# Juju

> Juju is an open source orchestration engine for deploying, integrating, and managing applications across Kubernetes, VMs, and bare metal using software operators called charms.


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## Pages in this subsection

- [List of known Juju plugins](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/2.9/reference/plugin/list-of-known-juju-plugins.md): Juju plugins allow users to extend the Juju client with their own custom commands. This doc lists of...
- [Plugin `juju-metadata`](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/2.9/reference/plugin/list-of-known-juju-plugins/plugin-juju-metadata.md): If you’ve installed `juju` via snap, this plugin is probably already on your $PATH, so you can go ah...
- [Plugin `juju-stash`](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/2.9/reference/plugin/list-of-known-juju-plugins/plugin-juju-stash.md): Switching between models and controllers can be laborious, as you have to remember what the previous...

## Optional

- [Top-level llms.txt](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/2.9/llms.txt): Complete documentation index.