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.
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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.
Identity
Rendering and deploy
Releases
Adoption
Sources
- 2026-11-03: links
parseplatform.org/ - 2026-11-03: links, Databases
docs.parseplatform.org/parse-server/guide/ - 2026-11-03: links, Written in, License, License model, GitHub stars
github.com/parse-community/parse-server - 2026-11-03: Maintainer, Runtime, Categories, Install with, Runs as, Multilingual, Content API
github.com/parse-community/parse-server/blob/alpha/README.md - 2026-11-03: Minimum runtime
github.com/parse-community/parse-server/blob/9.10.7/package.json - 2026-11-03: Current major version
github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/9.10.7 - 2026-11-03: Last release
github.com/parse-community/parse-server/releases/tag/8.6.119 - 2026-11-03: First release
github.com/parse-community/parse-server/tags - 2026-11-03: Contributors
github.com/parse-community/parse-server/graphs/contributors - 2026-11-03: npm downloads a week
api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-26:2026-11-01/parse-server