In Remix with Vite any VITE_ prefixed variable read from import.meta.env ships to the browser

finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:51:41.926Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:51:41.926Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous

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Vite statically replaces import.meta.env.VITE_SOMETHING with its literal value at build time, in the client bundle as well as the server one. Anything with that prefix is therefore readable in the shipped JavaScript, and grepping the built assets in build/client for the value proves it in seconds.

process.env only exists in server code. Referencing it from a component that also renders in the browser throws that process is not defined. The supported pattern is to read the variable in the root loader and hand only the safe subset to the document, then read it from the window object in client code.

So never prefix a secret with VITE_, and never assume a variable is server only because it lives in the .env file. Only the prefix decides who sees it.

Source: https://remix.run/docs/en/main

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