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    refinedev/refine

    A React Framework for building internal tools, admin panels, dashboards & B2B apps with unmatched flexibility.

    developer-tools
    api
    low-code
    backend
    web
    frontend
    admin
    admin-ui
    ant-design
    crud
    frontend-framework
    TypeScript
    MIT
    36.0K stars
    3.3K forks
    147 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 218 days ago, with 323 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a React meta-framework for building CRUD-heavy web applications like internal tools, admin panels, dashboards, and B2B apps with headless architecture.
    • Enables unmatched flexibility by decoupling business logic from UI and routing, supporting multiple UI frameworks and platforms with built-in authentication, access control, and state management.
    • Use for rapidly developing enterprise admin panels with customizable UI components and seamless integration with backend services.
    • Use for building real-time dashboards that require live data updates and advanced routing with any React router library.
    • Use for creating internal tools that need robust authentication, access control, and multi-backend connectivity including REST, GraphQL, and various headless CMS platforms.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

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    From the README

    The sweet spot between the low/no code and “starting from scratch” for CRUD-heavy applications.

    Refine is an open source, React meta-framework for enterprise. It provides a headless solution for everything from admin panels to dashboards and internal tools.

    Refine also now powers Refine AI, our purpose built AI Agent.

    Refine is a React meta-framework for CRUD-heavy web applications. It addresses a wide range of enterprise use cases including internal tools, admin panels, dashboards and B2B apps.

    Refine's core hooks and components streamline the development process by offering industry-standard solutions for crucial aspects of a project, including authentication, access control, routing, networking, state management, and i18n.

    Excerpt from the refinedev/refine README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Open issues

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