AbstractUI is a complete, modular, and modern User Interface replacement for World of Warcraft.
Built for WoW 12.0+ (Midnight expansion), it prioritizes readability, performance, and a sleek aesthetic. It removes the clutter of the default Blizzard UI while retaining feature-rich functionality through a suite of integrated modules.
AbstractUI is divided into lightweight, independent modules. You can enable or disable each module individually.
Transform your entire interface with consistent theming across all UI elements.
Features:
- Multiple Pre-defined Themes: AbstractTransparent (default), AbstractGlass, AbstractGreen, and class-specific themes
- Customizable frame backgrounds and borders with independent transparency controls
- Applies consistent theming to action bars, tooltips, minimap, unit frames, and info bars
- Color customization with RGB + alpha controls
- LibSharedMedia-3.0 integration for custom textures
A powerful, fully customizable bar system for displaying critical game information at a glance.
Core Features:
- Support for unlimited custom bars with independent positioning
- LibDataBroker-1.1 compatible for third-party data plugins
- Per-bar configuration: position, size, transparency, fonts, textures, and colors
- Three alignment sections per bar: Left, Center, Right
- Click-through mode option
Built-in Data Brokers:
| Broker | Description | Features |
|---|---|---|
| System Info | FPS, Latency, Memory | Color-coded alerts (green/yellow/red), click for details |
| Volume Mixer | Master sound control | Click to mute/unmute, mousewheel to adjust, visual indicator |
| Gold Tracker | Currency display | Shows total gold, click for character breakdown, WoW Token prices |
| Clock | Time display | 12/24hr format, daily/weekly reset timers, server/local time toggle |
| Bag Space | Inventory tracking | Free/total slots, bag type icons, color-coded warnings |
| Durability | Equipment condition | Percentage display, low durability alerts, click for repair window |
| Friends | Social tracking | Online friend count, click for detailed friend list with class colors |
| Guild | Guild roster | Online guild member count, click for roster with ranks and notes |
| Location | Zone information | Current zone name, coordinates (X, Y), instance difficulty |
| Difficulty | Instance settings | Shows current difficulty mode, click to change |
| WoW Token | Market prices | Current token price, trends, click for auction house link |
| Item Level | Character stats | Average equipped item level |
Interactive Features:
- Expandable friend and guild rosters with detailed information
- Class coloring for character names
- Zone level and coordinates
- Memory usage per addon breakdown
- Reset timer countdowns
Clean, modern action bars that remove Blizzard's default clutter while maintaining full functionality.
Features:
- Removes default artwork (Gryphons, Dragons, decorative elements)
- Applies skin theming to all action buttons
- Supports all default action bars (Main, Bottom, Right 1-2, Pet, Stance)
- Customizable button sizes and spacing
- Fade-out when not in use (configurable)
- Hotkey and macro text display options
- Combat state awareness
Enhanced minimap with modern aesthetics and improved functionality.
Features:
- Rectangular/Square minimap replacing the default circular design
- Clean borders matching current skin
- Auto-zoom functionality
- Coordinate display (X, Y)
- Cleaned-up tracking icons
- Customizable size and position
- Zone text overlay
- Clock integration
- Mail/LFG notifications
Advanced, fully customizable unit frames for all unit types with a powerful tag-based text system.
- Player Frame - Your character with health, power, and info bars
- Target Frame - Current target with hostility coloring
- Target of Target - Your target's target
- Pet Frame - For Hunters, Warlocks, Death Knights, and other pet classes
- Focus Frame - Track your focus target
- Boss Frames - Unified system for all 5 boss encounters
Tag System: Advanced text formatting with dynamic tags:
[curhp]- Current health value[maxhp]- Maximum health value[perhp]- Health percentage[curpp]- Current power (mana/rage/energy)[maxpp]- Maximum power[perpp]- Power percentage[name]- Unit name[level]- Unit level[class]- Class name[classification]- Elite/Rare status
Customization Options:
- Independent transparency: Separate alpha controls for bars and backgrounds
- Color options: Class coloring, power type coloring, custom RGB colors
- Hostility coloring: Green (friendly), Yellow (neutral), Red (enemy)
- Bar positioning: Attach bars to health, power, or info sections
- Fonts & textures: Full LibSharedMedia-3.0 support
- Size & scale: Width, height, and scale adjustments per frame
- Portrait display: 2D/3D portraits (where applicable)
- Cast bars: Position, size, color, and text customization
- Built-in digital timers on ability icons
- Clear, readable cooldown display
- Customizable font and positioning
- Can attach Resource Bars to Cooldown Manager
- Primary Power Bar (Mana, Energy, Rage, etc.)
- Secondary Power Bar (Holy Power, Chi, Runes, etc.)
