Best WoW Addon Managers for Shadowlands and Shadowlands Pre-Patch

Di RenataKane [Last Updated]: 15/12/2020 Cronologia Patch: 10.2.6

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Introduction to WoW Addons, Repositories, and Managers

alert you to a condition in-game that requires a response, from finding a rare mob to giving a timer on a boss's big upcoming attack

track auctions, gathered items, alts, acquired and missing items

help you with combat, pet battles, mission tables

organize your interface, spells, inventory

change the display of the standard interface to something that you find easier to use

WoW Addon Repositoriesrepositories

Curseforge

WowInterface (sometimes referred to just as wowi)

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TukUI Curseforge WowInterface GitHubWoW Addon ManagersDo I Need An Addon Manager?Best WoW Addon Managers Reviewed Ajour

Supports: Windows, Macintosh, LInux

Download Site: https://www.getajour.com/

Account Required: No

Supports Game Versions: Retail, Classic, PTR and Beta

Repositories: Curseforge, TukUI

Type: Open Source

Pros: Minimalist and clean, thoughtful display features, intuitive interface, WTF/Addon backup feature, great Catalog feature
Cons: No game number/version number in Catalog, though it does have a substitute feature
Best for: People who want a lightweight, super-fast manager

Cursebreaker

Supports: Windows, Macintosh, Linux

Download Site: https://github.com/AcidWeb/CurseBreaker

Account Required: No

Supports Game Versions: Retail or Classic

Repositories: Curseforge, WoWInterface, TukUI, Wago, and GitHub

Type: Open Source

Pros:Cons:Best for:Instawow

Supports: Windows, Macintosh, Linux

Download Site: https://github.com/layday/instawow

Account Required: No

Supports Game Versions: Retail, Classic, PTR, Beta

Repositories: Curseforge, WoWInterface, TukUI, and GitHub

Type: Open Source

Pros:Cons:Best for:Overwolf

Supports: PC and Mac (has indicated they wish to offer Linux support sometime in the future)

Download Site: https://curseforge.overwolf.com/

Account Required: Twitch account required for Sync (temporary?)

Supports Game Versions: Retail, Classic, PTR, Beta

Repository: Curseforge

Type: Commercial

Pros: For former Twitch users, it's nearly identical in features and layout, so little/no learning curve; contributes 70% of revenue to mod authors, will offer Sync
Cons: Beta product, not all features fully integrated yet; will likely require an account, particular to access certain features
Best for: Twitch users who don't want to change features, people who will need to sync mods across multiple computers (coming soon), people who want to support authors financially without having to make individual donations

WoWUp

Supports: Windows (Macintosh and Windows clients currently in Beta)

Download Site: https://wowup.io

Account Required: No

Supports Game Versions: Retail, Classic, PTR, Beta

Repositories: Curseforge, WoWInterface, TukUI, and GitHub

Type: Open Source

Pros: Simple and clean interface, ability to set update parameters by game, no account required
Cons: No version/game versions under Get Addons, no multi-computer sync, no way to remove only saved variables from an addon, no Mac support (but coming soon)
Best for: People who want a basic game management without an account, maintain mods on multiple game versions

Final Addon Manager Recommendations (The TL;DR Version)Accounts:Syncing:Supported OS: Basics:Installing Mods:Determining Mod Versions: Multiple Game Type Support:User-Friendliness:

Commenti

Commento di messiah77

Good article this as I've already noticed my addons are no longer getting updates from the Twitch client. I do have a question as to why the addon manager that wowinterface.com suggest using is not listed in the article, the link from wowinterface takes you to a client from minion.gg. Is this an oversight or is this client no good?

Apologies if I'm not allowed to do links.

Commento di AlexL1118

Don't forget ACP - Addon Control Panel. It's not for downloading. It's to control in-game which addons to use after they have already been installed.
I use it.

Commento di KeanuCleaves

Ajour got updated with a catalogue function so you can now install new addons - including different versions of the addons, aswell as themes for the ajour interface and a command line option for updating addons.

Commento di Kallech

Ajour has supported installing new mods for about a week, though if Overwolf makes good on their threats, who knows how long that'll last. Also, a better link for them is probably getajour.com, especially for people unused to navigating Github.

Commento di Progs

No CurseBreaker?

Probably the best addon manager out there.

Pros: Extremely lightweight and minimalist, can search sites, supports automatic WTF backups and WA updates, multiple repository site support (CurseForge, GitHub, TukUI etc), can easily export and share a list of addons with others for quick installing
Cons: No GUI, uses CLI which might not be very straightforward for non-advanced users

Commento di kasmiya

I tried hopping on the wowup train but I really don't like that they don't have an easy way to browse addons, well not that I could see. Sometimes I like searching for new addons to replace something that maybe didn't work out for me and the twitch app made that easy to do without having to open up the curseforge website. I could do it all in one place.

Commento di oprecum

Thank you for featuring instawow - however the article is incorrect on a few points. instawow is able to manage a limitless number of "AddOns" folders, including PTR and beta. I assume what you did was to point instawow to the root game folder or perhaps to the same "AddOns" folder? You will need to navigate to the "AddOns" folder which corresponds to the game flavour you want to manage during setup. If you did all of this and add-ons are still being overwritten you might've encountered a bug. I would also like to hear what features you thought were missing so I'm able to work on them. Thanks!

