# Parse

> Parse began as a hosted backend for mobile apps, was acquired by Facebook in 2013, and lost its hosted service in 2017. Its open-source successor, Parse Server, remains community maintained, giving developers data, authentication, APIs and server logic they can deploy on their own infrastructure.

- **Founded:** 2011
- **Headquarters:** Menlo Park, United States
- **Founders:** Ilya Sukhar (Co-founder and CEO), Kevin Lacker (Co-founder), James Yu (Co-founder), Tikhon Bernstam (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Parse Server, Parse Dashboard, Parse SDKs, Parse Push
- **Notable:** Raised approximately $7 million in 2011 before its 2013 Facebook acquisition., Parse-enabled app traffic was reported to grow 40% week over week in November 2011., The hosted platform had about 600,000 apps at the time of the 2016 shutdown announcement, according to contemporary reporting.

## Products & services

- **Parse Server** — Open-source Node.js/Express backend with data storage, user accounts, Cloud Code, REST and GraphQL APIs; supports MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
- **Parse Dashboard** — Web interface for inspecting and managing Parse apps, data and API tools.
- **Parse SDKs** — Client libraries for JavaScript, Apple platforms, Android, Flutter, PHP and other ecosystems.
- **Parse Push** — Push-notification capability integrated through adapters and platform services.

## Achievements

- Raised approximately $7 million in 2011 before its 2013 Facebook acquisition.
- Parse-enabled app traffic was reported to grow 40% week over week in November 2011.
- The hosted platform had about 600,000 apps at the time of the 2016 shutdown announcement, according to contemporary reporting.
- Parse Server remains active, with stable releases in 2026 and more than 21,000 GitHub stars at the time of research.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Parse Server 8.6.96, a maintenance-branch release, was published on September 28.
- **2026-08** — Parse Dashboard 9.3.0 alpha releases appeared on GitHub.
- **2026-07** — Parse Server 9.10.0 was published; the project also issued a July GraphQL security advisory with patched versions.

## Links

- Website: https://parseplatform.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/parse
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ParsePlatform
- GitHub: https://github.com/parse-community
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/parseit

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Last updated: 2026-09-29