EnvForge streamlines .env setup, no manual docs needed

Need fresh environment variables for Supabase, Stripe or Clerk without hunting through docs? EnvForge, a new open-source CLI, lets you scaffold, validate and protect .env files in minutes—simply interact with prompts and let the tool handle the rest.

## Painless setup in three commands

Getting started takes less than a minute. After installing the package (npm install envforge-dev) and ensuring Node.js 18+, run envforge init to generate a new .env interactively, choose from more than a dozen providers, then envforge fill to enter credentials without exposing them on screen. A final envforge validate confirms everything is ready for use.

## Built for teams and frameworks

EnvForge ships with templates for databases, auth services, AI APIs, payments and storage—including Supabase, Neon, Clerk, Stripe, Resend and Cloudinary. Need something custom? Add your own provider with envforge provider add or pull community templates from the registry. Framework-specific scanning (--framework next) sharpens checks for Next.js projects, while a .envforgeignore file keeps legacy folders out of secret scans.

## Guardrails that work before commit

Pre-commit hooks can block accidental secret leaks or missing variables, enforcing consistency across the team. Every commit then runs validate (quiet mode) and scan to catch exposed keys or unfilled placeholders, reducing the risk of misconfigurations in production.

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