AI Agents on Your Own Database, MCP Servers, 100% Open Source
Step-by-step tutorials, feature matrices against Supabase, Firebase, n8n and Lovable, and the measured receipts behind every claim.
An Open-Source Firebase Alternative With a Real Database
An open-source Firebase alternative with a real SQL database: generated role-gated APIs, OIDC auth and frontends on your own hardware, MIT-licensed.
Magic vs PocketBase: An Honest Feature Matrix
Magic vs PocketBase feature matrix: two MIT, SQLite-first, self-hosted backends compared row by row, including every row PocketBase wins.
Magic vs n8n: An Honest Feature Matrix
Magic vs n8n feature matrix: a workflow orchestrator with 1,000+ integrations versus a backend platform that generates them, including every row n8n wins.
From Module to GitHub Repository in One Click
Hyper IDE now has Git built in: hover a module folder, commit, and publish it as a new GitHub repository in one click, with clone and pull built in too.
I Out-Coded 1,100 N8N Employees Last Year — And I Wasn't Even Trying
n8n's 1,100 employees shipped 2.1 million lines of code last year. One developer on Hyperlambda produced 6.2 million, mostly as a byproduct. The arithmetic.
Why Claude Is 10x Cheaper When It Builds on Magic Cloud
Why Claude is up to 10x cheaper building on Magic Cloud: output tokens cost 5x input, and Magic's generators keep backend code out of Claude's output.
Vibe Coding Without a Landlord
Self-hosted vibe coding: Lovable, Bolt and Replit keep your runtime. Magic Cloud is the open-source platform that hands you the database, code and keys.
I Can Probably Recreate Your 25-Year-Old Legacy System in 20 Minutes
Legacy system modernization with AI: an ERP with order lifecycle, ledgered stock and a role-secured API from one ten-minute conversation over your schema.
A Full-Stack CRM for $0.00: Building on Magic with OpenCode and a Free Model
A full-stack CRM for $0: database, sixteen secured endpoints and an SPA with login built over Magic's MCP using OpenCode and a free model.
Break my AI Sandbox and make $100 - Psst, nobody's done it yet!
A standing $100 bounty for breaking Magic's AI sandbox, uncollected: why runtime whitelisting and execution-time RBAC, not the model, are the boundary.
Turn Your Legacy SQL Server Database into a Modern Full Stack App in Minutes
Turn a legacy SQL Server database into a modern full-stack app in minutes: login, role-secured CRUD API, email and a frontend from any existing schema.
An API Magic Wand for your AI Agent
Every Magic dashboard screen is also an MCP tool your AI agent can call, and the Hyperlambda Generator lets it build missing tools mid-conversation.