# Community Edition
Cytomine Community Edition is the current open-source version of the Cytomine platform.
This section provides information on installing, upgrading, backing up, and uninstalling Cytomine Community Edition.
WARNING
This version opens a new approach to manage data within Cytomine. It is recommended for new projects starting from scratch but not for upgrading existing projects using Cytomine Community Edition Legacy (version 2 or 3).