polterguy/magic

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1188 stars · 176 forks observed · 2026-09-03

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Magic Cloud is a self-hosted, MIT-licensed AI app builder platform that turns plain-English prompts into full-stack applications — database, secured REST APIs, business logic in Hyperlambda, and frontend — with an integrated MCP server exposing endpoints as tools for AI agents. It is positioned as an open-source alternative to Lovable, Bolt, Supabase, and n8n, with managed cloudlet hosting available.

Use cases

• generate a full-stack app from a plain english prompt
• create a secure CRUD REST API over an existing database
• build a self-hosted alternative to lovable or supabase
• expose my database and endpoints as MCP tools for Claude or Cursor
• build a chatbot grounded in my own website content
• wrap third-party APIs from an OpenAPI spec into typed endpoints
• build database-driven AI agents with role-based access control
• replace n8n workflows with generated backend integrations

When to choose

• you want to self-host an AI app builder on your own hardware with no vendor lock-in
• you need CRUD APIs, auth, and RBAC generated quickly over SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, SQLite)
• you want MCP tool servers so AI agents can safely query your backend
• you prefer an MIT license over proprietary or fair-code alternatives
• you want deterministic, sandboxed execution of AI-generated code via a whitelisted AST

When to avoid

• you need a mature visual workflow debugger or hundreds of pre-built integrations like n8n offers
• you require fine-grained control over hand-written frontend code and standard frameworks rather than generated apps
• you are not comfortable with a niche DSL (Hyperlambda) for extending backend logic
• you need a fully managed SaaS with a large community and ecosystem
• your project requires long-term hiring pool familiarity — C#/.NET plus Hyperlambda skills are rare

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