安装

其他安装命令

macOS

Homebrew已验证 · 100%

brew install envchain

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nix已验证 · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#envchain

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/en/envchain/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com

概览

软件包摘要

Secure your credentials in environment variables

项目链接

命令和别名

envchain

历史

项目历史与用法

envchain is a security-focused CLI for storing secret environment variables in the macOS Keychain or a D-Bus Secret Service provider, then exposing them only for explicitly launched commands.

项目历史

The README positions envchain as a response to the common practice of putting credentials such as AWS access keys in shell initialization files. Instead of writing those secrets to `.bashrc` or `.zshrc`, envchain stores them in a secure vault under namespaced entries.

The project supports macOS Keychain and Linux Secret Service backends such as GNOME Keyring and KeePassXC. Its documented platform requirements include macOS versions from the OS X era and Linux systems with readline, libsecret, and D-Bus Secret Service support.

采用历史

envchain is a niche but established package-manager tool. Its README documents Homebrew installation, and Homebrew formula analytics showed hundreds of annual installs during this enrichment run. The input package facts also list Nix packaging.

使用方式

Users create a namespace with `envchain --set NAMESPACE ENV ...`, enter secret values interactively, and then run commands as `envchain namespace command`. The tool injects only the variables from the requested namespace into that child process.

Multiple namespaces can be combined, which supports workflows such as separating AWS credentials from chatbot or service credentials while still composing them for a particular command.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

envchain is part of a family of small Unix secret-handling wrappers that try to make environment variables less dangerous without changing the tools that consume them. Its package value is in bridging native desktop secret stores with ordinary CLI workflows.

时间线

2010s: envchain documents OS X Keychain support and later Linux Secret Service support.
2010s: Homebrew installation is documented in the upstream README.
2020s: The tool remains packaged as a small credential wrapper for macOS and Linux.

Related projects

envchain relates to macOS Keychain, GNOME Keyring, KeePassXC, libsecret, and the D-Bus Secret Service specification.
It overlaps with dotenv-style workflows, but stores values in platform secret stores rather than in project files.

来源

安全态势

风险级别：绿色

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

风险分类器

绿色风险 · 低置信度 · appliance

原因

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

信号

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

安装行为

formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 10 个平台目标。

建议审查

在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。

可执行文件

已安装的可执行文件

命令	类型	暴露范围	备注
`envchain`	cli	全局可执行文件

新鲜度

版本和新鲜度

这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。

页面生成时间2026-07-25

管理器版本1.1.0

管理器更新时间

本地数据OK

上游当前

检测到的最新版本v1.1.0

https://github.com/sorah/envchain

信息No package-manager update timestamp was available.低置信度

安装元数据

软件包元数据

软件包键	brew:envchain
版本	1.1.0
软件包管理器	Homebrew
软件包管理器页面	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/envchain
主页	https://github.com/sorah/envchain
仓库	https://github.com/sorah/envchain
上游文档	https://github.com/sorah/envchain#readme
许可证	MIT
源码归档	https://github.com/sorah/envchain/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.0.tar.gz
Bottle	可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	未定义
服务	未声明

注册表事实

源数据库详情

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	envchain
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

源数据库匹配

其他软件包管理器记录

匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。

Nix95%

envchain

nix profile install nixpkgs#envchain

normalized package name match
匹配方式：Envchain

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/en/envchain/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

软件包图谱

链接来自本地软件包关系图、补充数据、依赖边、生态匹配和软件包 hub 归属。

来源线索

由仓库数据生成

此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/envchain.yml

使用的来源

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

使用 Homebrew, Nix 安装 envchain