.env to JSON & YAML Converter

Turn .env into JSON or YAML — or JSON, YAML, compose files and K8s Secrets back into .env — all in your browser.

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{
  "NODE_ENV": "production",
  "PORT": "8080",
  "APP_URL": "https://example.com",
  "API_URL": "${APP_URL}/api",
  "DATABASE_URL": "postgres://app:s3cr3t-pass@db.internal:5432/app",
  "REDIS_URL": "redis://localhost:6379",
  "STRIPE_SECRET_KEY": "sk_live_51HxAbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrStUv",
  "SENDGRID_API_KEY": "changeme",
  "JWT_SECRET": "",
  "FEATURE_FLAGS": "beta search"
}

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They're joined with double underscores: {"db":{"host":"x"}} becomes DB__HOST=x, the convention used by .NET, NestJS and other config loaders.

No. The conversion runs in your browser and the file is never stored.

Yes. Paste the YAML in Import and the base64 data is decoded back to plain KEY=value lines.

Inline comments are kept when converting back to .env. JSON and YAML output drop them because those formats can't carry them.

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