It is presently available for Windows, and has a Mac version coming soon. While installing WoWUp, I got a notification that Windows Defender blocked the installation. I approved it anyway to proceed with the installation. If downloading directly from WoWUp, the installation file should be safe. Once installation was complete, WoWUp then scanned my game installation for any addons I already had.
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I thought it was odd that it wanted me to update many of my addons, because I’m pretty sure they’re up to date (at least the Twitch addon manager and CurseForge via Overwolf said so). The interface is pretty similar to both Twitch and CurseForge, if albeit slightly less polished. I have two different installation locations on my computer for World of Warcraft because I cloned my old hard drive when upgrading to a newer, faster drive. WoWUp incorrectly identified my old installation location as the proper one to use, but it was simple enough to change the location.
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The interface does not show addon descriptions at all, you will have to click through to the addon manager website to see full information. I was excited to see that addons that don’t appear to be updating via Twitch anymore seem to be updating here, so that is promising.
Overall, I hear really good things about this addon manager. The next addon manager I’d like to talk about is Ajour. Upon arriving at their site, the first thing I note is its nicely done interface (I am a web developer after all) and the fact that they have managers for Windows, Mac AND Linux. Like the WoWUp addon manager, Windows Defender tried to prevent me from installing it, I bypassed that protection and ran it anyway. Installation was pretty easy and straight forward. I was prompted to select my game installation folder and it easily found all my addons. For as beautifully done as their Web UI is, I found the addon manager to be pretty barebones. Like the other addon managers, you can sort, search and update your addons using their interface. The interface only shows the addon name and description. There are no screenshots or thumbnails, although you can click through to the addon website for more information. One other nice feature is the ability to backup your addons to a folder that you specify. This is a nice touch, but not enough for me to want to use this, given that I can’t see the descriptions of the addons I’m browsing for through this interface. Last but not least, I came across WoWMatrix, which has clients for Windows, Mac, and Linux. First impressions are that this is definitely both a website and addon designed by a programmer. Most programmers cannot do UI very well and I think this falls squarely into that category.
Downloading is a bit of a chore since you have to right click the link and “save as”.