# Refine

> MIT React framework for admin panels and internal tools

**Category:** Next.js  
**Pricing:** open-source  
**URL:** https://refine.dev  
**GitHub:** https://github.com/refinedev/refine  
**Added:** 2026-10-18

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## The Hook

Refine is a headless React meta-framework for CRUD-heavy apps such as admin panels, dashboards and internal tools: it handles data, auth, routing and access control so you build the screens.

## What's Good

MIT (refinedev/refine), core release 5.0.12 (2026-04-02), with commits into September 2026. Data providers for REST, GraphQL, Supabase, Strapi and many more. Works with Next.js, Remix or Vite and UI kits like Ant Design, Material UI or your own. ★~35.9k.

## The Catch

The company now also promotes an AI agent product, and core releases have slowed since April. The abstractions take time to learn, and you still write all the UI code.

## Verdict

A strong code-first base for React internal tools.