<p>The Plutus playground deployed on playground.plutus.iohkdev.io is often out of date and might contain bugs that are already fixed in upstream.</p>

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2021-09-03T01:31:54.923Z
Thanks for your answer; however, the latest can sometimes also have fresh bugs.  I would think that the online playground would be a more stable version.  Additionally, from a functionality standpoint are you saying there is no difference?  If there is no functional difference then there would be no functional benefit.
Michael Daconta
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2021-08-23T12:00:58.427Z
2021-08-23T12:00:58.427Z
Marek Mahut - StakeNuts
<p>In these instructions for working through the plutus pioneer program, it suggests installing the playground locally:
<a href="https://tutorials.cardanoacademy.io/plutus-pioneer-program/setting-up-plutus-playground/starting-plutus-playground" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://tutorials.cardanoacademy.io/plutus-pioneer-program/setting-up-plutus-playground/starting-plutus-playground</a></p>
<p>However, the end result is to then just use the same web gui but on your localhost instead of running it on:
<a href="https://playground.plutus.iohkdev.io/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://playground.plutus.iohkdev.io/</a></p>
<p>So, are those docs just outdated or is there some advantage to running it locally?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>

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What is the benefit of installing plutus playground locally?
# What is the benefit of installing plutus playground locally?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-08-23)

In these instructions for working through the plutus pioneer program, it suggests installing the playground locally:
<https://tutorials.cardanoacademy.io/plutus-pioneer-program/setting-up-plutus-playground/starting-plutus-playground>

However, the end result is to then just use the same web gui but on your localhost instead of running it on:
<https://playground.plutus.iohkdev.io/>

So, are those docs just outdated or is there some advantage to running it locally?

Thanks!

**Tags:** plutus, plutus-pioneer-program, plutus-playground

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-08-23. Score: 4

The Plutus playground deployed on playground.plutus.iohkdev.io is often out of date and might contain bugs that are already fixed in upstream.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks for your answer; however, the latest can sometimes also have fresh bugs.  I would think that the online playground would be a more stable version.  Additionally, from a functionality standpoint are you saying there is no difference?  If there is no functional difference then there would be no functional benefit.  

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