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Budibase vs Refine
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Budibase | Refine |
|---|---|---|
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Licence | Other | MIT |
| Stars | 28k | 36k |
| Latest | v3.48.0 | @refinedev/core@5.0.12 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-09-10 |
| Release cadence | too few releases | about 3 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 11+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 3 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Retool. Alternatives to Retool →
Full replacementBudibaseApps, forms and automations over external databases and APIs or its built-in tables.
PartialRefineA React framework for admin panels and internal tools that you write as code.
Budibase
- v3.49.0-cloud.12026-10-05Merge Cloud changes back to master by @budibase-release-automation[bot] inpre-release
- v3.48.02026-10-05Enhance escalation notification verbosity for Slack and MS Teams
- v3.48.0-cloud.92026-10-05pre-release
- v3.48.0-cloud.82026-10-01pre-release
- v3.48.0-cloud.72026-09-30pre-release
Refine
- @refinedev/core@5.0.122026-04-02We had an edge case where custom fields returned from getList were available on query.data but dropped from result. Now…
- @refinedev/mui@8.0.22026-03-23When hideText={true} is used with a custom startIcon, all MUI button components (ShowButton, EditButton, DeleteButton,…
- @refinedev/cli@2.16.522026-03-16resolveBin() now walks up from process.cwd() to find node_modules/.bin/<name>, fixing MODULE_NOT_FOUND errors when runn…
- @refinedev/core@5.0.112026-03-16useDeleteButton was not forwarding the meta prop to useButtonCanAccess, which caused custom access control rules relyin…
- @refinedev/devtools@2.0.52026-03-16Updated dependencies \[b319c8a7a2f11896008f349481b03ddcf9ed2de0]:
Budibase
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Refine
unsigned The latest release, @refinedev/core@5.0.12, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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