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refine
Headless React framework for admin panels, dashboards and internal tools
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- Stars
- 36k
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
- Last release
- Apr 2026
- Language
- TypeScript
34,147 on 10 Apr 202635,971 on 30 Oct 2026
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Overview
Refine Core is a React meta-framework that supplies hooks and components for the CRUD parts of an app: authentication, access control, routing, data fetching, state via React Query, and i18n. It is headless, so UI is your own or one of the built-in integrations (Ant Design, Material UI, Mantine, Chakra UI). Data providers cover 15+ backends, including REST, GraphQL, Supabase, Strapi and Firebase.
Who it is for: React developers building admin panels, dashboards and internal tools
Strengths
- Headless design works with Tailwind or any custom UI, plus Ant Design, MUI, Mantine, Chakra
- Data provider connectors for 15+ backends including REST, GraphQL, Supabase, Hasura, Firebase
- Works with Next.js, Remix, React Native and Electron through a router interface
- Built-in auth, access control, live updates, audit logs and i18n hooks
Weaknesses
- Not an AI project: AI features are only in a separate hosted Refine agent
- React and TypeScript only; no support for other frontend frameworks
- Not a backend or boilerplate; you supply the API and database
- Last tagged release is 2026-04-02, months behind recent commits
What it needs
- TypeScript
- Needs Node.js, React, a backend API (REST, GraphQL, Supabase, etc.)
Quick answers
Is refine open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
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