EnvGuard VSCode Extension

Real-time .env file validation, secret detection, and security warnings for Visual Studio Code.

Features

• Real-time Validation: Automatically validates .env files as you type
• Secret Detection: Warns about exposed API keys, tokens, and credentials
• Duplicate Key Detection: Identifies duplicate environment variable definitions
• Quick Fixes: One-click fixes for common issues
• Generate .env.example: Automatically create example files with masked secrets

Detected Secret Patterns

• AWS Access Keys and Secret Keys
• GitHub Personal Access Tokens
• Slack Tokens
• Stripe API Keys (Live and Test)
• Private Keys (RSA, etc.)
• JWT Tokens
• Google API Keys
• Firebase Keys

Commands

• EnvGuard: Validate Current File - Manually trigger validation
• EnvGuard: Scan for Secrets - Scan and report all detected secrets
• EnvGuard: Generate .env.example - Create a sanitized example file

Configuration

{
  "envguard.enableRealTimeValidation": true,
  "envguard.showSecretWarnings": true,
  "envguard.secretPatterns": []
}

Installation

1. Clone this repository
2. Run npm install
3. Run npm run compile
4. Press F5 in VSCode to test

License

MIT