KeyEnv

About KeyEnv

KeyEnv is a CLI-first secrets manager for development teams, written in Rust and built around the workflow where secrets are read by a terminal and a CI job rather than clicked through a web console. The core problem it targets is the .env file that gets shared over Slack, drifts between machines and eventually leaks: KeyEnv holds environment variables and secrets per project and per environment, encrypts them end-to-end, and injects them into a process from the command line so no plaintext file needs to sit on disk. Being CLI-first is a deliberate positioning choice against the dashboard-heavy incumbents in this category — the day-to-day interaction is a command, not a browser tab, which is also what makes it composable inside scripts and CI pipelines. Team functionality covers the parts that turn a personal tool into a shared one: role-based access control determining who can read which environment, collaboration across a team without passing credentials around, and audit logs recording who accessed what. Enterprise deployments add SSO and SAML, custom integrations, an SLA and an on-premise option for organisations that cannot route secrets through a third-party service. End-to-end encryption and CLI access are included on every plan including the free one, which is the correct split — the security properties are not the upsell, the collaboration is.

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