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# Deploy Mule Applications

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

All Mule applications require deployment to a Mule runtime engine instance to run. MuleSoft supports
three different deployment targets: CloudHub, Anypoint Runtime Fabric, and on-premises Mule
instances.

When you deploy applications to CloudHub or to Anypoint Runtime Fabric, these services automatically
manage the Mule runtime engine instances needed to run the applications.

If you deploy applications on-premises, the installation of Mule runtime engine is required.  
See [On-Premises Deployment Model](https://docs.mulesoft.com/on-premises/latest/mule-deployment-model) for more
information about characteristics specific to on-premises deployments.

In addition, different tools are available to deploy applications to each of the deployment targets:

<table><colgroup><col> <col> <col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Deployment Target</th><th>Available Deployment Tools</th><th>Mule Runtime Engine Installation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><div><div><p>CloudHub</p></div></div></td><td><div><div><ul><li><p>Anypoint Code Builder</p></li><li><p>Anypoint Platform CLI</p></li><li><p>Anypoint Runtime Manager</p></li><li><p>Anypoint Studio</p></li><li><p>Mule Maven plugin</p></li></ul></div></div></td><td><div><div><ul><li><p>No installation of Mule runtime engine is required, because CloudHub workers start Mule instances as part of the deployment process.</p></li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr><td><div><div><p>CloudHub 2.0</p></div></div></td><td><div><div><ul><li><p>Anypoint Code Builder</p></li><li><p>Anypoint Platform CLI</p></li><li><p>Anypoint Runtime Manager</p></li><li><p>Anypoint Studio</p></li><li><p>Mule Maven plugin</p></li></ul></div></div></td><td><div><div><ul><li><p>No installation of Mule runtime engine is required, because CloudHub 2.0 replicas start Mule instances as part of the deployment process.</p></li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr><td><div><div><p>Anypoint Runtime Fabric</p></div></div></td><td><div><div><ul><li><p>Anypoint Runtime Manager</p></li><li><p>Runtime Manager in Anypoint Platform Private Cloud Edition</p></li><li><p>Mule Maven plugin</p></li></ul></div></div></td><td><div><div><ul><li><p>No installation of Mule runtime engine is required, because Anypoint Runtime Fabric internally starts Mule instances as part of the deployment process.</p></li><li><p>Installation of Anypoint Runtime Fabric in your desired infrastructure is required</p></li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr><td><div><div><p>On-premises</p></div></div></td><td><div><div><ul><li><p>Anypoint Platform CLI</p></li><li><p>Anypoint Runtime Manager</p></li><li><p>Anypoint Studio</p></li><li><p>Runtime Manager in Anypoint Platform Private Cloud Edition</p></li><li><p>Mule Maven plugin</p></li></ul></div></div></td><td><div><div><ul><li><p>Installation of Mule runtime engine in your desired infrastructure is required.</p></li><li><p>You are responsible for the installation and configuration of your Mule instances.</p></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

## See Also

- [CloudHub](https://docs.mulesoft.com/cloudhub/)

- [CloudHub 2.0](https://docs.mulesoft.com/cloudhub-2/)

- [Anypoint Runtime Fabric](https://docs.mulesoft.com/runtime-fabric/latest/)

- [Anypoint Runtime Manager](https://docs.mulesoft.com/runtime-manager/)

- [Anypoint Platform Private Cloud Edition](https://docs.mulesoft.com/private-cloud/latest/)

- [Shared Resources](https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.6/shared-resources)

- [Mule High Availability Clusters](https://docs.mulesoft.com/on-premises/latest/mule-high-availability-ha-clusters)