# magicalpanda/MagicalRecord

Super Awesome Easy Fetching for Core Data!

Repository: https://github.com/magicalpanda/MagicalRecord
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/magicalrecord
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-04-27T16:21:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5881, "days_push": 1954, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10703, forks 1763 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:43.817280+00:00)

## What it is
MagicalRecord is an Objective-C library that brings Ruby on Rails-style Active Record convenience to Apple's Core Data, enabling simple one-line fetches and cleaner Core Data code. The project's activity has stopped and it is superseded by Core Data's own modern APIs.

## Use cases
- simplify Core Data fetch requests in an iOS app
- one-line fetching of managed objects
- wrap Core Data entities with active record style CRUD
- import JSON data into Core Data entities
- manage multiple managed object contexts cleanly

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Objective-C iOS app already using MagicalRecord
- you want Rails-like active record ergonomics over Core Data on older iOS targets

## When to avoid
- starting a new iOS or macOS project - use Core Data directly or SwiftData
- you need actively maintained library support or modern Swift APIs

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: orm, database, database-driver
- domain: databases, mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: cpp
- tags: core-data, active-record-pattern, objective-c, persistence, fetching, ios, macos, swift

## Member repositories
- magicalpanda/MagicalRecord (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:43.817280+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:17:57.668035+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/magicalpanda/MagicalRecord (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:43.817280+00:00, sha f1a88cb8880b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.