What is Refine?
Build admin panels, dashboards and B2B apps on your APIs, by hand or with an AI agent.
Who is Refine best for?
Refine is best for React developers who build admin panels and internal tools on top of their own APIs.
CRUD-heavy business apps
Hooks handle authentication, access control, routing, data fetching and state management for CRUD screens.
Teams with their own design system
The headless core works with Tailwind or any UI kit, with built-in support for Ant Design, Material UI and Mantine.
Enterprise sign-in and permissions
Providers cover Okta, Azure AD, Amazon Cognito and Google Cloud Identity, with ACL, RBAC and ABAC models.
Starting from a prompt
Refine's AI agent reads your REST API or Supabase project and generates a React app you can download.
How much does Refine cost?
Refine Core is free under MIT; Refine's AI app builder has a $0.99 Starter plan with 300 credits a month and a $20 Pro plan with 1,500 credits.
- MIT licence, npm packages
- Deploy the apps you build anywhere
- Community support on Discord
- 300 credits a month
- Core features for exploration
- Preview your builds
- 1,500 credits a month
- Code editor and one-click export
- Netlify hosting, file attachments
Enterprise is priced on request, with SSO, volume pricing, a dedicated support team and the option to opt out of data training. Credits are used by the AI builder only; Refine Core needs no plan. Full pricing on refine.dev. We checked these prices on .
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Is Refine open source?
Yes. Refine's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.
On GitHub
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- Last commit
- 10 Sep
- Repository age
- 5 years
- Latest release
- 2 Apr
- Licence
- MIT
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Repository
- refinedev/refine
What are the best Refine alternatives?
Refine is an open source alternative to Retool. ToolJet, Appsmith, Contember and 2 more do the same job and are open source too.
RetoolFreePrompt-built internal apps, agents and workflows on your data.
ToolJetOpen SourceInternal tools built from plain language, open source.
AppsmithOpen SourceLow-code builder for admin panels, dashboards and internal tools on top of your databases and APIs.
ContemberOpen SourceCustom business apps from an open-source TypeScript framework.
ReflexOpen SourcePython library for internal tools and dashboards, with front end and back end in one language.
WindmillOpen SourceDeveloper platform that turns scripts into workflows, internal apps, cron jobs and AI agents.
Questions about Refine
What is the difference between Refine Core and the Refine AI builder?
Refine Core is the MIT-licensed React framework you install from npm and run anywhere. The AI builder is a hosted service that reads your API or Supabase project, generates a Refine app with credits, and lets you download the React code.
Who is Refine for?
Refine is best for React developers who build admin panels and internal tools on top of their own APIs.
Is Refine free?
Yes. Refine has a free Self-hosted plan: MIT licence, npm packages.
How much does Refine cost?
Refine's paid plans are Starter at $0.99 per month, AI builder and Pro at $20 per month.
Is Refine open source?
Yes. Refine's code is public under the MIT licence, so you can run it on your own server.
What are the best Refine alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Retool, ToolJet, Appsmith, Contember, Reflex and Windmill.
Where can I try Refine?
On its official website, refine.dev.
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