# Prodigy License hardware **URL:** \ **Category:** Getting Started\ **Created:** [November 2, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/prodigy-license-hardware/6066 "2022-11-02T17:07:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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hi @ami1902! Thanks for your question and welcome to the Prodigy community 👋 > [@ami1902](#): > > If i have a personal license , is it attached to the specific hardware or can i use it a different pc. > For example i own a pc and laptop , could i use it on my laptop when i no longer have access to the pc ? You can install on an unlimited number of machines! Prodigy's license applies to people (developers), not machines. For example, if you have a personal license, that provides you (the person listed on the license) to install Prodigy on an unlimited number of machines with an unlimited number of annotators. What you can't do is provide someone else access to your code base since you are the only one listed on the license. > [@how to use the prodigy licenses?](https://support.prodi.gy/t/how-to-use-the-prodigy-licenses/4541/2): > > Hi! The pack of 5 licenses lets up to 5 developers use Prodigy at the same time. How you do that is really up to you and your requirements – you can run Prodigy on a local machine on localhost, run multiple instances on differen hosts/ports or deploy it in the cloud. The licenses apply to the people using Prodigy, not the machines (since that'd be really impractical). In a typical workflow, you'd probably have the developers running Prodigy on their local machines during development and to quic… Let us know if you have further questions! --- _[View the full topic](https://support.prodi.gy/t/prodigy-license-hardware/6066)._