Installation

There are two ways to install varlock:

1. Install as a package.json dependency in JavaScript/TypeScript projects
2. Install as a standalone binary

Requires:

• Node.js version 22 or higher

To install varlock in your project, run:

npx varlock init

yarn dlx varlock init

pnpm dlx varlock init

vlx varlock init

This will install varlock as a dependency and scan your project for .env files and create a .env.schema file in the root of your project. Depending on your project configuration, it will optionally:

• Remove your existing .env.example file
• Add decorators to your .env.schema file to specify the type of each environment variable

To install varlock CLI as a binary, run:

# Install via homebrew
brew install dmno-dev/tap/varlock

# OR via cURL
curl -sSfL https://varlock.dev/install.sh | sh -s

Then run the setup wizard to help you get started:

varlock init

You can then run varlock --help to see the available commands or read the CLI Reference.

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