{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/2"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Loads environment variables from a .env file into the process environment, but this package is deprecated and unsupported\u2014use python-dotenv instead.","skillfed_tags":["deprecated","unmaintained"],"use_cases":["Loading environment variables from a .env file in legacy projects that already depend on this specific package.","Migrating away from this package to python-dotenv as part of a dependency upgrade.","Understanding why a project uses dotenv and planning a transition to a maintained alternative."],"what_it_does":"dotenv is a Python package that reads environment variables from a .env file and loads them into the process environment. It was designed to simplify configuration management by allowing developers to store sensitive or environment-specific settings in a local file rather than hardcoding them or relying on system environment setup.\n\nHowever, this package is no longer maintained. The maintainer has explicitly deprecated it and directs all users to python-dotenv, a maintained fork. The repository is dormant (last commit 541 days ago), and no active development or security updates are occurring. Installing this package introduces maintenance risk and should be avoided in favor of its actively maintained successor.","worth_installing":"No. This package is explicitly deprecated by its maintainer and dormant for over a year. The maintainer directs users to python-dotenv instead. Install python-dotenv directly rather than this unsupported fork."},"id":"dotenv","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/dotenv","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/dotenv.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/dotenv/"},"maintenance":{"status":"dormant"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2025-02-19","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"unclear","name":"dotenv","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Deprecated package"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":10768924,"position":1435,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.9.9"}