Parse server with dashboard.

[nebulon]

https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server

[A Former User]

I was going to ask for this but I guess a topic exists. +1 for Parse! This would be excellent to move away from something like Firebase.

[jdaviescoates]

@atrilahiji see also https://supabase.io/

[A Former User]

@jdaviescoates This honestly would be incredible. I would be intrested in using that + a dedicated backend. I guess what I really want is the ability to use Cloudron as a platform to let me spin up DBs for realtime applications. Of course Parse was something I wanted because of the serverless functions.

[jdaviescoates]

@atrilahiji I'm not a developer so it's all a little over my head to be honest, but I just saw a thread on social.coop about "what FOSS app do you wish existed?" and someone said they'd like an open source Firebase and then someone else pointed to supabase and so I came here to see if anyone had written anything about either

[jdaviescoates]

@atrilahiji but I guess maybe add Supabase to the App wishlist? (although it seems pretty new and so possibly not self-hostable yet?)

[timconsidine]

Anybody attempted building a package for Parse using Postgres ?
The default DB is Mongo but they support Postgres.
As Postgres is on Cloudron, maybe Parse Server could be installed.
Seems it is just node.js

I have been running a hosted Parse server, but would love to be self-hosting on Cloudron.

[timconsidine]

I have made a custom package for the parse server on Cloudron using mongodb.
In order to get it working, I had to use cloudron base image 4.3, so it may not be AppStore acceptable.

At this stage it is just the parse server, which is accessed programatically by another app.
But it is still useful.
I currently have a selfhosted instance of Parse using docker compose but I would prefer it in Cloudron.

Next step is to package the parse dashboard so that there is a better UI.

Once that is done, I will make a repo available.

@staff what’s the status of cloudron base image 4.3, and 5.0 for that matter ?
It would be good if they can be used as they seem to resolve some node issues when packaging apps.

[girish]

@timconsidine feel free to use whatever base image works for now . At publish time, we can adjust the base image. Base image 5 will be the next one and will be part of Cloudron 9 (which we hope to release end of next month).

[timconsidine]

Thank you @girish

Parse Server is quite extensive, and my first package might be ‘basic’.
I tend to need only the core functionality, not all the ‘bells and whistles’.
Could those interested in using Parse Server please chip in with comments about what features of Parse Server they are likely to want, so I can check those and try to include (no promises!)
For me the Parse Dashboard is the next “ add on” but I can look at other stuff.

[timconsidine]

Parse Dashboard now packaged and runs with Parse Server

I need to do some tidying up of the build steps and the default configuration, and some more testing, and will then publish a repo for each on cloudron git.

I decided to keep them as separate apps, because :

• that’s how the source repos are structured (maybe this will help with upgrades etc)
• conceivably some people will not need the Dashboard, relying on programmatic access only and their own node/whatever app.

Both apps are packaged with cloudron base image 4.3 (can be changed of course).