Everything you need to activate, run and update MBN Projects. If the answer is not here, email us — a real person reads every message.
MBN Projects is a native desktop application. We support Microsoft Windows 11 only.
We do not support Windows 10, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, tablets or phones. There is no web version and no mobile app.
The application may happen to run on other Windows builds, but we do not test on them and cannot support them. Please only buy if you are on Windows 11.
MBN Projects activates completely offline. There is no licence server to call, nothing phones home, and no account to create. That means activation is tied to the specific devices you tell us about.
Pay securely by card through Stripe. You will receive an order confirmation by email straight away.
We will email you and ask for the Machine ID of every device you want a seat on — one ID per seat. A 5-seat Small Teams licence means we need up to five Machine IDs.
Install MBN Projects on the device, open Settings › Licence, and copy the Machine ID shown there. Send them all back to us in one reply.
We generate a signed licence key bound to each Machine ID and email them to you. Paste the key into Settings › Licence and every limit lifts immediately — your trial projects carry straight over.
Open MBN Projects → Settings → Licence. The Machine ID is displayed on that screen with a copy button next to it.
The Machine ID is a one-way hashed value derived from your device. It is not a serial number, it contains no personal information, and it cannot be reversed to identify your hardware. It is used purely to bind a key to a seat. See the privacy notice below.
If you replace a PC, email us from your order address with the old Machine ID and the new one and we will re-issue that seat. We do this as a courtesy for genuine hardware changes — it is not a way to add extra seats.
You can buy an additional plan at any time, or move up a tier. Email us first and we will tell you the difference to pay so you are not charged twice for seats you already own.
All sales are final. Because MBN Projects activates offline, a licence key that has been issued cannot be revoked, disabled or recalled. Once a key leaves our hands it works permanently on the device it is bound to, whether or not it has been installed. For that reason we are unable to offer refunds, part-refunds or cancellations after a key has been issued.
This is why the 7-day free trial exists. Please use it. The trial is
the full application — every view, all 24 column types, PDF export, the document writer and all
ten themes — limited only to 2 projects and 1 automation, with
.mbnproj import/export reserved for licence holders. Satisfy yourself that it does what
you need before you buy.
Nothing here affects rights you have under law that cannot be excluded. If a key we issued genuinely does not work on the Machine ID you gave us, that is our problem to fix, and we will fix it — email support@mbn-projects.com.
MBN Projects never checks for updates on its own. There is no background polling, no startup check and no telemetry. The only time it contacts the internet is when you click Settings › Check for updates.
You can also just check this website whenever you like. The download page always shows the current version.
Download the new installer from the download page and run it. It installs over the top of your existing copy.
Good practice: export a .mbnproj backup of important projects
before any upgrade. It takes seconds.
No. MBN Projects is a fully offline project management tool. Everything — your data, your licence, PDF export, the document writer — works with no connection at all. The only optional network call is the manual update check you trigger yourself.
The full application, not
a cut-down demo. All fourteen views, all 24 column types, Gantt and critical path, dashboards, the
document writer, PDF export, the portfolio view, the activity log and all ten themes. The trial is
limited to 2 projects and 1 automation, and .mbnproj project
import/export is reserved for licence holders. No card required to start.
Nothing is deleted. Your data stays on your PC exactly as it is. Enter a licence key and everything unlocks with your projects intact.
Microsoft Windows 11 only. We do not support Windows 10, macOS, Linux or mobile devices, and there is no web version.
One seat = one Windows 11 device. Freelance is 1 seat, Small Teams is 5 seats, Medium Teams is 10 seats. Every plan includes every feature — the only difference is how many devices you can activate.
Because activation is offline, there is no server to check who you are. We bind each licence key to a device using a hashed Machine ID you send us from Settings › Licence. It contains no personal data and cannot be reversed.
No. Once a licence key has been issued it cannot be revoked, because activation is offline and permanent. Please use the free trial first. See the no-refund policy.
No, to both. There is no telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporting and no account. Your projects never leave your device.
In a local database in
your Windows user profile. Export any project to a single portable .mbnproj file to
archive it, move it to another PC or hand it to a colleague.
Not simultaneously.
MBN Projects is a single-user desktop tool by design — that is what makes it fully offline
and private. Share work by exporting a .mbnproj file or a PDF.
Licences are annual. Renew to keep receiving updates and support.
Yes — ten built-in themes, including a dedicated High Contrast option, switchable instantly with Ctrl + T or from Settings › Appearance. See the themes section.
Short version: your project data never leaves your computer, and we do not want it.
If you record other people's details in your projects — team members, client contacts — you are the data controller for that information. We are not a processor of it, because we never receive it. A permanent-erase function is built into the app so you can satisfy genuine deletion requests: it clears the rows, the search index and the audit history, then compacts the database.
Card details are handled entirely by Stripe, our payment processor. They are never entered on this website and we never see or store them.
You can ask us for a copy of what we hold about you, ask for corrections, or ask us to delete it where we are not legally required to keep it. Email support@mbn-projects.com and we will respond within one month.
Being offline removes most of the attack surface. We hardened what remained anyway.
.mbnproj archives are validated on the way in.
Unsafe or malformed file paths are refused, in both directions.The project database is a local file. For company devices we recommend enabling BitLocker full-disk encryption, which protects your project data at rest along with everything else on the machine.
A written compliance pack — security overview, privacy notice, data-retention schedule, incident response and deployment hardening guidance — ships with the application for IT and procurement teams. Ask us if you need anything further for a supplier review.
Found a security issue? Please report it privately to support@mbn-projects.com before disclosing it publicly. We will acknowledge your report and keep you updated.
We claim no ownership of anything you create in MBN Projects. Your projects, documents and exports are yours, and remain on your device.
Prices are in GBP. Licences run for 12 months from issue. Renewal is not automatic unless you tell us otherwise — we will remind you before your term ends.
Licence keys are non-refundable once issued, because offline activation cannot be revoked. Use the free trial first. See the no-refund policy.
The software is provided as-is. We work hard to make it reliable, but we cannot accept liability
for lost data or lost profits. Keep backups — .mbnproj export exists for exactly
that reason. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited in law.
The full end-user licence agreement is included with the application and is shown during installation.
Email us with your order address and, if it is a licence question, your Machine ID from Settings › Licence.