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
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  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: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- 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
  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: 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: MCPServer
  url: mcp/parse-mcp.yml
- 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