# 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

- [Set up your deployment - local testing and development](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/4.0/howto/manage-your-juju-deployment/set-up-your-juju-deployment-local-testing-and-development.md): Set up a local Juju environment for testing and development with Multipass, MicroK8s, and charm development tools.

## Optional

- [Top-level llms.txt](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/juju/4.0/llms.txt): Complete documentation index.