magic

Name: magic Review
Item: magic
Rating: 3.6
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Solid

Works inClaude Code

Solid Scanned — metadata only

Reduces development cycle time by automating routine coding tasks and scaffolding, allowing engineering teams to focus on architecture and complex problem-so…

Magic Cloud is an open-source, self-hostable AI software development platform that generates and runs full-stack business applications and AI agents from natural language. Built on OpenAI and Hyperlambda (a backend DSL), it includes a CRUD generator, SQL Studio, a web-based IDE, task scheduler, and built-in web server. It runs as a standalone Docker deployment with its own dashboard — not a Claude Code skill — though an optional 'mcp' plugin can expose your Magic endpoints to Claude Code as an MCP server.

Generate complete API endpoints from natural language specifications and requirements
Automatically create database schemas and migrations based on application data models
Build full-stack features including backend logic, frontend components, and database setup

1,162 starsMIT (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Why it matters

Reduces development cycle time by automating routine coding tasks and scaffolding, allowing engineering teams to focus on architecture and complex problem-solving rather than boilerplate implementation.

Best for

Development teams seeking to accelerate delivery velocity on greenfield projects or standardized feature implementations.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/polterguy/magic

By polterguy

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

Create the docker-compose.yaml from the README (servergardens/magic-backend image), run 'docker compose up', then visit localhost:5555 (login root/root)

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me generate complete API endpoints from natural language specifications and requirements

PrerequisitesDocker; OpenAI API key (default vibe-coding model may require depositing funds into your OpenAI API account; Ollama/HuggingFace plugins can override inference, but embeddings require OpenAI)CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars1,162Contributors11Last updated2026-08-09LicenseMIT (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-10 · scanner vattempted-no-data

Community Pulse Growing

Discussed on Hacker News

Functioning Open Source Version of Lovable/Bolt/Replit — Hacker News · 2 pts
Magic: A low-code CRUD generator — Hacker News · 2 pts
Magic — Hacker News · 2 pts

3 mentions across 1 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 1,146 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license MIT.

Things to check

Standalone self-hosted platform, not a Claude Code skill. Depends on OpenAI: you need an API key, and the default model may require a funded OpenAI account; embeddings are OpenAI-only even if you swap inference to Ollama or HuggingFace.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

4/5

Versatility

4/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.60 / 5.00 SolidEvaluatedJun 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 1,146 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license MIT.

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