-28 · bf60b126527d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| sorah/envchain | main | 23 |
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