# 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 - [Status](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/reference/status.md): Juju status reference: application and unit status values, workload status, agent status, and status transition diagrams. ## Optional - [Top-level llms.txt](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/3.6/llms.txt): Complete documentation index.