# Homey Pro and Self Hosted Homey working together **URL:** \ **Category:** Homey Self-Hosted Server\ **Created:** [December 17, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-and-self-hosted-homey-working-together/147108 "2025-12-17T15:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 83
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-and-self-hosted-homey-working-together/147108/83 "2026-01-04T18:46:14Z")
> [@robertklep](#): > > Is that really true? How would SHS validate its license? Abe said so when I asked 🤷‍♂️ but unfortunately not the _HOW_ I presume he tells Athom facts 🫣😅 (I know, Athom sells “local only” for physical Homeys as well) > [@Homey Self-Hosted Server (Pre release analysis)](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-self-hosted-server-pre-release-analysis/146695/67): > > ![Screenshot_20251217_200835_Firefox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/6/667cf202fe4e6a11660032941f2b0a323138d6cb.jpeg) > [@Homey Self-Hosted Server (Pre release analysis)](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-self-hosted-server-pre-release-analysis/146695/69): > > > [@Homey Self-Hosted Server (Pre release analysis)](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-self-hosted-server-pre-release-analysis/146695/67): > > > > when one pays the €149,- , will one become owner of the software (if that’s possible at all)? > > @Doekse ? > > You get a lifetime license to use the software A life time license doesn’t (need to) get checked after validating **once** , but this is an assumption on my end; AFAIK the license exists in your account, not on a Homey SHS instance. Is it a bit like that, Abe? @Doekse And how does it work when Athom (cloud) is gone? --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-and-self-hosted-homey-working-together/147108)._