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brew install --cask magpie

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overview

Package summary

Model gateway for AI coding agents

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From the blog

Who should choose the model?
2026-11-01 A Local Control Plane for Coding Agents
2026-10-28

history

Project history and usage

magpie is a local model gateway and configuration hub that lets multiple AI coding agents use models from subscriptions, API vendors, compatible endpoints, and local runtimes.

Project history

magpie was developed as an open-source local model gateway and configuration application for AI coding agents. The project combines a desktop interface, terminal operation, and a loopback gateway listening by default on 127.0.0.1:3425.

Adoption history

magpie supports macOS, Windows, and Linux and recognizes a growing range of coding agents, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Goose, Cursor CLI, and Copilot CLI. It also integrates subscription accounts, API-key providers, compatible endpoints, Ollama, and LM Studio.

How it is used

Users add subscription accounts, provider API keys, or local endpoints once, then select a model or routing group for each detected coding agent. magpie updates that agent's native configuration and serves requests through its local gateway.

The application can remain in the tray, run only the gateway, or install a launchd or systemd service. New agent sessions pick up model changes after their configuration is rewritten.

Why package nerds care

magpie addresses the increasingly fragmented configuration layer around AI coding agents. Instead of configuring each agent independently for every model provider, users maintain providers and routing centrally while magpie writes narrowly scoped entries into each agent's native configuration.

Its local OpenAI-, Anthropic-, and Gemini-compatible gateway makes otherwise incompatible agents and model providers interoperable, while routing groups support multiple accounts, fallback, quota-aware selection, and intent-based routing.

Timeline

Initial direction: magpie unified model selection and provider setup for coding agents behind a local gateway.
Current project: The application supports desktop, terminal, tray, daemon, and browser-oriented operation across macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Related projects

Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and other coding agents can be configured to send requests through magpie.
Ollama and LM Studio can supply locally hosted models to magpie without API keys.

Sources

security posture

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Install behavior

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Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

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Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.config/magpie/settings.json
Windows: ~/.config/magpie/settings.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.config/magpie/providers.json
Windows: ~/.config/magpie/providers.json

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freshness

Version and freshness

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page generated2026-11-04

manager version0.1.2900

manager updated

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/yetone/magpie-releases

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infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/yetone/magpie-releasesnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	cask:magpie
Version	0.1.2900
Package manager	Homebrew Cask
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/magpie
Homepage	https://usemagpie.ai/
Repository	https://github.com/yetone/magpie-releases
Upstream docs	https://usemagpie.ai/
Source archive	https://github.com/yetone/magpie-releases/releases/download/v0.1.2900/magpie-darwin-arm64.zip
SHA-256	4ece12663d0f7630139c11f0174c88e004f079d8d4a800da7b67006bbbed9934
Bottle	not recorded
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew cask API
Tap	homebrew/cask
Full Token	magpie
Names	magpie
Depends On	Macos >=: 12
Artifacts	App 1 Target 1 Zap 1
Auto Updates	yes
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no

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combined/magpie.yml

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