dotenv
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dotenv last released 18.0.8 on 2026-10-14. Its latest version requires Node.js >=12.
Facts
- Latest release
- 18.0.8, (10 days ago)
- First published
- (13 years ago)
- Releases in the last 12 months
- 15
- Median days between releases
- 5
- Median days between major versions
- 179
- Monthly downloads
- 798,026,762
- License
- BSD-2-Clause
- Repository
- github.com/motdotla/dotenv
- Homepage
- github.com/motdotla/dotenv
- Source
- registry.npmjs.org (checked 2026-10-19)
Major versions
19 major versions have been published.
| Major | First version | First released | Latest version | Latest released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 18.0.0 | 2026-09-17 | 18.0.8 | 2026-10-14 |
| 17 | 17.0.0 | 2025-06-27 | 17.4.2 | 2026-04-12 |
| 16 | 16.0.0 | 2022-02-02 | 16.6.1 | 2025-06-27 |
| 15 | 15.0.0 | 2022-01-31 | 15.0.1 | 2022-02-02 |
| 14 | 14.0.0 | 2022-01-17 | 14.3.2 | 2022-01-25 |
| 13 | 13.0.0 | 2022-01-16 | 13.0.1 | 2022-01-16 |
| 12 | 12.0.0 | 2022-01-14 | 12.0.4 | 2022-01-16 |
| 11 | 11.0.0 | 2022-01-11 | 11.0.0 | 2022-01-11 |
| 10 | 10.0.0 | 2021-05-21 | 10.0.0 | 2021-05-21 |
| 9 | 9.0.0 | 2021-05-05 | 9.0.2 | 2021-05-10 |
| 8 | 8.0.0 | 2019-05-02 | 8.6.0 | 2021-05-05 |
| 7 | 7.0.0 | 2019-03-13 | 7.0.0 | 2019-03-13 |
| 6 | 6.0.0 | 2018-06-02 | 6.2.0 | 2018-12-05 |
| 5 | 5.0.0 | 2018-01-29 | 5.0.1 | 2018-02-26 |
| 4 | 4.0.0 | 2017-01-07 | 4.0.0 | 2017-01-07 |
| 3 | 3.0.0 | 2017-01-07 | 3.0.0 | 2017-01-07 |
| 2 | 2.0.0 | 2016-01-21 | 2.0.0 | 2016-01-21 |
| 1 | 1.0.0 | 2015-03-14 | 1.2.0 | 2015-06-21 |
| 0 | 0.0.1 | 2013-07-05 | 0.5.1 | 2015-01-28 |
Runtime requirements
The latest version of dotenv declares these runtime constraints.
| Runtime | Constraint | Minimum version | Since version | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Node.js | >=12 | 12.0.0 | 18.0.0 | 2026-09-17 |
Supported runtimes
The latest version of dotenv runs on 15 tracked runtime releases.
| Runtime | Cycle | Released | End of life | LTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Node.js | 26 | 2026-05-05 | 2029-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 25 | 2025-10-15 | 2026-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 24 | 2025-05-06 | 2028-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 23 | 2024-10-16 | 2025-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 22 | 2024-04-24 | 2027-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 21 | 2023-10-17 | 2024-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 20 | 2023-04-18 | 2026-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 19 | 2022-10-18 | 2023-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 18 | 2022-04-19 | 2025-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 17 | 2021-10-19 | 2022-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 16 | 2021-04-20 | 2023-09-11 | yes |
| Node.js | 15 | 2020-10-20 | 2021-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 14 | 2020-04-21 | 2023-04-30 | yes |
| Node.js | 13 | 2019-10-22 | 2020-06-01 | |
| Node.js | 12 | 2019-04-23 | 2022-04-30 | yes |
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