# \[blog\] direnv and Julia

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blog-direnv-and-julia/59609
**Category:** Community
**Tags:** blog-post
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blog-direnv-and-julia/59609 "2021-04-19T19:38:58Z")
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### Author: ![fredrikekre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/fredrikekre/32/1688_2.png) [@fredrikekre](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/fredrikekre)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blog-direnv-and-julia/59609/1 "2021-04-19T19:38:58Z")

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Hello!

I just [published a post](https://fredrikekre.se/posts/direnv-with-julia/) about using [`direnv`](https://direnv.net/) together with Julia. I have found `direnv` to be a very nice quality-of-life improvement to my workflow. Feel free to read the post and discuss here!

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### Author: ![Glen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/glen/32/3583_2.png) [@Glen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Glen)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/blog-direnv-and-julia/59609/2 "2021-04-20T03:03:44Z")

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Thanks Frederike for the nice, well-written post. It is working for me and I really like having directory based environments.

In the past I used `direnv` for running different versions of software on the same tests by using subdirs with their own `.envrc` and some symlinks. Do you have any tips for running different versions of Julia on a project?

Thanks,

Glen