About direnv
An extension for to augment existing shells with a new feature that can load and unload environment variables depending on the current directory.
direnv 2.38.2
Shell extension to manage environment variables per current directory.
- By Jonas Chevalier
- Open Source
- Updated Oct 10, 2026
What's new in 2.38.2
- fix(zsh): load the .envrc in a new shell and on cd from shell functions again (#1633, #1634)
- fix(fish): stop completions from breaking after the first prompt (#1635, #1636)
- fix(pixi): require_allowed for the manifest file as well (#1632)
Technical details
| Publisher | Jonas Chevalier |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.38.2 |
| Release date | 2026-10-10 |
| License | MIT |
| Installer type | portable |
| Architecture | x86, x64, arm64 |
| Package ID | direnv.direnv |
Links & install command
Install direnv from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):
winget install --id=direnv.direnv -eOlder versions
- 2.38.1
- 2.37.1
- 2.37.0
- 2.36.0
- 2.35.0
- 2.34.0
- 2.33.0
- 2.32.3
- 2.32.2
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