In addition to simplifying the process of creating and editing routes, Fuse IDE provides tools to make it easier to run your routes and deploy them into test environments. Using Fuse IDE you can:
run a route using Maven
run a route as a local Apache Camel context
deploy into a running OSGi container
You can run your route with Maven, using Maven's standard goals. This method closely simulates how an Apache Camel project would run outside of Fuse ESB Enterprise. It's the only runtime option available to users without a FuseSource subscription.
FuseSource subscribers can run all routes in a context directly inside Fuse IDE without setting up a Maven runtime profile. You can run routes locally with or without running validation tests. Running a context directly inside Fuse IDE does not require that your project be a Maven project.
FuseSource subscribers can also deploy routes into a running OSGi container. Fuse IDE supports deployment into these OSGi containers: Fuse ESB Enterprise v7.0, Apache ServiceMix v4.x, and Apache Karaf v2.x.