Edit: oh, you must've changed the flavour selection from the dropdown - that controls how add-ons get resolved, not the folder that add-ons are installed to. For Classic and Classic PTR you'd choose "classic", for every other flavour you'd choose "retail". To add another folder to instawow you have to click on the plus button - it doesn't pick them up automatically.

Commento di Junx

You should update the description on Ajour, it supports Linux as well

Commento di Jorges

Downloaded Ajour from https://www.getajour.com/ and it came up as a "harmful file" by SmartScreen on Edge Chromium and Windows Security on Windows 10. Probably a certificate thing (I'm used to see that kind of false positives in my job's intranet).

Just ignore and used it.

Like what they've done. Lightweight, speedy, sleek. Only missing feature for me is the cleanup of unused lua files (no biggie though).

Commento di Gelphie

I've been doing manual for a while. After reading this, I thought ajour would be a good fit, but thanks to overwolf, non curseforge sources will be a priority, so looks like cursebreaker ftw.

Commento di AddictedPoi

One thing is not covered: which addon managers host their own file repositories and which ones steal bandwidth from someone else?

Commento di Selim

Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried WowMatrix?

Commento di th1452

Hi,

I've tried to install Ajour for the Mac. I'm receiving the following error message: "Ajour cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified". With this message, the Mac wants to move Ajour to the Trash.

Thoughts? Has anyone seen this error? I'm on Catalina version 10.15.7.

Thanks for the help.

Great article for all the information on Wow addon managers.

Tom

Commento di Flipityflu

just installed Wowup. I like the interface...nice and simple.

Commento di HamarSkald

I was unable to get Overwolf to work or even install correctly. Based on my efforts, I'm guessing that this is because I don't play while logged in as an administrator on Windows.

Commento di clb3820

Thanks for this information. I use Twitch and now that they are closing this support I need to find something else to use so the timing of this is great. Just a comment, in the end, you provide a great summary of all the information. However, maybe next time consider a graphic with the addon's to the left and attributes on the top with an x or check to show if that particular addon manager provides xyz service. Something like:

____________Sub required?_|___Windows____|_____ETC._____|
Twitch___|________X_______|________X_______|________X______|
Ajour____|_______NO______|________X_______|________X______|
etc ______|_______NO______|________X_______|________X______|

Best I can do in this comment field :). Thanks again!

Commento di Pizza1337

Curseforge requires Overwolf, which is a game launcher. Uninstalling the bloatware and trying another.

Commento di Aisenfaire

Thank you for this article! I hadn't heard about Ajour, and upon testing, I think it's better than Wowup, if only because it lets you show a lot of info for addons such as the crucial 'last updated'. It's so much better searching and installing in it when you can see at a glance which ones were just updated last week and which ones have been abandoned for 6 years. The auto backup of the WTF folder is also amazing.

Commento di numy

I seriously doubt that the curseforge app will ever require an account tbh; doesn't really fit with how Overwolf apps in general work.
Ofc you'd need it for sync (and potentially added premium) features, but there's no way around using accounts for those. Other than that it's a nice overview ^^

Commento di bsmorgan

I believe you missed Minion which is the WoWInterface addon manager.

Commento di LuxF

Trying WoWUp, Smartcreen blocked it.
Trying Instawow, I can't find the Windows client.
Trying CurseBreaker, SmartScreen blocked it too.
Trying Twitch Client, discontinued.
Trying Overworlf, ADS, a lot of them.
Guess I will have to do it manually again, I was using the Twitch client until it got nuked.

I tried to use Ajour, even after following the instructions it doesn't recognize any addon. What a shame, it's really frustrating.
After a lot of tinkering I made it work. I had to put the exe on WoW directory and refresh a lot.

Commento di CLOT

At first I was discouraged by the sound of the description for Cursebreaker. I figured since it was CLI that there would be steep learning curve or that I would need to memorize and type in long commands or mess with .cfg files. I tried it anyway and can confirm that this is definitely not the case. This thing is the best addon manager i've ever used for any game. Dead simple, lightweight, auto-updating, autobackup, and the commands can be accessed directly in the program. Installing addons and removing them are a breeze.

I highly recommend Cursebreaker for any type of person - Tech savvy or not. Its dead simple!

Commento di PvEisHardLoL

The curseforge app claims I have no internet connection and won't even install , top kek.. guess I won't be using that one. Apparently it has ads and premium membership bs anyway, jesus christ its just an addon manager guys. I will try Ajour.

Okay so I had to come back and say Ajour is amazing, simple and easy to use WITH NO ADS, no account required, literally open and functions the instant you download it.

Commento di Pimh

Overwolf no longer works for any version of Windows prior to Windows 10, due to a dependency on the most recent Microsoft .NET framework.

Commento di neghvar

CurseBreaker has announced that it will shut down in early 2022. It is the one I have used for a long time

"Due to upcoming CurseForge API changes this project will be discontinued in the first quarter of 2022. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish."

Commento di Pizza1337

Update please! Ajour and Cursebreaker no longer function.

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