Retirement of Pega Personal Edition

The Pega Personal Edition was a download of the Pega platform designed to work on a laptop or personal PC.  It included a Tomcat web server and a PostgreSQL open-source database.

However, with the advances of Pega’s underlying infrastructure, it is no longer feasible to maintain and publish standalone versions of our product. Additionally, as Pega is now a Software-as-a-Service company, it makes sense to move to a similar model for our field consultants to use in demos and proof-of-concept systems (POCs). 

Therefore, the Pega Personal Edition has been discontinued as of Pega Platform version 8.8.  Instead of the Personal Edition, we encourage you to leverage the Community Edition. 

The Community Edition (available here) is a trial version of the Pega Platform designed for use as a dev sandbox. It’s the perfect place to explore the latest version, learn and refine Pega skills, build POCs, etc.  A Community Edition system is issued for 30 days, and can be self-extended by an additional 15 days. You are always welcome to sign up for another Community Edition system when you need one.  You can export any applications that you build, so you can import them as a starting point in the future.

Working on Community Edition will not impact client environments, and allows you to triage issues in the same way as our enterprise edition. 

Since the Personal Edition requires embedded components, cannot run in a Docker image, and requires shipping open-source components as part of the distribution, it is no longer representative of Pega’s current technology.  Our architecture design has become more complex, and cannot be replicated on a single, one-click-to-install desktop image.  Instead, by taking a SaaS approach, all Pega Community Edition Cloud systems are standardized on a single architecture, removing the need to configure specific custom settings from client to client. 

This software is available via My Pega -->  'My Software' tab.

If you do not see the My Software Feature in My Pega you may not be affiliated to the correct company.

The error displayed may be the following:

"Looking to download licensed Pega Software?"

Please reach out to the Account Administrator in MSP within your organization to set up access. Note: The My Software feature is available for company emails only. Update your primary email to your company email and reach out to your Account Administrator listed in the My Support Portal to get access.

You can find information on how to do this here: Manage Users Overview

For employees, and also approved Partners and clients, PegaLabs is available as a longer-term option, designed for use by small teams with more access to back-end tools such as installing strategic apps or trying different platform versions. See here for more information about PegaLabs. 

For additional FAQs about the Personal Edition retirement, see My Pega > Frequently Asked Question.