envlink

I work on two different computers and routinely need to transfer secrets between them. I used to paste those secrets in another application - whether that be through Discord chat or any other means - and delete them after copying and pasting. Other times, I regenerate credentials when I forgot them. This is error-prone, and sharing these secrets in other applications is not safe. envlink removes that friction by providing a centralized, secure place to store and sync your projects' .env files so you can access the right secrets on any machine without sharing them elsewhere.

Tools used

• Go (Golang)
• Cobra: Go library for building CLI applications
• Gin: Go HTTP web framework for building APIs
• Supabase (PostgreSQL): Database for storing information
• Docker: To containerize the server code for deployment
• Railway (tentative): To host the server

Project structure

• cmd/cli/main.go: the CLI entrypoint that calls cli.Execute()
• internal/cli/: cobra-based command definitions
  • root.go: root command with flags and viper config
  • all other files in this directory are the commands for envlink
• server/: HTTP server code with API endpoints, controllers, and routers
• .dockerignore: I am using Railway to host the server code, and I don't want my CLI related code in the docker image that Railway makes

Available commands

• login: log in to envlink
• register: register an account
• push: push .env to storage
• pull: pull latest .env changes
• projects: list all stored .env files
• store: store your secret key

How to run the CLI

From the repo root:

go run ./cmd/cli {command}

From the CLI directory:

cd cmd/cli
go run . {command}