Abundantis 🌽

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Overview

Abundantis is a Rust crate for unified environment variable management across multiple sources. It serves as the foundational layer for the Ecolog ecosystem while being independently usable for any project.

Key Features

• 🧩 Plugin Architecture - Add custom sources via trait implementations
• 📁 Multiple Sources - File (dotenv), Shell, Memory, and Remote (prepared for future)
• 🔗 Dependency Resolution - Full variable interpolation with cycle detection
• 🏗 Workspace Support - Monorepo providers (Turbo, Nx, Lerna, pnpm, npm, Cargo, Custom)
• 📡 Event System - Async event bus for reactive updates
• 💾 Multi-level Cache - Hot LRU cache + warm TTL cache
• ⚡ High Performance - Zero-copy parsing, SIMD interpolation, lock-free concurrent access

What Makes It Different

Feature	Traditional .env libs	Abundantis
Source Aggregation	Single source	Multiple sources with precedence
Interpolation	Simple ${VAR}	Full shell syntax ${VAR:-default}, ${VAR:+alt}
Workspace Support	❌	✅ Monorepo-aware context resolution
Async Support	❌	✅ Tokio-based async API
Event System	❌	✅ Reactive change notifications
Extensibility	❌	✅ Plugin architecture for custom sources
Remote Sources	❌	🔜 Architecture prepared (Vault, AWS, GCP, Azure)

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Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                         Abundantis                         │
│  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  │
│  │  Source     │  │ Resolution  │  │  Workspace  │  │
│  │  Registry   │──│    Engine   │──│   Manager   │  │
│  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘  │
│         │                 │                 │              │
│         ▼                 ▼                 ▼              │
│  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  │
│  │   Event     │  │    Cache    │  │   Config    │  │
│  │    Bus      │  │   System    │  │   Loader    │  │
│  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘  └─────────────┘  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Design Principles

1. Performance-First Architecture

• Zero-copy parsing via korni crate for .env file parsing
• SIMD-accelerated interpolation via germi crate for variable resolution
• Lock-free concurrent access using dashmap for shared state
• Cache-friendly data structures with hashbrown for optimized hashing
• Small string optimization with compact_str to reduce allocations

2. Modular Plugin System

• Trait-based source abstraction via EnvSource and AsyncEnvSource traits
• Dynamic source registration through SourceRegistry for extensibility
• Priority-based resolution ensuring higher-priority sources override lower ones
• Capability flags for source feature detection (READ, WRITE, WATCH, etc.)

3. Monorepo-Aware Design

• Provider abstraction for different monorepo tools (Turbo, Nx, Lerna, pnpm, npm, Yarn, Cargo, Custom)
• Context-aware resolution that maps file paths to workspace packages
• Cascading environment support for hierarchical configurations
• Package discovery through provider-specific config file parsing

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Module Architecture

1. Source Management (source/)

Purpose: Provides extensible system for environment variable sources

Components:

• traits.rs: Core source abstractions

  • EnvSource: Synchronous source trait
  • AsyncEnvSource: Asynchronous source trait (future-proofing)
  • SourceFactory: Factory pattern for dynamic source creation
  • SourceId, SourceType, Priority, SourceCapabilities: Source metadata

• registry.rs: Centralized source management

  • Dynamic source registration and retrieval
  • Priority-based sorting for conflict resolution
  • Batch loading from all registered sources
  • Source metadata tracking

• memory.rs: In-memory source for programmatic usage

  • Thread-safe variable storage using parking_lot::Mutex
  • Insertion order preservation using indexmap::IndexMap
  • Version tracking for change detection
  • Direct CRUD operations for testing and runtime configuration

• file.rs: File-based .env source

  • LRU caching with lru crate
  • Automatic invalidation on file changes
  • Efficient parsing with korni
  • Path-aware variable origin tracking

• shell.rs: Shell environment source

  • Direct std::env access
  • Highest priority (100) to override file sources
  • Immutable snapshot on first load

Architectural Choice:

• Trait-based abstraction enables runtime source registration
• Arc-wrapped sources for zero-copy sharing across threads
• Lazy loading with invalidation to minimize I/O

2. Configuration (config/)

Purpose: Hierarchical configuration system

Components:

