denied.live

Visually hide environment variable values in .env files with toggle visibility buttons.

Perfect for screen sharing, live coding, presentations, and recording tutorials without exposing sensitive credentials.

Features

• 🔒 Auto-hide env values when opening .env files
• 👁️ Toggle visibility with inline eye buttons next to each variable
• 🎨 Multiple hide styles: dots, stars, or custom text
• ⚡ Zero configuration - works instantly on all .env files
• 🔐 Visual only - doesn't modify your actual files

Usage

1. Open any .env, .env.local, .env.development, or similar file
2. Values are automatically hidden with ••••••••
3. Click the 👁️ eye icon next to any line to toggle visibility
4. Use Command Palette commands:
   • Denied: Toggle Variable Visibility
   • Denied: Hide All Variables
   • Denied: Show All Variables

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• deniedLive.hideStyle: Choose hiding style (dots, stars, text)
• deniedLive.autoHide: Automatically hide values when opening files

Demo

Works on all environment files: DATABASE_URL=- - - - - - - - 👁️‍🗨️ Show API_KEY=- - - - - - - - 👁️‍🗨️ Show SECRET_TOKEN=- - - - - - - - 👁️‍🗨️ Show

Requirements

• VS Code ^1.93.0 or Cursor

Known Issues

• Values are only visually hidden; file content remains unchanged
• Clipboard operations still copy actual values
• Search/find will still match hidden text

Release Notes

0.0.1

Initial release of denied.live

• Basic hide/show functionality
• CodeLens eye buttons
• Multi-style hiding support

Enjoy secure screen sharing! 🚀