
Company News
Meet the Socket Team at RSAC and BSidesSF 2026
Join Socket for live demos, rooftop happy hours, and one-on-one meetings during BSidesSF and RSA 2026 in San Francisco.
@next/env
Advanced tools
@next/envNext.js' util for loading dotenv files in with the proper priorities
Dotenv is a popular npm package that loads environment variables from a .env file into `process.env`. Similar to @next/env, it helps in managing application configurations across different environments. However, dotenv is not specifically tailored for Next.js applications and can be used in any Node.js project.
Cross-env allows you to set and use environment variables across different operating systems in a Node.js project. Unlike @next/env, which is focused on loading environment variables from files, cross-env is useful for setting environment variables directly in npm scripts in a cross-platform compatible way.
Env-cmd is another npm package that supports loading environment variables from a file into Node.js applications. It is similar to @next/env in its purpose but offers more flexibility in specifying different environment files for different environments (e.g., .env.production, .env.development) directly from the command line or scripts.
FAQs
Next.js dotenv file loading
The npm package @next/env receives a total of 19,963,025 weekly downloads. As such, @next/env popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @next/env demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 5 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Did you know?

Socket for GitHub automatically highlights issues in each pull request and monitors the health of all your open source dependencies. Discover the contents of your packages and block harmful activity before you install or update your dependencies.

Company News
Join Socket for live demos, rooftop happy hours, and one-on-one meetings during BSidesSF and RSA 2026 in San Francisco.

Research
/Security News
Malicious Packagist packages disguised as Laravel utilities install an encrypted PHP RAT via Composer dependencies, enabling remote access and C2 callbacks.

Research
/Security News
OpenVSX releases of Aqua Trivy 1.8.12 and 1.8.13 contained injected natural-language prompts that abuse local AI coding agents for system inspection and potential data exfiltration.