diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0503f4fae..875b6a522 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ env:
   VITE_IMGPROXY_URL: ${{ vars.VITE_IMGPROXY_URL }}
   VITE_SENTRY_DSN: ${{ vars.VITE_SENTRY_DSN }}
   VITE_POSTHOG_KEY: ${{ vars.VITE_POSTHOG_KEY }}
-  VITE_BUILD_TYPE: internal
 
 jobs:
   release:
diff --git a/electron.vite.config.ts b/electron.vite.config.ts
index f7b6d9a6c..fd1912e31 100644
--- a/electron.vite.config.ts
+++ b/electron.vite.config.ts
@@ -12,16 +12,24 @@ export default defineConfig({
     resolve: {
       alias: {
         "@shared": resolve("src/shared/src"),
+        "@env": resolve("./src/env.ts"),
+      },
+    },
+  },
+  preload: {
+    resolve: {
+      alias: {
+        "@env": resolve("./src/env.ts"),
       },
     },
   },
-  preload: {},
   renderer: {
     resolve: {
       alias: {
         "@renderer": resolve("src/renderer/src"),
         "@shared": resolve("src/shared/src"),
         "@pkg": resolve("./package.json"),
+        "@env": resolve("./src/env.ts"),
       },
     },
     plugins: [
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 660bdb4fa..fc8803915 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "@sentry/react": "8.9.2",
     "@sentry/vite-plugin": "2.20.1",
     "@shikijs/transformers": "1.10.0",
+    "@t3-oss/env-core": "^0.10.1",
     "@tanstack/query-sync-storage-persister": "5.49.0",
     "@tanstack/react-query": "5.49.0",
     "@tanstack/react-query-persist-client": "5.49.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 653e1d290..7e0316a58 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ importers:
       '@shikijs/transformers':
         specifier: 1.10.0
         version: 1.10.0
+      '@t3-oss/env-core':
+        specifier: ^0.10.1
+        version: 0.10.1(typescript@5.5.2)(zod@3.23.8)
       '@tanstack/query-sync-storage-persister':
         specifier: 5.49.0
         version: 5.49.0
@@ -2368,6 +2371,15 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-4BAffykYOgO+5nzBWYwE3W90sBgLJoUPRWWcL8wlyiM8IB8ipJz3UMJ9KXQd1RKQXpKp8Tutn80HZtWsu2u76w==}
     engines: {node: '>=10'}
 
+  '@t3-oss/env-core@0.10.1':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-GcKZiCfWks5CTxhezn9k5zWX3sMDIYf6Kaxy2Gx9YEQftFcz8hDRN56hcbylyAO3t4jQnQ5ifLawINsNgCDpOg==}
+    peerDependencies:
+      typescript: '>=5.0.0'
+      zod: ^3.0.0
+    peerDependenciesMeta:
+      typescript:
+        optional: true
+
   '@tailwindcss/container-queries@0.1.1':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-p18dswChx6WnTSaJCSGx6lTmrGzNNvm2FtXmiO6AuA1V4U5REyoqwmT6kgAsIMdjo07QdAfYXHJ4hnMtfHzWgA==}
     peerDependencies:
@@ -9163,6 +9175,12 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       defer-to-connect: 2.0.1
 
+  '@t3-oss/env-core@0.10.1(typescript@5.5.2)(zod@3.23.8)':
+    dependencies:
+      zod: 3.23.8
+    optionalDependencies:
+      typescript: 5.5.2
+
   '@tailwindcss/container-queries@0.1.1(tailwindcss@3.4.4)':
     dependencies:
       tailwindcss: 3.4.4
diff --git a/src/env.ts b/src/env.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..321669c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/env.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { createEnv } from "@t3-oss/env-core"
+import { z } from "zod"
+
+const isDev = "process" in globalThis ? process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" : import.meta.env.DEV
+export const env = createEnv({
+  clientPrefix: "VITE_",
+  client: {
+    VITE_WEB_URL: z.string().url(),
+    VITE_API_URL: z.string().url(),
+    VITE_IMGPROXY_URL: z.string().url(),
+    VITE_SENTRY_DSN: z.string().optional(),
+    VITE_POSTHOG_KEY: z.string().optional(),
+  },
+
+  emptyStringAsUndefined: true,
+  runtimeEnv: "process" in globalThis ? process.env : import.meta.env,
+  skipValidation: !isDev,
+})
diff --git a/src/main/config.ts b/src/main/config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b62f363e..000000000
--- a/src/main/config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { z } from "zod"
-
-export const ReleaseTypeSchema = z.enum([
-  "stable",
-  "beta",
-  "internal",
-])
-
-export const envBuildType = (process.env.VITE_BUILD_TYPE || "internal")
-  .trim()
-  .toLowerCase()
-
-export const buildType = ReleaseTypeSchema.parse(envBuildType)
-
-export const mode = process.env.NODE_ENV
-export const isDev = mode === "development"
diff --git a/src/main/env.ts b/src/main/env.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62d226135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/env.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { app } from "electron"
+import * as semver from "semver"
+
+export const mode = process.env.NODE_ENV
+export const isDev = mode === "development"
+
+export const channel = isDev ? "development" : ((semver.prerelease(app.getVersion())?.[0] as string) || "stable")
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 4b9482632..e7054616a 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ import { APP_PROTOCOL, DEEPLINK_SCHEME } from "@shared/constants"
 import { extractElectronWindowOptions } from "@shared/electron"
 import { app, BrowserWindow, session } from "electron"
 
