Magiccfg 1.3 Apr 2026

The maintainers of are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3, a significant update to the cross-platform, templated configuration management tool. Magiccfg bridges the gap between simple dotfile managers and heavyweight orchestration tools like Ansible or Puppet, focusing on reproducible, human-readable configuration state across Linux, macOS, and Windows (via WSL and native PowerShell).

Example config.yaml :

resources: - path: ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 source: secrets/id_ed25519.age decrypt: age mode: "0600" Write custom resource types in any language that speaks JSON over stdin/stdout. Hook into check , apply , and diff phases. Plugins are discovered via ~/.config/magiccfg/plugins/ .

Example output:

If you used magiccfg verify in scripts, replace it with magiccfg apply --dry-run . Inline shell commands in resources are now deprecated – see Migration Guide for the new plugin-based approach. Example: Using magiccfg 1.3 to manage a developer workstation Catalog structure:

Release date: April 16, 2026 Codename: “Declarative drift”

$ magiccfg apply --fix Checking 14 resources... [WARN] ~/.zshrc: expected mode 644, found 600 → fixed [WARN] ~/.config/nvim/init.lua: missing → restored from catalog [OK] All resources match intended state. Integrate encrypted secrets directly into your config catalog using age (modern, simple encryption). Magiccfg 1.3 transparently decrypts files matching *.age when run with the private key available via $MAGICCFG_AGE_KEY or an age agent. magiccfg 1.3

Version 1.3 introduces declarative drift correction, native age encryption support, and a plugin API for custom resource types. 1. Declarative drift detection & auto-repair ( magiccfg apply --fix ) Magiccfg now compares the intended state (your config catalog) against the actual system state. If a file is missing, a symlink is broken, or a permission changes, magiccfg apply --fix will restore intent without re-running every task.

Example plugin manifest ( plugins/docker-volume/manifest.yaml ):

~/.config/magiccfg/ ├── config.yaml ├── templates/ │ └── gitconfig.tmpl └── secrets/ └── github-token.age The maintainers of are pleased to announce the

name: docker-volume version: 1.0.0 handles: - type: docker_volume commands: check: ./check.py apply: ./apply.sh diff: ./diff Resources can now have a when field evaluating simple predicates against system facts (OS, hostname, environment variables, file existence).

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