dotenv-expandv1000.0.0, 29 Jul 2026
Expand environment variables using dotenv
$ npm install dotenv-expanddotenv-flowv4.1.0, 26 Dec 2023
Loads environment variables from `.env.[development|test|production][.local]` files
$ npm install dotenv-flow| Metric | dotenv-expand | dotenv-flow | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 32,192,991 | 799,102 | dotenv-expand 40.3x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +77% | +89% | dotenv-flow +13 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 1 | dotenv-flow 1 more |
| Unpacked size | 291 kB | 59 kB | dotenv-flow 4.9x smaller |
| Latest release | 1000.0.0, 29 Jul 2026 | 4.1.0, 26 Dec 2023 | dotenv-expand 2.6 years more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 2 | 0 | dotenv-expand 2 more |
| First published | 21 Jan 2016 | 17 May 2018 | dotenv-expand 2.3 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 1,056 | 902 | dotenv-expand +17% |
| Open issues | 0 | 3 | dotenv-flow 3 more |
| Open pull requests | 0 | 5 | dotenv-flow 5 more |
| Contributors | 31 | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 37 | 0 | dotenv-expand higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | CommonJS | CommonJS | Same |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT | Differs |
Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.
dotenv-expand32.2m latest weekdotenv-flow785.9k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
dotenv-expand
Major versions
- 0.1.021 Jan 2016
- 4.0.031 Mar 2017
- 5.0.013 Mar 2019
- 6.0.017 Jan 2022
- 7.0.02 Feb 2022
- 8.0.04 Feb 2022
- 9.0.030 Aug 2022
- 10.0.016 Dec 2022
- 11.0.010 Feb 2024
- 12.0.016 Nov 2024
- 13.0.017 Apr 2026
- 1000.0.029 Jul 2026
Last 5 releases
- 1000.0.029 Jul 2026
- 13.0.017 Apr 2026
- 12.0.32 Sept 2025
- 12.0.217 Apr 2025
- 12.0.118 Nov 2024
30 releases in total, 2 in the last 12 months
dotenv-flow
Major versions
- 0.1.02 Aug 2018
- 1.0.04 Jun 2019
- 2.0.05 Jun 2019
- 3.0.014 Jul 2019
- 4.0.028 Sept 2023
Last 5 releases
- 4.1.026 Dec 2023
- 4.0.16 Nov 2023
- 4.0.028 Sept 2023
- 3.3.026 Aug 2023
- 3.2.027 Jun 2020
13 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
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- Need no runtime dependenciesdotenv-expand (dotenv-expand has 0, dotenv-flow has 1)
- Module formatBoth CommonJS
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Node.js version requirementdotenv-expand: >=16; dotenv-flow: >= 12.0.0 (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releasedotenv-expand (1000.0.0 on 29 Jul 2026 vs 4.1.0 on 26 Dec 2023)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsdotenv-expand (32.2m vs 799.1k)
- Licensedotenv-expand: BSD-3-Clause; dotenv-flow: MIT
Each line is generated from the data above.
- @dotenvx/dotenvx vs dotenv-flowNo search data
- dotenv-flow vs env-varNo search data
dotenv-expand: dotenv-expand npm registry, dotenv-expand npm downloads, dotenv-expand GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
dotenv-flow: dotenv-flow npm registry, dotenv-flow npm downloads, dotenv-flow GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.