env-diff

Compare environment variables between processes, containers, or .env files to debug configuration issues

Features

• Compare environment variables from two running processes by PID
• Diff two .env files with full path support
• Parse and compare shell export scripts (bash/zsh format)
• Colorized terminal output showing additions (green), deletions (red), and changes (yellow)
• Value diff display for changed variables showing old -> new
• Mask sensitive values using pattern matching (password, token, key, secret)
• Export comparison results to JSON format with structured diff data
• Export comparison results to CSV format for spreadsheet analysis
• Filter comparison by variable name patterns (include/exclude)
• Show only differences or all variables with --all flag
• Sort output alphabetically or by change type
• Support for reading from stdin for piped input

How to Use

Use this project when you need to:

• Quickly solve problems related to env-diff
• Integrate python functionality into your workflow
• Learn how python handles common patterns with click

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/KurtWeston/env-diff.git
cd env-diff

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

python main.py

Built With

• python using click

Dependencies

• click
• rich
• python-dotenv
• psutil

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.