---
title: "A powerful backend ready for your next app"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-powerful-backend-ready-for-your-next-app-hkh3bevd
source_url: https://hatemhosny.medium.com/a-powerful-backend-ready-for-your-next-app-d4acd88d0cbf
type: article
source: "JavaScript in Plain English"
published: 2020-11-28T11:53:49.302Z
updated: 2026-03-15T05:20:36.100Z
tags: ["backend", "docker", "general-programming", "github", "webdev"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 11
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# A powerful backend ready for your next app

**[JavaScript in Plain English](https://daily.dev/sources/jsPlainEnglish)** · 3 min read · 11 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Parse server is a frontend-as-a-Service (BaaS) that runs on top of Express. It features: authentication, users, roles, access control lists (ACL) and class-level permissions (CLP) The whole stack is open source with no vendor lock-in or pay-per-request restrictions.

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