Community-Based Education is education that focuses on community empowerment. Community-Based Education starts from the perspective of critical education who wants to oppose the hegemony of the government in education through the democratization of education. This research examines the concept of community-based education in Indonesia through library research. This study is library research, analysis through critical and in-depth study of the relevant literature data, either in form of reference books, results of previous studies, articles, notes and journals. Library data is positioned as source of ideas that can generate other ideas. This research shows that community-based education in Indonesia can be carried out through various forms developed in the functionalist paradigm. The community has right to organize CBE in formal and non-formal education in accordance with the uniqueness of religion, social environment and culture for benefit of society. There are several obstacles for implementing CBE in the Indonesian education system, including: a. the level of community dependence on government is still high, b. weak community economy, and c. the domination of school-based education. There are several supports, including: a. among the Muslim community, there are many who have succeeded in organizing education independently, b. Indonesian people, who are generally Muslim, believe that everyone who has knowledge is obliged to teach others, and c. the spirit of mutual cooperation.