.env.local -

Enter the .env.local file—your development environment's best friend. What is .env.local ?

You might wonder why we need multiple .env files. Here are the three primary reasons: 1. Local Overrides .env.local

In almost every framework (especially Next.js), over all other non-specific files. If API_KEY=abc123 is in .env and API_KEY=xyz789 is in .env.local , the application will use xyz789 locally. Enter the

.env.local is a file that stores environment-specific variables for your application. It's a variant of the popular .env file, which is used to store environment variables for your project. While .env is typically used to store variables that are shared across multiple environments, .env.local is used to store environment-specific variables that override or complement the variables defined in .env . .env.local