BadbUI

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Get BadbUI 1.2.1

One free add-on for World of Warcraft: Forever (client 1.60.x, Interface 16001) that replaces the pile of single-purpose add-ons: bags, auction, combat, encounters, world, quests, loot and quality-of-life tools in a single coherent panel. English-only UI.

No installer and no account needed. Download the ZIP, extract it, play.

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BadbUI 1.2.1

The full suite: Bags, Auction, Combat, Encounters, World, Quests + QuestTracker, Loot, QoL, SystemProfile, Arena opponents, Professions, presets and setup wizard, 6,000+ ready-made macros, offline guides and backups.

  • Version — 1.2.1
  • Game — WoW Forever, Interface 16001
  • Price — Free (WoW add-ons must be free)
Download BadbUI-1.2.1.zip
Optional

BadbUI_Guild 1.0.0

Guild calendar, roster and armory bridge for guilds that run the BadbUI guild site. Separate add-on, installed next to BadbUI only if your guild uses it — the interface suite works fully without it.

  • Version — 1.0.0
  • Requires — BadbUI
  • In-game — /badb guild, /badb guildscan
Download BadbUI_Guild-1.0.0.zip
Optional

Desktop companion

A small program that runs on your PC next to the game. It syncs guild data for BadbUI_Guild and installs BadbUI updates that you confirm in-game with /badb update. The add-on itself has no network access — the companion does the downloading, after WoW has closed.

  • Version — companion 0.3.1 or newer
  • Updates — /badb update in-game
  • Safety — version + SHA-256 verified before install
How updating works

Install

  1. Quit WoW completely.
  2. Download BadbUI-1.2.1.zip above and extract it.
  3. Copy the extracted BadbUI folder into your Forever client's Interface/AddOns folder. The final path must be Interface/AddOns/BadbUI/BadbUI.toc.
  4. Optional: extract BadbUI_Guild the same way, so it sits next to BadbUI in Interface/AddOns/.
  5. Start WoW, enable BadbUI on the add-on list, log in and type /badb.
  6. First time? Run /badb setup — the guided wizard applies a per-class/role preset and walks you through the modules.
Keep your WTF folder. Your settings, profiles and module data live in WTF/ (SavedVariables), outside the add-on folder. Installing, updating or reinstalling BadbUI never requires deleting WTF — and you should not: deleting it erases your profiles and saved data.

Updating

Two ways, same rule: replace the add-on folder, keep WTF.

In-game, with the companion (recommended)

  1. Leave the desktop companion running (its watch mode, or its updates-only mode if you do not use guild sync).
  2. In game, type /reload so BadbUI reads the latest release information, then open /badb update.
  3. If a release is available, press Install update, confirm, and exit WoW completely.
  4. Wait for the confirmation in the companion window before reopening the game. The companion checks the version and SHA-256, replaces the BadbUI folder and keeps the previous one in Interface/.badbui-update-backup. Your SavedVariables in WTF are untouched.

Manually

  1. Quit WoW, download the new ZIP and delete the old Interface/AddOns/BadbUI folder.
  2. Extract the new BadbUI folder into Interface/AddOns. Do not touch WTF.
  3. Start WoW and check the version with /badb.

SHA-256 checksum

Every release ZIP is published with its SHA-256 checksum. The companion verifies version and SHA-256 automatically before installing an update, and refuses a file that does not match. For a manual download, compare the checksum printed next to the release with the file on your disk before extracting it:

  1. macOS / Linux: shasum -a 256 BadbUI-1.2.1.zip
  2. Windows: certutil -hashfile BadbUI-1.2.1.zip SHA256

If the two values differ, delete the file and download it again from this page. Only download BadbUI from this site or the project's official release page — repacked copies from other sites are not verified.

Version history

VersionSummary
1.2.1 Current release. Interface 16001, English-only UI, midnight-navy / warm-amber design system.
1.2.0 New modules: SystemProfile (/badb system, adaptive PC/graphics profile), Arena (/badb arena, PvP opponent frames for battlegrounds and world PvP), QuestTracker and Professions (/badb prof) — on top of the Suite areas: Bags, Auction, Combat, Encounters, World, Quests, Loot and QoL, each listing exactly which installed add-ons it replaces (/badb, Suite page).
1.1.0 Guild features split out of the core: BadbUI_Guild becomes a separate, optional add-on (requires BadbUI). The core suite no longer needs guild sync to run.
1.0.1 In-game updates: /badb update shows the available release; the desktop companion (0.3.1+) downloads it, verifies SHA-256, backs up the previous folder and installs it while WoW is closed.
1.0.0 First public release: one panel (/badb), setup wizard with per-class/role presets, profiles and Edit Mode layouts, macros, offline guides, backups and diagnostics.

Honest limits

What BadbUI does not claim. Forever has no arenas and no rated PvP — the Arena module covers battleground and world-PvP opponents, and shows arena frames only if a future client exposes them. Add-ons cannot read your GPU, CPU or RAM: SystemProfile works from display resolution, measured frame rate and the client's own graphics settings. Quest coverage is partial: the quest journal, objectives and tracker are covered, while a full quest database and extra map markers (what Questie ships as data) are not — BadbUI states per-module coverage on its Suite page instead of pretending otherwise. Add-ons also cannot read the combat log on Forever, so combat tools use the client's native APIs and degrade gracefully where an API is unavailable.