# Copy of Publishing your App

After building your Squirrel365 app the final step is to publish it so that it can be shared and used outside of the Squirrel365 Designer<br>

### Publishing to the Cloud

Projects are published and hosted on the Squirrel365 cloud. From there they can easily be shared via a link or embedding a webpage (See the [Project Manager tutorial](https://squirrel365.io/knowledgebase/using-the-project-manager/) for more information about sharing your projects.)&#x20;

#### Publishing an App

To publish a project:

1. Enter **Preview** mode
2. Select the **Publish** button in the top right of the preview screen
3. Give the Project/App a name&#x20;
4. Click **publish**

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#### Updating published Apps

If the project has been published previously the option to **Overwrite Existing** will be selected by default.

To deploy an updated version of the app:

1. Enter **Preview** mode
2. Click **Publish**
3. Check that the correct project is showing in the drop down (this specifies which published app should be overwritten)
4. Accept or modify the name
5. Click **publish**

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### Publishing  Locally

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**Who can use this feature?**

The **Local Export** option is available on the **Builder** subscription plan.

For more details, see our [**plan comparison matrix**](https://squirrel365.io/pricing/).
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This option enables you to export your App to your local machine for self hosting. It creates a folder file containing all the html, CSS , javscript and assests required for your web application to run.

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Locally exported projects will only run when accessed from a Web server, or run from a CORS free browser
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To publish locally:

1. Enter **Preview** mode
2. Click **Publish**
3. Select the folder in which you want the folder to be created
4. Enter a name
5. Click **Publish**

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The project manager

After publishing you app you will be taken to the Project Manager screen.&#x20;

This is where you can view and edit That’s the end of this guide to publishing to the Squirrel cloud. For more tutorials on publishing, using the Project Manager, and sharing your projects, see below:

[Using the Project Manager](/publishing-and-sharing/using-the-project-manager.md)

[Publishing your App](/getting-started/publishing-to-squirrel-cloud.md)


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