Turn ENV configuration files into JSON. It is converted in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.
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Drop ENV (dotenv) files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
Press Convert. There is nothing else to set. The work happens in this tab.
Save the JSON, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
The ENV to JSON converter is part of this page and runs inside your browser. Your configuration files are never sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so the conversion starts the moment you press Convert, even on a slow connection.
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark. Add several files and download them together as a ZIP.
ENV is a flat list of variables with no nesting, and dialects disagree on quoting. JSON is what APIs and most programming languages read natively. ENV is at home in environment variables for an application; JSON is the usual choice for APIs and data exchanged between programs.
Lines of the form KEY=value are read, including an optional export prefix, quoted values and multi-line double-quoted values. Every value stays text and comments are not carried over.
A .env file lists environment variables as NAME=value lines, one per line, so an application can load its settings without hard-coding them. Such files often hold passwords and API keys, so they belong outside version control and should not be shared.
Opens in Any text editor; read by dotenv libraries, Docker Compose and many frameworks
ENV converterJSON represents data as nested objects and lists in plain text. It is the default language of web APIs. Unlike a spreadsheet it can be nested to any depth, which is also why turning it into rows and columns takes a decision about how to flatten it.
Opens in Any text editor, every programming language, browser developer tools
JSON converter| ENV.env file | JSONJSON data | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | dotenv environment file | JavaScript Object Notation |
| Type | Plain-text configuration | Structured data (text) |
| Compression | None | None |
| Introduced | The early 2010s, by no single owner (popularised by the dotenv libraries) | 2001, by Douglas Crockford |
| Opens in | Any text editor; read by dotenv libraries, Docker Compose and many frameworks | Any text editor, every programming language, browser developer tools |
| Best for | Environment variables for an application | APIs and data exchanged between programs |
| File extension | .env | .json |
No. The ENV to JSON conversion runs inside your browser, on your own phone or computer. The file is not sent to ToAny or to anyone else.
The values are kept. Anything JSON has no way to express, such as formatting, formulas or nesting, is simplified or left out.
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the ENV file, press Convert and save the JSON. There is nothing to install.
Yes. Data files up to 300 MB are accepted; a larger file is refused with a message. Beyond that the limit is your device's memory, since nothing is uploaded; a computer copes with large files better than a phone.