# 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. 2026 CC-BY-SA, Canonical Ltd. ## Pages in this subsection - [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... ## Optional - [Top-level llms.txt](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/2.9/llms.txt): Complete documentation index.