# Mycroft backend run locally?
**URL:** https://community.openconversational.ai/t/mycroft-backend-run-locally/7312
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 28, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/mycroft-backend-run-locally/7312 "2019-09-28T16:57:41Z")
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### Author:  [@amiko](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/amiko)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/mycroft-backend-run-locally/7312/1 "2019-09-28T16:57:41Z")
Been watching Mycroft for a couple years now, have been very excited at the idea of running an opensource AI at my home. However…digging deeper recently it appears I made a bad assumption: I’d thought one would download and run the Mycroft _backend_ on one’s own server and point one or more client devices at that server.
But that’s wrong isn’t it? One can download the Mycroft _client_ to a range of hardware, but it must always be connected with Mycroft’s centralized service, right?
Assuming that’s correct, is this architecture a short term approach? Might running the backend locally be available _some day_…or is that simply not practical?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@baconator](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/baconator)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/mycroft-backend-run-locally/7312/2 "2019-09-28T21:59:02Z")
You can run [https://github.com/MycroftAI/personal-backend](https://github.com/MycroftAI/personal-backend)
and your own STT service locally.
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### Author:  [@amiko](https://community.openconversational.ai/u/amiko)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.openconversational.ai/t/mycroft-backend-run-locally/7312/3 "2019-09-29T15:20:02Z")
That looks awesome!
“You can run it, but why would you before it’s finished?” Ah, okay…which begs the question about completion time frame that I’m not going to ask! `:wink:
Super enthused to see this is coming. Will keep an eye on it.
Thanks.