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Cairn

Cairn is a lightweight, modernized Addon Framework
Cairn is a small collection of independent, modern Lua libraries for WoW
addon authors. Pick the pieces you need, leave the rest.

It targets **WoW Retail (Midnight, Interface 120005)** and is positioned as
a fresh alternative to Ace3 — not a successor, not a fork. The libraries
are designed to be useful on their own, including alongside Ace3 if you're
already invested.

The Cairn Team

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