Parse

aid: parse
name: Parse
description: Parse is an open-source Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS). Originally the mobile backend company founded in 2011, backed
  by GV and DCVC, and acquired by Facebook in 2013 before the hosted parse.com service was shut down in 2017, Parse now lives
  on as the community-maintained Parse Platform. It centers on Parse Server, a self-hostable Node.js/Express backend, paired
  with first-party client SDKs for JavaScript, Apple (iOS/macOS), Android, Flutter/Dart, PHP, .NET, Swift and Arduino. Parse
  exposes a documented REST API over HTTP+JSON providing a schemaless object store, user authentication and sessions, roles
  and ACL/class-level permissions, file storage, rich queries, Cloud Code, Cloud Code Webhooks, LiveQuery real-time subscriptions,
  analytics and push notifications.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/parse/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
deliveryModel:
  model: library
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Library · distributed through package registries, no callable service
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/parse-community/parse-server/alpha/.github/parse-server-logo.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- dcvc
- gv
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Backend-as-a-Service
- Mobile
- Open-Source
- REST API
- Database
- Authentication
- Push Notifications
- Real-Time
tags_raw:
- Company
- Backend as a Service
- BaaS
- Mobile
- Open Source
- REST API
- Database
- Authentication
- Push Notifications
- Real Time
apis:
- name: Parse REST API
  description: 'HTTP+JSON REST API for the Parse Platform: object CRUD and queries, users and sessions, roles, files, analytics
    and push. Parse Server is self-hosted, so the base URL is the operator''s own Parse Server origin with the default /parse/
    mount.'
  humanURL: https://docs.parseplatform.org/rest/guide/
  baseURL: https://YOUR.PARSE-SERVER.HERE/parse/
  tags:
  - Backend-as-a-Service
  - REST API
  tags_raw:
  - Backend as a Service
  - REST API
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.parseplatform.org/rest/guide/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.parseplatform.org/rest/guide/#quick-reference
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://apis.io/providers/facebook/
  name: Facebook
  x-relationship: acquired
  x-evidence: Originally the mobile backend company founded in 2011, backed by GV and DCVC, and acquired by Facebook in 2013
    before the hosted parse.
- type: Website
  url: https://parseplatform.org
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.parseplatform.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.parseplatform.org/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.parseplatform.org/rest/guide/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.parseplatform.org/parse-server/guide/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/parse-community
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.parseplatform.org/
- type: Support
  url: https://community.parseplatform.org/
- type: Packages
  url: packages/parse-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/parse-packages.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/parse-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/parse-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/parse-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/parse-error-codes.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/parse-webhooks.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/parse-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/parse-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/parse-changelog.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/parse-data-model.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/parse-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/parse-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/parse-well-known.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/parse-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: Security
  url: security/parse-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/parse-domain-security.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/parse-conformance.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 14
  pass: local-v1