21st.dev Magic MCP vs Spotify MCP

A side-by-side comparison of two Design & Media servers — tools, transport, auth, maintenance, and copy-paste config for each.

	21st.dev Magic MCP Generate beautiful, modern UI components from natural-language descriptions inside your IDE. Unverified stdio (local) API key TypeScript	Spotify MCP Control Spotify playback, search, queue, and playlists from Claude or any MCP client. Unverified stdio (local) OAuth Python
Category	Design & Media	Design & Media
Language	TypeScript	Python
Transport	stdio (local)	stdio (local)
Auth	API key	OAuth
GitHub stars	5.2k	606
Last commit	5 months ago	5 months ago
Verified
Actively maintained
Install	`npx @21st-dev/cli@latest install <client> --api-key <key>`	—
Repo	Open	Open

Verdict

Pick 21st.dev Magic MCP if you want the official, vendor-maintained server, and you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option.

Pick Spotify MCP if you prefer its approach (control spotify playback, search, queue, and playlists from claude or any mcp client).

Add 21st.dev Magic MCP

Install / run

npx @21st-dev/cli@latest install <client> --api-key <key>

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "21st-dev-magic-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@21st-dev/magic@latest",
        "API_KEY=\"your-api-key\""
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add Spotify MCP

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spotify-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--python",
        "3.12",
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/varunneal/spotify-mcp",
        "spotify-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_ID": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
        "SPOTIFY_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET",
        "SPOTIFY_REDIRECT_URI": "http://127.0.0.1:8080/callback"
      }
    }
  }
}

Requires `uv` (the Python package runner). Install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/ if `uvx` is not found.

FAQ

21st.dev Magic MCP or Spotify MCP — which is better?

Pick 21st.dev Magic MCP if you want the official, vendor-maintained server, and you prefer the more popular, battle-tested option. Pick Spotify MCP if you prefer its approach (control spotify playback, search, queue, and playlists from claude or any mcp client).

Can I use both 21st.dev Magic MCP and Spotify MCP?

Yes — MCP clients let you enable multiple servers at once. Add both configs to your client's mcpServers and use whichever tool fits the task.

Do 21st.dev Magic MCP and Spotify MCP work with Claude, Cursor and Windsurf?

Both do. Copy the per-client config below into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or Windsurf.

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