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| | title: Community edition features |
| | description: Differences in available features between the Community edition and other paid plans. |
| | contentType: explanation |
| | tags: |
| | - Community edition |
| | - Enterprise edition |
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| | - tags |
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| | # Community Edition Features |
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| | The community edition includes almost the complete feature set of n8n, except for the features listed here. |
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| | The community edition doesn't include these features: |
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| | - [Custom Variables](/code/variables.md) |
| | - [Environments](/source-control-environments/index.md) |
| | - [External secrets](/external-secrets.md) |
| | - [External storage for binary data](/hosting/scaling/external-storage.md) |
| | - [Log streaming](/log-streaming.md) ([Logging](/hosting/logging-monitoring/logging.md) _is_ included) |
| | - [Multi-main mode](/hosting/scaling/queue-mode.md#multi-main-setup) ([Queue mode](/hosting/scaling/queue-mode.md) _is_ included) |
| | - [Projects](/user-management/rbac/projects.md) |
| | - SSO ([SAML](/hosting/securing/set-up-sso.md), [LDAP](/user-management/ldap.md)) |
| | - Sharing ([workflows](/workflows/sharing.md), [credentials](/credentials/credential-sharing.md)) (Only the instance owner and the user who creates them can access workflows and credentials) |
| | - [Version control using Git](/source-control-environments/index.md) |
| | - [Workflow history](/workflows/history.md) (You can get one day of workflow history with the community edition by [registering](#registered-community-edition)) |
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| | These features are available on the Enterprise Cloud plan, including the self-hosted Enterprise edition. Some of these features are available on the Starter and Pro Cloud plan. |
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| | See [pricing](https://n8n.io/pricing/){:target=_blank .external-link} for reference. |
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| | ## Registered Community Edition |
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| | You can unlock extra features by registering your n8n community edition. You register with your email and receive a license key. |
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| | Registering unlocks these features for the community edition: |
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| | * [Folders](/release-notes.md#folders): Organize your workflows into tidy folders |
| | * [Debug in editor](/workflows/executions/debug.md): Copy and [pin](/glossary.md#data-pinning-n8n) execution data when working on a workflow |
| | * One day of [workflow history](/workflows/history.md): 24 hours of workflow history so you can revert back to previous workflow versions |
| | * [Custom execution data](/workflows/executions/custom-executions-data.md): Save, find, and annotate execution metadata |
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| | To register a new community edition instance, select the option during your initial account creation. |
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| | To register an existing community edition instance: |
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| | 1. Select the **three dots icon** <span class="inline-image">{.off-glb}</span> in the lower-left corner. |
| | 1. Select **Settings** and then **Usage and plan**. |
| | 1. Select **Unlock** to enter your email and then select **Send me a free license key**. |
| | 1. Check your email for the account you entered. |
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| | Once you have a license key, activate it by clicking the button in the license email or by visiting **Options > Settings > Usage and plan** and selecting **Enter activation key**. |
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| | Once activated, your license will not expire. We may change the unlocked features in the future. This will not impact previously unlocked features. |
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