Magic.dev
AI coding model with a 100M+ token context window — load an entire codebase.
Visit Magic.dev API only — custom pricing
Quick verdict
- Best for
- Large engineering teams
- Pricing
- API only — custom pricing
- Not ideal if
- Enterprise pricing — not for individuals
What is Magic.dev?
Magic.dev built a frontier coding model with the largest context window in the industry — 100 million tokens. That is enough to load most entire codebases (Linux kernel, React, etc.) into one prompt. Specialised purely for software engineering.
Key features
- 100M+ token context window (largest in industry)
- Trained exclusively on code + technical text
- Strong on cross-file refactors
- Enterprise focus
- Integration with popular IDEs via API
Pros
- Unmatched for whole-codebase tasks
- Token efficiency is genuinely impressive
- No need for RAG when whole repo fits
Cons
- Enterprise pricing — not for individuals
- API access only, no consumer UI
- Newer player vs entrenched Anthropic / OpenAI
Best for
Large engineering teamsCross-file refactor workCompanies with massive monorepos
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