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title: "Resource Management"
description: "The Resources panel shows all of the backtest, research, and live trading nodes that Local Platform can use or is already using."
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modified: 2026-11-02
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# Resource Management

[Documentation](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2.md) > [Local Platform](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/local-platform.md) > Development Environment > Resource Management

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## Introduction

The Resources panel shows all of the backtest, research, and live trading nodes that Local Platform can use or is already using.

![](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/local-resource-panel.png)

The **In Use By** column displays the owner and name of the project using the node.

## View Resources

To view the Resources panel, [open a project](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/local-platform/projects/getting-started.md#04-Open-Projects) and then, in the left navigation menu, click the ![VS Code QuantConnect icon](https://cdn.quantconnect.com/i/tu/vscode-qc-icon.jpg) **QuantConnect** icon. The Resources panel is at the bottom of the Project panel.

## Stop Nodes

To stop a node, open the Resources panel and then click the **stop** button next to the node.