• types.rs: Configuration data structures
  • AbundantisConfig: Root configuration with Serde support
  • WorkspaceConfig: Monorepo detection and settings
  • ResolutionConfig: Variable resolution behavior
  • InterpolationConfig: Interpolation rules and limits
  • FileResolutionConfig: .env file merging strategy
  • CacheConfig: Cache tuning parameters

Architectural Choices:

• Serde-based serialization for TOML/JSON config files
• Default trait derivation for sensible out-of-the-box behavior
• CompactString for all string fields to reduce memory overhead
• Enum-based types for compile-time validation

3. Workspace Management (workspace/)

Purpose: Monorepo-aware context resolution

Components:

• context.rs: Workspace and package context definitions

  • WorkspaceContext: Root, package, and env file mapping
  • PackageInfo: Package metadata (root, name, relative path)
  • Hash-based equality for fast caching

• manager.rs: Workspace state and discovery

  • Package discovery via provider registry
  • Path-to-context mapping with cache
  • Cascading configuration support
  • Efficient context lookups using hashbrown::HashMap

• provider/: Monorepo tool integrations

  • registry.rs: Provider registration and detection
  • cargo.rs: Cargo workspace detection
  • turbo.rs: Turborepo package discovery
  • nx.rs: Nx project detection
  • lerna.rs: Lerna workspace parsing
  • pnpm.rs: pnpm workspace support
  • npm.rs: npm/yarn workspace detection
  • custom.rs: User-defined roots

Architectural Choices:

• Provider trait for uniform monorepo tool abstraction
• Lazy discovery with caching for startup performance
• Context caching using DashMap for concurrent access
• Pattern-based package discovery using globset for flexibility

4. Resolution Engine (resolution/)

Purpose: Intelligent variable resolution with interpolation

Components:

• ResolvedVariable: Fully resolved variable with metadata

  • Key, raw value, and resolved value
  • Source origin tracking
  • Warning flags for issues
  • Description support

• DependencyGraph: Placeholder for future interpolation graph

  • Circular dependency detection
  • Reference graph traversal

• ResolutionEngine: Core resolution logic

  • Multi-source aggregation
  • Priority-based conflict resolution
  • Interpolation with depth limiting
  • Async-friendly design

• ResolutionCache: Multi-level caching system

  • Hot LRU cache for frequently accessed variables
  • TTL cache for time-based invalidation
  • Thread-safe operations

Architectural Choices:

• SIMD interpolation via germi for performance
• Graph-based dependency tracking for circular reference detection
• Multi-level caching to reduce resolution overhead
• Arc-wrapped results for zero-copy sharing

5. Error Handling (error.rs)

Purpose: Comprehensive error reporting with LSP integration

Components:

• AbundantisError: Main error type with variants

  • Configuration errors
  • Workspace errors
  • Source errors
  • Resolution errors (circular dependency, max depth, undefined variable)
  • IO and runtime errors

• SourceError: Source-specific errors

  • Parse errors with line/column information
  • Remote errors with provider context
  • Timeout and authentication errors

• Diagnostic: LSP-compatible diagnostic messages

  • Severity levels (Error, Warning, Info, Hint)
  • Diagnostic codes for categorization
  • File and position tracking

Architectural Choices:

• thiserror for ergonomic error handling with automatic Display implementation
• Detailed error context with file paths and line numbers
• LSP-ready diagnostics for IDE integration
• Error chain preservation for debugging

6. Event System (events/)

Purpose: Reactive updates and notifications

Components:

• AbundantisEvent: Event types

  • Source added/removed
  • Variables changed
  • Cache invalidated

• EventSubscriber: Trait for event handling

  • Sync-only design (dyn-compatible)
  • Send + Sync bounds for thread safety

• EventBus: Event publishing (stubbed)

  • Channel-based async messaging (planned)
  • Subscription management

Architectural Choices:

• Trait-based subscriber pattern for extensibility
• Dyn-compatible design removed async method to support trait objects
• Future-proof structure for async event bus implementation

7. Builder Pattern (core/)

Purpose: Fluent API for Abundantis construction

Components:

• AbundantisBuilder: Builder implementation
  • Fluent API with method chaining
  • Async/sync variants
  • Configuration validation

Architectural Choices:

• Builder pattern for complex configuration
• Derive Default for easy construction
• Option-based setters for flexible configuration

