Parse Platform

Parse is an open-source backend framework that provides common mobile and web backend services out of the box — data storage, user authentication, push notifications, and file management. It was originally built as a hosted platform (Parse.com), acquired by Facebook in 2013, and open-sourced in January 2016 when Facebook decided to shut down the hosted service. The community-maintained Parse Server now runs on any Node.js environment.

The current release is Parse Server 9. It uses MongoDB or PostgreSQL as its data store and exposes both REST and GraphQL APIs automatically based on the application's data schema. Cloud Code allows server-side JavaScript functions to run in response to data changes, user requests, or scheduled jobs. Client SDKs are available for iOS, Android, JavaScript, Flutter, and other platforms. A companion Parse Dashboard provides a web UI for managing data, users, and push notifications.

The official documentation covers server setup, client SDK guides, and Cloud Code. The source code is on GitHub under a BSD-style license.