> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/getting-started.md).

# Getting Started

- [Setting Up Community Edition](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/getting-started/quickstart.md): This quick start guide will walk you through installing and starting Lenses using the Community Edition, an all-in one docker compose, including Kafka brokers.
- [Hands-On Walk Through of Community Edition](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/getting-started/quickstart/hands-on-walk-through-of-community-edition.md): Follow a short walkthrough of the Lenses 6 interface and connect your first environment.
- [Installing Community Edition Using Helm](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/getting-started/quickstart/installing-community-edition-using-helm.md)
- [Connecting Lenses to your Kafka environment](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/getting-started/connecting-lenses-to-your-environment.md): Connect Lenses to your actual environments (Kafka clusters).
- [Overview](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/getting-started/connecting-lenses-to-your-environment/overview.md): This page describe an overview of deploying Lenses against your Kafka clusters.
- [Install](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/getting-started/connecting-lenses-to-your-environment/install.md): This page describes configuring and starting Lenses HQ and Agent against your Kafka cluster.
- [Using](https://docs.lenses.io/latest/getting-started/using.md): Learn how to use Lenses


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