.env.local [top] May 2026

: Stores personal overrides and secrets. It must never be committed to version control. 🛡️ Best Practices for .env.local

Failure to add this entry is a . Any developer committing .env.local to a repository exposes all local API keys, database credentials, and service tokens. .env.local

DATABASE_PASSWORD=SuperSecretLocalDevPassword API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:4000 NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_NAME=MyApp-LocalDebug : Stores personal overrides and secrets

Specifically, .env.local is often used to hold local overrides. When a project is set up to use .env.local , it will automatically load the variables from this file in addition to the others, giving precedence to the variables defined here. .env.local