# 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 - [Release notes](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/2.9/releasenotes.md): > See also: How to upgrade your deployment - [Juju 2.9 (LTS)](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/2.9/releasenotes/juju_2.9.x.md): > April 2035: expected end of security and critical bug fix support - [Unsupported Juju releases](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/2.9/releasenotes/unsupported.md): Older releases of Juju that are out of support. - [**Before Juju 2.9 (all EOL)**](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/2.9/releasenotes/unsupported/juju_2.x.x.md): Juju 2.8 series is EOL ## Optional - [Top-level llms.txt](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/2.9/llms.txt): Complete documentation index.