Build-Time vs Runtime Validation
When to validate env vars during build, at startup, and in CI.
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When to validate env vars during build, at startup, and in CI.
CtroEnv detects Deno and Bun environments automatically — no configuration needed.
Validate environment variables in Cloudflare Workers with workersSource.
Graceful degradation, per-environment handling, and custom error reporting.
Server/client split, build-time validation, and secret access with the CtroEnv Next.js adapter.
Catch misconfigured env vars during the Vite build with ctroenvPlugin.
Extend CtroEnv with your own validator factories using createValidator and applyChain.
Catch missing env vars before they reach production with ctroenv check and validate.
Understand every CtroEnv error message and how to fix it.
Replace scattered process.env access with a single typed schema.
Use objectSource() to test env validation without touching process.env.
Schema composition for reusable env definitions across monorepo packages with extendSchema.
Runtime secret masking prevents accidental leaks of JWT secrets, API keys, and database credentials.
Bring the same rigor from your type system to the environment variables your app depends on.