nutvault

Usage

nutvault is a CLI tool for managing encrypted environment variable vaults. It provides secure storage and retrieval of environment variables from .env files.

Commands

Collect

Collect variables from a .env file and save them to a vault project.

# Collect from default .env file with default key
nutvault collect myproject

# Collect from custom .env file
nutvault collect myproject --env-file .env.production

# Collect with custom key file
nutvault collect myproject --key-file ~/.nutvault/mykey.hex

The collect command reads all variables from a .env file and saves them to an encrypted vault project. The project is stored at ~/.nutvault/projects/<projectName>.<hash>.

Fill

Fill empty variables in a .env file with values from the vault.

# Fill empty variables in default .env file
nutvault fill myproject

# Fill empty variables in custom .env file
nutvault fill myproject --env-file .env.production

# Fill with custom key file
nutvault fill myproject --key-file ~/.nutvault/mykey.hex

The fill command reads variables from a vault project and fills only empty variables in a .env file. Variables that already have values are not modified.

Swap

Replace all variable values in a .env file with values from the vault.

# Swap all variables in default .env file
nutvault swap myproject

# Swap all variables in custom .env file
nutvault swap myproject --env-file .env.production

# Swap with custom key file
nutvault swap myproject --key-file ~/.nutvault/mykey.hex

The swap command reads variables from a vault project and replaces all variable values in a .env file. All existing variable values will be overwritten with values from the vault.

Remove

Delete a vault project and all its contents.

# Remove project with default key
nutvault remove myproject

# Remove project with custom key file
nutvault remove myproject --key-file ~/.nutvault/mykey.hex

The remove command deletes an entire vault project and all its contents. This operation cannot be undone.

List

List all vault projects.

# List all projects
nutvault list

The list command displays all vault projects stored in ~/.nutvault/projects/. For each project, it shows the project name, hash, path, and number of variables.

Options

• --env-file, -e: Path to .env file (default: .env in current directory)
• --key-file, -k: Path to key file in hex format (default: use default user key)

Key Files

If no key file is specified, nutvault uses a default key generated deterministically from your user and host information. For custom encryption keys, provide a key file containing exactly 64 hex characters (32 bytes).

Installation

Download from GitHub Releases

You can download the latest pre-built binary for your platform from GitHub Releases.

Linux (amd64)

curl -sL https://github.com/adeptofvoltron/nutvault/releases/download/v1.0.1/nutvault-linux-amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/nutvault
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/nutvault

Linux (arm64)

curl -sL https://github.com/adeptofvoltron/nutvault/releases/download/v1.0.1/nutvault-linux-arm64 -o /usr/local/bin/nutvault
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/nutvault

macOS (amd64)

curl -sL https://github.com/adeptofvoltron/nutvault/releases/download/v1.0.1/nutvault-darwin-amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/nutvault
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/nutvault

macOS (arm64)

curl -sL https://github.com/adeptofvoltron/nutvault/releases/download/v1.0.1/nutvault-darwin-arm64 -o /usr/local/bin/nutvault
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/nutvault

Windows

Download nutvault-windows-amd64.exe from the releases page and add it to your PATH.

Or use curl:

curl -sL https://github.com/adeptofvoltron/nutvault/releases/download/v1.0.1/nutvault-windows-amd64.exe -o nutvault.exe

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/adeptofvoltron/nutvault.git
cd nutvault
go build -o nutvault ./cmd/nutvault

Releasing a New Version

To create a new release and publish binaries to GitHub Releases:

1. Build binaries for all platforms:

   ./release.sh

   This will create binaries in the dist/ directory for:

   • Linux (amd64, arm64)
   • macOS (amd64, arm64)
   • Windows (amd64, arm64)

2. Create and push a Git tag:

   git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "release X.Y.Z"
   git push origin vX.Y.Z

3. Create a GitHub Release using GitHub CLI:

   gh release create vX.Y.Z dist/* --title "vX.Y.Z" --notes "Release notes"

   Or create the release manually on GitHub and upload the files from the dist/ directory.

The release.sh script builds optimized binaries with -ldflags "-s -w" for smaller file sizes and automatically generates SHA256 checksums for each binary.