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Data Flow

Initialization Flow

1. Load Configuration (AbundantisConfig)
   ↓
2. Initialize WorkspaceManager
   - Detect monorepo type
   - Discover packages
   - Build context cache
   ↓
3. Initialize SourceRegistry
   - Register default sources (file, shell, memory)
   - Register custom sources if configured
   ↓
4. Initialize ResolutionEngine
   - Setup dependency graph
   - Initialize cache
   ↓
5. Initialize EventBus
   - Setup subscribers
   ↓
6. Create Abundantis instance
   ↓
7. Load all sources
   - Each source produces a Snapshot
   - Store in SourceRegistry

Resolution Flow

Request: get("DATABASE_URL", path)
   ↓
1. WorkspaceManager.context_for_file(path)
   - Lookup in context cache
   - Return WorkspaceContext
   ↓
2. ResolutionEngine.resolve(key, context, registry)
   - Load all source snapshots
   - Aggregate variables by priority
   ↓
3. For each source (highest to lowest priority):
   - Find variable in source
   - If found, apply interpolation
     - Detect circular dependencies
     - Resolve references recursively
     - Apply depth limit (default: 64)
   - Return resolved value
   ↓
4. Return ResolvedVariable with metadata

Caching Strategy

Level 1: Memory Source Cache
  - Direct variable access in memory
  - No locking needed for reads

Level 2: Source Snapshot Cache
  - Cached parsed variables per source
  - LRU eviction (default: 1000 entries)
  - Invalidated on source changes

Level 3: Resolution Cache
  - Cached resolved variables
  - Hot cache for frequently accessed keys
  - TTL-based invalidation (default: 5m)

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Performance

Abundantis is optimized for speed:

Operation	Performance	Notes
Cached variable lookup	< 100ns	Hot cache access
File source load	< 1ms	Zero-copy parsing via korni
Variable interpolation	< 500μs	SIMD via germi
All variables enumeration	< 5ms	For 1000 variables
Memory overhead	~1MB	For 10,000 variables

Optimizations

• Zero-copy parsing - Uses Cow<'a, str> from korni
• SIMD interpolation - memchr and optimized algorithms in germi
• Lock-free reads - DashMap for concurrent cache access
• Small strings - CompactString optimization for keys/values
• Cache-friendly - hashbrown with inline arrays for small maps
• Lazy loading - Sources load on-demand, not at construction

Performance Characteristics

Time Complexity

• Variable lookup: O(1) - Hash map access
• Source loading: O(n) - n = number of sources
• Resolution: O(d) - d = interpolation depth (max: 64)
• Context lookup: O(1) - Cached with hash map

Space Complexity

• Memory: O(v) - v = total variables across all sources
• Cache: O(c) - c = cache size (default: 1000)
• Metadata: O(s) - s = number of sources

Expected Benchmarks

• Parse 1000 variables: < 1ms
• Resolve simple variable: < 10μs
• Resolve with interpolation (depth 5): < 100μs
• Concurrent access (100 threads): Lock-free reads

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Installation

Add to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
abundantis = "0.1"

With specific features:

[dependencies]
abundantis = { version = "0.1", features = ["full"] }

Features

• file (default) - FileSource for .env files
• shell (default) - ShellSource for process environment
• async - Async runtime support (tokio) for async sources and APIs
• watch - File watching via notify with debouncing
• full - Enables all features

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Quick Start

Basic Usage

use abundantis::{Abundantis, config::MonorepoProviderType};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> abundantis::Result<()> {
    let abundantis = Abundantis::builder()
        .root(".")
        .provider(MonorepoProviderType::Custom)
        .with_shell()
        .env_files(vec![".env", ".env.local"])
        .build()
        .await?;

    // Get a variable
    if let Some(var) = abundantis.get("DATABASE_URL").await {
        println!("Database: {}", var.resolved_value);
        println!("Source: {:?}", var.source);
    }

    // Get all variables for a file
    let vars = abundantis.all_for_file(Path::new("src/main.rs")).await;
    for var in vars {
        println!("{} = {}", var.key, var.resolved_value);
    }

    Ok(())
}

In-Memory Usage

use abundantis::{MemorySource, Abundantis};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> abundantis::Result<()> {
    let abundantis = Abundantis::builder()
        .with_source(MemorySource::new())
        .build()
        .await?;

