Do I need to install the dashboard separately
Not with the all-in-one image — it bundles the dashboard and backend together, so it is there the moment you install. You can host the dashboard separately if you prefer, for example on a different domain from the backend it talks to.
Is the Magic Cloud dashboard open source
Yes. It is part of the MIT-licensed Magic repository on GitHub, frontend included, and you can self-host the whole thing on your own hardware with no license fee.
Who can access the dashboard
The dashboard is for root users — it is the administrative surface of your cloudlet. The APIs you build with it can be exposed to any role you choose, but the dashboard itself is root-only.
How do I sign in to the dashboard
With a username and password. A passwordless magnetic link is also available when SMTP is configured on your backend, and single sign-on over OIDC — including Google — when you have configured one or more OIDC providers.
Can one dashboard manage more than one backend
Yes. It keeps a separate JWT per cloudlet, so you switch between backends without signing in again, and you can share a link that opens the dashboard against a specific one.
Can I build a secured API without writing code
Yes. The Generator turns database tables into complete CRUD endpoints — GET, POST, PUT, DELETE — with role-based authorisation, paging, sorting and optional caching, generated in seconds without hand-writing any backend code.
Does the dashboard work with MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQL Server
Yes. Alongside the built-in SQLite, you can connect external MySQL, PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases, after which SQL Studio, the visual Designer and the generator all treat them like a local database.
Can I design database schemas without writing SQL
Yes. SQL Studio's Designer renders each table as a card and lets you add tables, columns and foreign-key relations visually — and it will hand you the DDL if you ever want it.
Can I turn my cloudlet into a tool for an AI agent
Yes. With the MCP plugin installed, the dashboard shows a URL that hands any MCP-capable agent your endpoints as callable tools, so an agent can discover and invoke them directly.
Can I build a chatbot from my own website
Yes. The Chatbot Wizard crawls a site you point it at, turns the content into training data, and gives you an embeddable chatbot grounded in your own material — with the full machine-learning screen behind it for models, training data and embedding.