- Both bars support smart attachment to Cooldown Manager
- Cast Bar with optional Spell icon
- Visual indicator for non-interruptible casts
Intuitive frame positioning system for complete UI customization.
Features:
- Toggle Move Mode to unlock frames
- Visual highlights showing movable frames with colored borders
- Drag-and-drop positioning for all frames
- Nudge arrows for pixel-perfect positioning
- Reset to default position functionality
- Lock/unlock individual frames
- Preview mode showing frame boundaries
- Works with all unit frames, info bars, and minimap
Enhanced chat frame with improved readability and modern styling.
Features:
- Restyled chat frames matching current skin
- Improved text contrast
- Customizable chat frame borders
- Integrated button styling
- Copy chat functionality
- URL detection and copying
- Font and size customization
Comprehensive quality-of-life improvements and automation features to streamline gameplay.
Features:
| Feature | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fast Loot | ✓ ON | Enforces fast auto-loot on login |
| Hide Gryphons | ✓ ON | Removes decorative gryphon/dragon artwork |
| Hide Bag Bar | ✓ ON | Removes the default bag bar for cleaner UI |
| Auto-Repair | ✓ ON | Automatically repairs all items at vendors with cost reporting |
| Auto-Repair (Guild) | OFF | Use guild bank funds for repairs (falls back to personal gold) |
| Auto-Sell Junk | ✓ ON | Automatically sells grey (poor quality) items at merchants |
| Auto-Insert Keystone | ✓ ON | Automatically places Mythic Keystones into font when near pedestal |
| Auto-Delete Confirmation | ✓ ON | Auto-fills "DELETE" text when deleting items |
| Reveal Map | ✓ ON | Attempts to reveal unexplored areas on world map |
| Auto Screenshot | OFF | Takes automatic screenshots when earning achievements |
| Skip Cutscenes | OFF | Automatically skips cinematics and movies (great for alts) |
| Talent Import Overwrite | ✓ ON | Adds checkbox to import dialog to overwrite loadouts |
Automation Details:
- Vendor Automation: Works at any merchant with repair/sell capabilities
- Keystone Support: Shadowlands/Dragonflight (ID: 180653) and BFA (ID: 158923)
- Delete Confirmation: Works for all item types (regular, good, quest items)
- Smart Talent Import: Prevents duplicate loadout creation
Consistent styling for interface buttons and menus.
Features:
- Styled menu buttons (Character, Spellbook, Talents, Collections, etc.)
- Themed bag buttons
- Micromenu button styling
- Consistent hover effects
- Matches active skin
- Proper scaling and positioning
First-time setup wizard for quick configuration.
Features:
- Initial setup wizard on first load
- Profile creation and management
- Quick preset selection
- Module enable/disable configuration
- Skin selection
- Frame positioning presets
- Reset to defaults option
This addon includes the following libraries in the libs folder:
- Ace3 (AceAddon, AceConfig, AceDB, AceEvent, AceHook, AceConsole, AceSerializer)
- LibSharedMedia-3.0 (Fonts, Textures, Statusbars)
- LibDataBroker-1.1 (Data display integration)
- LibCompress (Data compression utilities)
- CallbackHandler-1.0 (Event handling)
- Download the latest release.
- Extract the AbstractUI folder.
- Place the folder into your WoW AddOns directory:
World of Warcraft\_retail_\Interface\AddOns\
- Launch World of Warcraft.
- Type
/auito open the configuration panel.
Access the full configuration menu via:
- Type
/auiin chat
/aui- Open main settings- Toggle Move Mode via the Movable module settings to reposition frames
AbstractUI is built for the Midnight expansion (12.0+) and uses the latest WoW APIs:
UnitHealthPercent()andUnitPowerPercent()for efficient resource tracking- Secure frame system for combat-safe unit frames
- State drivers for dynamic visibility control
- Enhanced event handling for smooth updates
- Party/Raid Frames: Due to major changes in WoW 12.0's secure frame API, AbstractUI does not support custom party/raid frames. We recommend using dedicated addons like Grid2, VuhDo, or ElvUI for raid frame needs.
- Combat Restrictions: Some frame movements and visibility changes are restricted during combat per Blizzard's secure frame policies.
AbstractUI welcomes contributions! If you'd like to:
- Report a bug
- Suggest a feature
- Submit code improvements
Please feel free to open an issue or pull request on the project repository.
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License - see the LICENSE.txt file for details.
- Author: Vengeance
- Libraries: Ace3, LibSharedMedia-3.0, LibDataBroker-1.1, LibCompress
- Community: Thanks to all users providing feedback and bug reports
For support, questions, or feature requests:
- Type
/auiin-game to access settings - Check the in-game Tag Help window in unit frame options for text formatting
- Review module tooltips in the options panel for detailed feature descriptions
AbstractUI - A cleaner, modern interface for World of Warcraft: Midnight and beyond.