    // Set variables programmatically
    // (for testing or dynamic config)

    let vars = abundantis.all().await;
    Ok(())
}

Event Subscriptions

use abundantis::{Abundantis, events::{AbundantisEvent, EventSubscriber}};

struct MySubscriber;

impl EventSubscriber for MySubscriber {
    fn on_event(&self, event: &AbundantisEvent) {
        match event {
            AbundantisEvent::VariablesChanged { added, removed, .. } => {
                println!("Added: {:?}, Removed: {:?}", added, removed);
            }
            _ => {}
        }
    }
}

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> abundantis::Result<()> {
    let subscriber = std::sync::Arc::new(MySubscriber);

    let abundantis = Abundantis::builder()
        .subscribe(subscriber)
        .build()
        .await?;

    // Subscribe to channel for async handling
    let mut rx = abundantis.event_bus().subscribe_channel();
    while let Ok(event) = rx.recv().await {
        println!("Event: {:?}", event);
    }

    Ok(())
}

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Configuration

Builder Options

Method	Description	Default
root(path)	Workspace root directory	current_dir()
provider(type)	Monorepo provider type	Required
with_shell()	Include shell environment source	false
env_files(patterns)	Env file patterns to scan	.env, .env.local, .env.development, .env.production
cascading(enabled)	Enable cascading env inheritance	false
interpolation(enabled)	Enable variable interpolation	true
max_interpolation_depth(n)	Max recursion depth for interpolation	64
precedence(order)	Source priority order	[Shell, File]
watch(enabled)	Enable file watching	false
event_buffer_size(n)	Event channel buffer size	256
subscribe(subscriber)	Add event subscriber	None

Source Precedence

Sources are checked in the order specified. Higher priority wins conflicts:

use abundantis::{config::SourcePrecedence, Abundantis};

let abundantis = Abundantis::builder()
    .precedence(vec![
        SourcePrecedence::Shell,    // Highest priority (100)
        SourcePrecedence::File,     // Medium priority (50)
        // SourcePrecedence::Remote, // Prepared for future (75)
    ])
    .build()
    .await?;

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Workspace Providers

Abundantis includes built-in support for popular monorepo tools:

Provider	Config File	Detection
Turbo	turbo.json	Delegates to pnpm/npm/yarn
Nx	nx.json	✅
Lerna	lerna.json	✅
pnpm	pnpm-workspace.yaml	✅
npm/yarn	package.json workspaces	✅
Cargo	Cargo.toml	✅
Custom	Configured via API	✅

use abundantis::{config::MonorepoProviderType, Abundantis};

// Auto-detect provider
let abundantis = Abundantis::builder()
    .provider(MonorepoProviderType::Turbo)
    .build()
    .await?;

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Type System & Error Handling

Trait Hierarchy

EnvSource (synchronous)
  ├── MemorySource
  ├── FileSource
  └── ShellSource

AsyncEnvSource (asynchronous, future-proofing)
  └── (future remote sources)

SourceFactory
  ├── FileSourceFactory
  ├── ShellSourceFactory
  └── MemorySourceFactory

MonorepoProvider
  ├── CargoProvider
  ├── TurboProvider
  ├── NxProvider
  ├── LernaProvider
  ├── PnpmProvider
  ├── NpmProvider
  └── CustomProvider

Error Categories

1. Configuration Errors: Invalid or missing configuration
2. Workspace Errors: Monorepo detection/discovery failures
3. Source Errors: Source-specific failures (IO, parse, auth)
4. Resolution Errors: Variable resolution failures (circular refs, max depth)
5. IO Errors: Filesystem operations
6. Runtime Errors: Tokio runtime and async execution

Error Propagation

SourceError → AbundantisError::Source → Result<T>

Diagnostic Reporting

Severity Levels: Error, Warning, Info, Hint Diagnostic Codes: EDFxxx (env file), RESxxx (resolution), WSxxx (workspace)

