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Release zip · 6 Nov 2026
Install WoW addons from GitHub
Use the release asset. A source archive can have a different layout from the packaged release; locate the TOC-bearing directory.
What to download
Open the author's releases page. Download the zip they attached to the tag. WowUp can install from a GitHub link when you paste it. That is still the release, not a clone of the repository.
Polestar and OpenMap are the Forever examples. Their toc files live in the packaged zip. A source download can add a branch name or require packaging; locate the TOC-bearing directory before installation.
After the zip is in the right flavor folder, the rest matches the manual page. GitHub does not change the nested-folder rule.
Questions
Should I clone the repository?
Not for playing. Clone if you are editing the addon. Install the release zip if you want it to load.
Sources
- Wowhead: install and maintain addons (prior research record; direct revisit restricted)
- ElvUI install wiki
- CurseForge: migrate Forever beta to live
- Warcraft Wiki: AddOn
- CurseForge: Polestar Guides (prior research record; direct revisit restricted)
- GitHub TOC: Polestar
- Project release/TOC: direct review 6 Nov 2026
- CurseForge: OpenMap (prior research record; direct revisit restricted)
- GitHub TOC: OpenMap
- Project release/TOC: direct review 6 Nov 2026
- Project release/TOC: direct review 6 Nov 2026
- Blizzard: combat-addon policy, 23 Oct 2025 (1 publisher)
- Warcraft Wiki: TOC/client numbers (1 publisher)
- WowUp: CurseForge and Wago editions (1 project source)