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The best refine alternatives

8 tools that do a similar job to refine, 8 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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A React framework for building admin panels, dashboards and internal business apps.

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    react-admin

    Open source · MIT · ★ 27k

    A TypeScript/React framework for building admin dashboards on top of REST or GraphQL APIs.

    Best for: Developers building internal admin panels or back-office tools on top of an existing API; Teams already using React who want standard CRUD screens without writing everything from scratch

    Full review refine vs react-admin
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    Ant Design Pro

    Open source · MIT · ★ 38.9k

    A React starter template with admin-style pages built on Ant Design.

    Best for: Developers building internal admin dashboards or back-office tools in React; Teams who want to start from Ant Design components and page templates

    Full review refine vs Ant Design Pro
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    Payload

    Open source · MIT · ★ 45.6k

    Open-source Next.js framework that adds a TypeScript backend and admin panel to your app.

    Best for: Developers already building with Next.js and React who want a backend without a separate server; Teams that want an admin panel for editing content that they can customize in code

    Full review refine vs Payload
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    ngx-admin

    Open source · MIT · ★ 25.7k

    A ready-made Angular admin dashboard template with themes, components, and examples.

    Best for: Developers starting a new Angular admin or back-office dashboard; Teams who want Nebular-based components and a few visual themes out of the box

    Full review refine vs ngx-admin
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    go-admin

    Open source · MIT · ★ 12.8k

    A Gin and Vue starter kit for building admin back-office apps with login, roles, and user management.

    Best for: Go developers who want a ready-made admin backend with login and permissions; Teams building an internal management tool who want a Vue front end with a UI library they already use

    Full review refine vs go-admin
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    umi

    Open source · MIT · ★ 16k

    A React framework for building web apps, with the project's own docs at umijs.org.

    Best for: Developers who already work with React and want a framework on top of it; Teams looking for a MIT-licensed, community-maintained React framework

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    Gatsby

    Open source · MIT · ★ 55.9k

    A React-based framework for building fast websites and apps, with static or server rendering.

    Best for: Developers building content-heavy sites such as blogs or documentation; Teams that already work with React and want a shared GraphQL data layer

    Full review
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    Nextra

    Open source · MIT · ★ 13.9k

    A framework for building documentation and content sites with MDX, built on Next.js.

    Best for: Developers who want a documentation site built on Next.js and React; Teams writing project docs in Markdown or MDX

    Full review

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to refine. We don't take payment for placement.