+import { env } from "../env"
+import { isDev } from "./env"
 import { initializationApp } from "./init"
 import { registerUpdater } from "./updater"
 import { createMainWindow, createWindow } from "./window"
 
+if (isDev) console.info("[main] env loaded:", env)
 initializationApp()
 let mainWindow: BrowserWindow
 
diff --git a/src/main/updater/index.ts b/src/main/updater/index.ts
index 1b763120d..292ec15b7 100644
--- a/src/main/updater/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/updater/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { getRendererHandlers } from "@egoist/tipc/main"
 import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater"
 
-import { buildType, isDev } from "../config"
+import { channel, isDev } from "../env"
 import { logger } from "../logger"
 import type { RendererHandlers } from "../renderer-handlers"
 import { getMainWindow } from "../window"
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ export const registerUpdater = async () => {
   const allowAutoUpdate = true
 
   autoUpdater.autoDownload = false
-  autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = buildType !== "stable"
+  autoUpdater.allowPrerelease = channel !== "stable"
   autoUpdater.autoInstallOnAppQuit = true
   autoUpdater.autoRunAppAfterInstall = true
 
   const feedUrl: Exclude<Parameters<typeof autoUpdater.setFeedURL>[0], string> = {
-    channel: buildType,
+    channel,
     // hack for custom provider
     provider: "custom" as "github",
     repo: "follow",
     owner: "RSSNext",
-    releaseType: buildType === "stable" ? "release" : "prerelease",
+    releaseType: channel === "stable" ? "release" : "prerelease",
     // @ts-expect-error hack for custom provider
     updateProvider: CustomGitHubProvider,
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
index e417cbb76..c10b61276 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { queryClient } from "@renderer/lib/query-client"
 import { useEffect, useLayoutEffect } from "react"
 import { Outlet } from "react-router-dom"
 
+import { env } from "../../env.js"
 import { useAppIsReady } from "./atoms/app"
 import { useUISettingKey } from "./atoms/settings/ui"
 import { Logo } from "./components/icons/logo"
@@ -11,6 +12,9 @@ import { getOS } from "./lib/utils"
 import { RootProviders } from "./providers/root-providers"
 import { handlers } from "./tipc"
 
+if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
+  console.info("[renderer] env loaded:", env)
+}
 function App() {
   useEffect(() => {
     const cleanup = handlers?.invalidateQuery.listen((queryKey) => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/configs.ts b/src/renderer/src/configs.ts
index 4d3e66f9c..4f78ead66 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/configs.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/configs.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { env } from "@env"
 import type { BrowserOptions } from "@sentry/react"
 import { FetchError } from "ofetch"
 
@@ -5,7 +6,7 @@ export const SentryConfig: BrowserOptions = {
   // Performance Monitoring
   tracesSampleRate: 1, //  Capture 100% of the transactions
   // Set 'tracePropagationTargets' to control for which URLs distributed tracing should be enabled
-  tracePropagationTargets: ["localhost", import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL],
+  tracePropagationTargets: ["localhost", env.VITE_API_URL],
   // Session Replay
   replaysSessionSampleRate: 0.1, // This sets the sample rate at 10%. You may want to change it to 100% while in development and then sample at a lower rate in production.
   replaysOnErrorSampleRate: 1,
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/initialize/index.ts b/src/renderer/src/initialize/index.ts
index 0ed07e1f1..c5395a4ff 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/initialize/index.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/initialize/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { env } from "@env"
 import { authConfigManager } from "@hono/auth-js/react"
 import { repository } from "@pkg"
 import { browserDB } from "@renderer/database"
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export const initializeApp = async () => {
 
   // Initialize the auth config
   authConfigManager.setConfig({
-    baseUrl: import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL,
+    baseUrl: env.VITE_API_URL,
     basePath: "/auth",
     credentials: "include",
   })
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/initialize/posthog.ts b/src/renderer/src/initialize/posthog.ts
index bba8f7e44..c8e667812 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/initialize/posthog.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/initialize/posthog.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { env } from "@env"
 import { getUser } from "@renderer/atoms/user"
 
 declare global {
@@ -9,7 +10,9 @@ declare global {
 export const initPostHog = async () => {
   if (import.meta.env.DEV) return
   const { default: posthog } = await import("posthog-js")
-  posthog.init(import.meta.env.VITE_POSTHOG_KEY, {
+
+  if (env.VITE_POSTHOG_KEY === undefined) return
+  posthog.init(env.VITE_POSTHOG_KEY, {
     person_profiles: "identified_only",
   })
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/initialize/sentry.ts b/src/renderer/src/initialize/sentry.ts
index aadfea8ee..fd131b858 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/initialize/sentry.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/initialize/sentry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import { env } from "@env"
 import { version } from "@pkg"
+import { channel } from "@renderer/lib/constants"
 import { useEffect } from "react"
 import { createRoutesFromChildren, matchRoutes, useLocation, useNavigationType } from "react-router-dom"
 
