The best react-admin alternatives

7 tools that do a similar job to react-admin, 7 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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react-admin

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

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   refine

   Open source · MIT · ★ 36k

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

   Best for: Developers building internal admin panels or back-office tools in React; Teams that want a headless approach and can pick their own UI component library

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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

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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

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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

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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

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   RedwoodGraphQL

   Open source · MIT · ★ 17.6k

   A React web framework with an optional GraphQL API, built on Prisma; the README also promotes a newer sibling

   Best for: Developers building data-driven React apps who want a pre-assembled stack; Prototypes and hackathons that may grow into larger projects

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   Blitz.js

   Open source · MIT · ★ 14.1k

   A toolkit that adds full-stack features on top of Next.js, built with Prisma.

   Best for: Developers already comfortable with React and Next.js who want more built-in full-stack structure; Teams building a full web app with a database and want a single project setup

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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 react-admin. We don't take payment for placement.