---
title: "Polarity Community Edition Setup & Installation Guide"
slug: "community-edition-setup"
description: "Install and deploy Polarity Community Edition, the free lightweight annotation platform. Learn Docker/Podman setup, initial configuration, and how to start collaborating with your team on threat intelligence annotations."
updated: 2024-12-28T00:14:51Z
published: 2024-12-28T00:14:51Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Community Edition Setup

## How to Get Polarity Community Edition

### Sign Up for an Account

- Visit [https://polarity.io/ce](https://polarity.io/ce) to sign up.

### Log into Your Account

1. Check your Email for Credentials and log in.
2. Open the email platform you used to sign up to view your login credentials.
3. Head over to [https://cev5.polarity.io/signin](https://cev5.polarity.io/signin) (also in the email).

### Perform Your First Search

1. Click into the Search input.
2. Type “8.8.8.8” and press your “enter” key.
3. If you subscribed to integrations, data should appear in Polarity.

### See More Data!

1. Click on the settings wheel in the top right corner and select "Subscriptions".
2. Integrations that require an API key will be off to start.
3. Select "Configure" or select the Settings wheel to get to the configuration page.
4. From there, you will be able to add an API key to any free Integration that requires one.

### Download the Community Edition Desktop Client to Search from Anywhere!

- Head over to the [Polarity Community Edition Desktop Client Download page](https://www.polarity.io/download-your-polarity-community-edition) to download and install the Desktop Client right for your Operating System.

## What's next?

- Back to the Polarity Training Center
- Get the Browser Extension