@@ -11,8 +13,8 @@ export const initSentry = async () => {
     import("posthog-js").then((module) => module.default),
   ])
   Sentry.init({
-    dsn: import.meta.env.VITE_SENTRY_DSN,
-    environment: import.meta.env.VITE_BUILD_TYPE ?? "internal",
+    dsn: env.VITE_SENTRY_DSN,
+    environment: channel,
     integrations: [
       Sentry.moduleMetadataIntegration(),
       Sentry.reactRouterV6BrowserTracingIntegration({
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/constants.tsx b/src/renderer/src/lib/constants.tsx
index 5e4e2631b..669039af6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/constants.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/constants.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import * as semver from "semver"
+
 import { getStorageNS } from "./ns"
 
 export const levels = {
@@ -83,3 +85,5 @@ export const QUERY_PERSIST_KEY = getStorageNS("REACT_QUERY_OFFLINE_CACHE")
 export const ROUTE_FEED_PENDING = "all"
 export const ROUTE_ENTRY_PENDING = "pending"
 export const ROUTE_FEED_IN_FOLDER = "folder-"
+
+export const channel = import.meta.env.DEV ? "development" : ((semver.prerelease(APP_VERSION)?.[0] as string) || "stable")
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/lib/img-proxy.ts b/src/renderer/src/lib/img-proxy.ts
index 31c254e51..2cb8cba48 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/lib/img-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/src/lib/img-proxy.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { env } from "@env"
+
 export const getProxyUrl = ({
   url,
   width,
@@ -6,4 +8,4 @@ export const getProxyUrl = ({
   url: string
   width: number
   height: number
-}) => `${import.meta.env.VITE_IMGPROXY_URL}/unsafe/${width}x${height}/${encodeURIComponent(url)}`
+}) => `${env.VITE_IMGPROXY_URL}/unsafe/${width}x${height}/${encodeURIComponent(url)}`
diff --git a/src/shared/src/constants.ts b/src/shared/src/constants.ts
index 337237558..b0f84ba37 100644
--- a/src/shared/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/shared/src/constants.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import { env } from "@env"
+
 export const APP_PROTOCOL = import.meta.env.DEV ? "follow-dev" : "follow"
 export const DEEPLINK_SCHEME = `${APP_PROTOCOL}://`
 
 // export const WEB_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_VERCEL_URL ?? import.meta.env.VITE_WEB_URL
-export const WEB_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_WEB_URL
+export const WEB_URL = env.VITE_WEB_URL
diff --git a/tsconfig.node.json b/tsconfig.node.json
index 7c9a55bc2..59ee8d6c2 100644
--- a/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -5,17 +5,22 @@
     "src/main/**/*",
     "src/preload/**/*",
     "types/**/*.d.ts",
-    "src/shared/src/**/*"
+    "src/shared/src/**/*",
+    "src/env.ts"
   ],
   "compilerOptions": {
     "composite": true,
     "types": [
       "electron-vite/node"
     ],
+    "moduleResolution": "Bundler",
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "paths": {
       "@shared/*": [
         "src/shared/src/*"
+      ],
+      "@env": [
+        "./src/env.ts"
       ]
     }
   }
diff --git a/tsconfig.web.json b/tsconfig.web.json
index 4e3fef419..a16d2e4a2 100644
--- a/tsconfig.web.json
+++ b/tsconfig.web.json
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
     "src/renderer/src/**/*.tsx",
     "src/preload/*.d.ts",
     "src/shared/src/**/*",
-    "types/**/*.d.ts"
+    "types/**/*.d.ts",
+    "src/env.ts"
   ],
   "compilerOptions": {
     "composite": true,
     "jsx": "react-jsx",
+    "moduleResolution": "Bundler",
     "target": "ES2022",
     "noUnusedLocals": false,
     "strict": true,
@@ -25,7 +27,8 @@
       "@shared/*": [
         "src/shared/src/*"
       ],
-      "@pkg": ["./package.json"]
+      "@pkg": ["./package.json"],
+      "@env": ["./src/env.ts"]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/types/vite.d.ts b/types/vite.d.ts
index 3b89bc40b..beee6b7e9 100644
--- a/types/vite.d.ts
+++ b/types/vite.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ interface ImportMetaEnv {
   VITE_API_URL: string
   VITE_IMGPROXY_URL: string
   VITE_SENTRY_DSN: string
-  VITE_BUILD_TYPE: string
   VITE_POSTHOG_KEY: string
 }
 
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 3d34f408c..d17262d3a 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
       "@renderer": resolve("src/renderer/src"),
       "@shared": resolve("src/shared/src"),
       "@pkg": resolve("./package.json"),
+      "@env": resolve("./src/env.ts"),
     },
   },
   base: "/",