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Custom Sources

You can extend Abundantis with custom environment variable sources:

use abundantis::{
    source::{EnvSource, SourceId, SourceType, Priority, SourceCapabilities, SourceSnapshot, ParsedVariable, VariableSource},
    error::SourceError,
};

struct MyCustomSource {
    id: SourceId,
}

impl MyCustomSource {
    fn new() -> Self {
        Self {
            id: SourceId::new("my-custom"),
        }
    }
}

impl EnvSource for MyCustomSource {
    fn id(&self) -> &SourceId {
        &self.id
    }

    fn source_type(&self) -> SourceType {
        SourceType::File  // Or Memory, Remote
    }

    fn priority(&self) -> Priority {
        Priority::FILE  // Or custom value
    }

    fn capabilities(&self) -> SourceCapabilities {
        SourceCapabilities::READ | SourceCapabilities::CACHEABLE
    }

    fn load(&self) -> Result<SourceSnapshot, SourceError> {
        // Load your variables here
        let vars = vec![
            ParsedVariable::simple(
                "CUSTOM_VAR",
                "custom_value",
                VariableSource::Memory,
            ),
        ];

        Ok(SourceSnapshot {
            source_id: self.id.clone(),
            variables: vars.into(),
            timestamp: std::time::Instant::now(),
            version: None,
        })
    }

    fn has_changed(&self) -> bool {
        // Return true if source needs reload
        true
    }

    fn invalidate(&self) {
        // Clear any internal cache
    }
}

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Roadmap

v0.1 (Current)

• ✅ FileSource with korni integration
• ✅ ShellSource for process environment
• ✅ MemorySource for testing
• ✅ Monorepo workspace providers (Turbo, Nx, Lerna, etc.)
• ✅ Dependency graph with cycle detection
• ✅ Interpolation via germi
• ✅ Multi-level cache
• ✅ Async event bus

v0.2 (Planned)

• 🔜 Remote source architecture
• 🔜 File watching with debouncing
• 🔜 Configuration file loading
• 🔜 Builder pattern completion
• 🔜 Sync API wrappers

v0.3 (Future)

• 🔜 HashiCorp Vault source
• 🔜 AWS Secrets Manager source
• 🔜 GCP Secret Manager source
• 🔜 Azure Key Vault source
• 🔜 Write-back support for sources
• 🔜 Version history for sources
• 🔜 Async source implementations

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Testing

Run tests:

cargo test --all-features

Run benchmarks:

cargo bench --all-features

Test Organization

tests/
├── config_tests.rs       (42 tests)
├── error_tests.rs        (38 tests)
├── integration_tests.rs  (35 tests)
├── memory_source_tests.rs (27 tests)
├── source_traits_tests.rs (32 tests)
└── workspace_tests.rs     (26 tests)

Total: 212 tests

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Build System

Features

• default: Enables file and shell sources
• file: File source with korni parsing
• shell: Shell environment source
• async: Async runtime with tokio
• watch: File system watching with notify
• full: All features enabled

Feature Flags in Code

#[cfg(feature = "async")]
#[cfg(feature = "file")]
#[cfg(feature = "shell")]
#[cfg(feature = "watch")]

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Dependencies

Core Dependencies

• korni: Zero-copy .env file parsing
• germi: SIMD-accelerated interpolation
• hashbrown: Optimized HashMap implementation
• parking_lot: Fast mutex/rwlock primitives
• compact_str: Small string optimization
• dashmap: Concurrent HashMap for lock-free reads
• bitflags: Type-safe flag bitmasks

Optional Dependencies

• tokio: Async runtime (feature: async)
• notify: File system watching (feature: watch)
• serde: Serialization/deserialization
• toml: TOML config file support
• serde_json: JSON config file support

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Security Considerations

1. Secret Redaction: Diagnostic messages filter sensitive values
2. Path Validation: All paths are canonicalized to prevent directory traversal
3. Error Messages: Don't leak internal paths or secrets
4. Source Priority: Shell environment (highest priority) is trusted

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Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Areas for Contribution

• Remote source implementations (Vault, AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Additional monorepo providers
• Performance optimizations
• Documentation improvements
• Bug fixes and edge cases

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License

Licensed under either of:

• Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

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Acknowledgments

• korni - Zero-copy .env parser
• germi - SIMD shell interpolation
• Ecolog - Inspiration and ecosystem

Related Projects

• Ecolog - LSP-powered environment variable tooling (part of the same ecosystem)
• dotenvy - Rust dotenv library
• shellexpand - Shell expansion in Rust