Photon without the Cloud

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@manbat

I'd rather not get into the business of building local platforms.

Local building might sound more than it actually is.
e.g. Toolchain for Windows Installer makes it rather easy to set it up on Windows.

@manbat

as long as the source or executable is not stored afterward in any way that associates it with an account or something that links it to identifiable owner info
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without requiring a cloud account or account identifiable storage of source and executable

AFAIK you need to have an account to use the cloud build feature and the source files and binaries get saved at for a short while, especially when using Particle Build, but for the details you mkght want to get in contact with Particle staff (e.g. @Dave).