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 AYON Core addon
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-Core addon in AYON universe. Core addons is used as main command line handler in AYON launcher application. Contains basics of AYON pipeline and is responsible for discovery and initialization of other addons.
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+AYON core provides the base building blocks for all other AYON addons and integrations and is responsible for discovery and initialization of other addons. 
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+- Some of its key functions include:
+- It is used as the main command line handler in [ayon-launcher](https://github.com/ynput/ayon-launcher) application.
+- Provides publishing plugins that are available to all AYON integrations.
+- Defines the base classes for new pipeline integrations
+- Provides global hooks
+- Provides universally available loaders and launcher actions
+- Defines pipeline API used by other integrations
+- Provides all graphical tools for artists
+- Defines AYON QT styling
+- A bunch more things   
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+Together with [ayon-launcher](https://github.com/ynput/ayon-launcher) , they form the base of AYON pipeline and is one of few compulsory addons for AYON pipeline to be useful in a meaningful way. 
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+AYON-core is a successor to OpenPype repository (minus all the addons) and still in the process of cleaning up of all references. Please bear with us during this transitional phase.