Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/hooks/vs/refinedev/refine
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/hooks/vs/refinedev/refine.md
Description: hooks and refine share 3 technologies: React, React Router, and antd. Both are written in TypeScript.

# hooks vs refine

hooks and refine share 3 technologies: React, React Router, and antd. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [alibaba/hooks](https://seerepo.com/r/alibaba/hooks): A high-quality & reliable React Hooks library.   https://alibaba.github.io/hooks/
- [refinedev/refine](https://seerepo.com/r/refinedev/refine): A React Framework for building  internal tools, admin panels, dashboards & B2B apps with unmatched flexibility.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, React Router, antd
- Only in hooks: screenfull
- Only in refine: Airtable, Appwrite, Vite, Express, Next.js, Remix, Supabase, @ant-design/pro-layout, Ant Design, react-markdown, remark-gfm, Chakra UI, React Hook Form, @tabler/icons-react, boxen, ora, gray-matter, handlebars, marked, marked-terminal, papaparse, sanitize-html, Tailwind CSS, TanStack, prism-react-renderer, react-json-view-lite, Mantine, MUI, kbar, @mui/system, @emotion/styled, notistack, @mui/icons-material, class-variance-authority, next-themes, tailwind-merge, Radix UI, sonner, react-day-picker, cmdk, embla-carousel-react, input-otp, react-resizable-panels, recharts, vaul, Lucide

## Side by side

| | hooks | refine |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 27,385 lines written, 315 code files | 584,997 lines written, 4,342 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push October 27, 2026, 2,137 commits, 14,976 stars | Last push September 10, 2026, 6,842 commits, 36,009 stars |
| Tests | 97 test files. 27.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 895 test files. 11.5% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, hooks or refine?

refine, with 584,997 lines written; hooks has 27,385.

The proof: [refinedev/refine's code at commit 2352eb5](https://github.com/refinedev/refine/tree/2352eb5b6539e2f39ad9aef652279ad1dcf2c467)

### Which has more GitHub stars, hooks or refine?

refine, with 36,009 stars; hooks has 14,976.

The proof: [refinedev/refine on GitHub](https://github.com/refinedev/refine)

### Which has more tests, hooks or refine?

refine, with 895 test files; hooks has 97.

The proof: [refinedev/refine's code at commit 2352eb5](https://github.com/refinedev/refine/tree/2352eb5b6539e2f39ad9aef652279ad1dcf2c467)

### Which was updated more recently, hooks or refine?

hooks: its last push was on October 27, 2026, and refine's on September 10, 2026.

The proof: [alibaba/hooks's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/alibaba/hooks/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, hooks or refine?

hooks: an AI signed 0.1% of its commits, with GitHub Copilot.

## Sources

- alibaba/hooks: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit a0c33c2 (https://github.com/alibaba/hooks/tree/a0c33c21caefda40753fe4b3cbb3b1efbabd1a79)
- refinedev/refine: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 2352eb5 (https://github.com/refinedev/refine/tree/2352eb5b6539e2f39ad9aef652279ad1dcf2c467)

## What is your repo built with?

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