# Addonn Usage

An addon provides additional capabilities to Griffon applications. They are typically distributed via plugins, which can be created with the create-plugin command:

    griffon create-plugin simple

An addon can be created with the create-addon command:

    griffon create-addon simple

Plug-ins can be packaged with package-plugin:

    griffon package-plugin

And installed into Griffon applications with install-plugin:

    griffon install-plugin ../griffon-simple-0.1.zip

Refer to the user guide topic on Plug-ins for more information.