# Environment Variables Example

This example shows how to use [environment variables in Next.js](https://nextjs.org/docs/basic-features/environment-variables).

The index page ([pages/index.js](pages/index.js)) will show you how to [access environment variables in the server](https://nextjs.org/docs/basic-features/environment-variables#loading-environment-variables), and how to [expose environment variables to the browser](https://nextjs.org/docs/basic-features/environment-variables#exposing-environment-variables-to-the-browser).

## Deploy your own

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## How to use

Execute [`create-next-app`](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/packages/create-next-app) with [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/init), [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/cli/create/), or [pnpm](https://pnpm.io) to bootstrap the example:

```bash
npx create-next-app --example environment-variables environment-variables-app
```

```bash
yarn create next-app --example environment-variables environment-variables-app
```

```bash
pnpm create next-app --example environment-variables environment-variables-app
```

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