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Re:Launch HN: Refine (YC S23) – Open-Source Retool for Enter... by hn_throwaway_99 on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @12:55PM (#37065475)
Will also throw in react-admin there. React-admin is not the same space per se (it's basically a react framework, not a low/no code tool), but if I built an internal admin app in react-admin, what would you say the pros/cons are to moving to Refine?
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Re:Launch HN: Refine (YC S23) – Open-Source Retool for Enter... by omeraplak on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @01:33PM (#37066020)
refine's headless architecture offers developers the flexibility to implement their design using any UI framework to their apps. It also comes with built-in UI integrations for popular libraries like Material UI, Ant Design, Chakra UI, and Mantine.

With react-admin, you have no choice other than using Material UI for your app. refine's provides nearly all the features of react-admin enterprise provides as open-source.

Since refine's architecture is headless, router logic is completely detached from the business logic and UI layer. So you can use refine with React Router, NextJS, Remix, or any other framework may pop-up as long as it's React based. With react-admin, you can only use react-router and it doesn't have a real SSR support, while with refine, you can use SSR frameworks like NextJS and Remix without being limited.

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Re:Launch HN: Refine (YC S23) – Open-Source Retool for Enter... by fzaninotto on Friday August 11, 2023 @08:26AM (#37087905)
React-admin lead dev here.

Short story: Refine and react-admin were in the same low-code space (targeting developers) until today, but it seems they've pivoted to no-code (targeting non developers) as they go after ReTool.

Long story: https://marmelab.com/blog/2023/07/04/react-admin-vs-refine.h...

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Re:Launch HN: Refine (YC S23) – Open-Source Retool for Enter... by 5Qn8mNbc2FNCiVV on Saturday August 12, 2023 @08:57AM (#37099704)
That article is top 5% of biased articles I've read in my life. Really bad look to be honest, would have really liked a more objective comparison
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Re:Launch HN: Refine (YC S23) – Open-Source Retool for Enter... by Terretta on Sunday August 13, 2023 @02:15PM (#37112534)
Post an article biased the other direction to set a counter-balance.
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Re:Launch HN: Refine (YC S23) – Open-Source Retool for Enter... by omeraplak on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:12PM (#37139951)
Just for clarity: the author of this comment is not from our team. But if you ask for my opinion, I enjoyed reading the article. We always pursue ideas that will take 'refine' to the next level, and this piece was helpful to us.
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