# SecretSpec

7 Hacker News commenters recommended SecretSpec and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Developers recommend SecretSpec as a declarative way to define and load secrets across apps, made by the team behind devenv. One critic notes it lacks a clear plan for a key feature.

## What people warn about

- Unclear plan for a feature (1 comments): "I didn't see any reference in `secretspec` as to how they plan to do that." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49174094))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [fnox](https://hackerapproved.com/p/fnox.md): 20 recommend
- [Infisical](https://hackerapproved.com/p/infisical.md): 17 recommend
- [enveil](https://hackerapproved.com/p/enveil.md): 13 recommend
- [dotenvx](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dotenvx.md): 10 recommend
- [Varlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/varlock.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SecretSpec", https://hackerapproved.com/p/secretspec/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).