# Parse Server

Open source backend for web and mobile apps that runs on Node.js, stores data in MongoDB or PostgreSQL, and can be mounted on an Express app.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/parse-server/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://parseplatform.org
- repository: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server
- docs: https://docs.parseplatform.org/parse-server/guide/
- x: https://twitter.com/ParsePlatform
- forum: https://community.parseplatform.org

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Parse Platform
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: backend
- hosting: node
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: node 20
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: mongodb, postgres
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: rest, graphql
- templating: unknown
- i18n: yes, localized pages and emails

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 9
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-30

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 21396
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 81964
- contributors: 318
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://parseplatform.org/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://docs.parseplatform.org/parse-server/guide/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/blob/alpha/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/blob/alpha/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/blob/9.10.7/package.json (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/blob/alpha/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.10.7 (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.119 (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/tags (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/graphs/contributors (read 2026-11-03)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/parse-server (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/blob/alpha/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/blob/alpha/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/blob/alpha/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://docs.parseplatform.org/parse-server/guide/ (read 2026-11-03)
- i18n: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/blob/alpha/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- headlessApi: https://github.com/parse-community/parse-server/blob/alpha/README.md (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

Parse Server is a backend for web and mobile apps, written in JavaScript for Node.js. It serves a REST API, with an optional GraphQL API mounted alongside it, over a MongoDB or PostgreSQL database. It can run as its own process started from the command line, or be mounted on an existing Express app. Live Query adds real-time subscriptions over WebSockets, and Cloud Code adds server-side functions. The project is maintained by Parse Platform.

## Worth knowing

Parse Server does not support multi-tenancy. Parse Dashboard, a separate project from the server repository, is installed on its own.

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