CreshChat is a modern messenger-style chat replacement for World of Warcraft Classic: The Burning Crusade Anniversary.

It gives WoW chat a cleaner, more visual interface with message bubbles, detachable conversations, notification cards, player portraits, custom themes and a compact connected chat dock.

Alpha release: This is an early testing version. Features, layouts and saved settings may change before beta.

Features

Modern Chat Interface

Incoming and outgoing message bubbles
Grouped messages
Player portraits
Adjustable text, portrait and window sizes
Custom colours for messages and channels
Compact, low-clutter layout

C Dock and Chat Composer

Floating C launcher
Connected chat and command field
Optional SEND button and player portrait
Adjustable width, scale and animations
Native WoW slash-command support
Command history using the Up and Down arrow keys

Detachable Chat Windows

Create independent pop-out windows for:

Whispers
Guild
General chat

Pop-outs include:

Messenger or compact layouts
Adjustable size and visible rows
Optional inactive fading
Optional built-in command field
Saved window positions

Notification Cards

CreshChat can display notification cards for:

Whispers
Guild messages
Party invitations
System messages
Players coming online or going offline

Card size, position, duration, animation and sounds can be adjusted from the settings menu.

Themes and Colours

Included interface themes:

CreshChat Minimal
WoW Classic
ZLR Arena
Tukui Obsidian
LS Glass
Chattynator Slate
Spartan Steel
NDui Azure
Benik Teal
Custom colours

Guild chat can use its own theme, colours, crest and notification settings.

Performance Profiles

Choose from five prepared profiles:

Balanced
Minimal
Messenger
Pop-out Focus
Performance

Profiles can be selected without deleting chat history, colours or window positions.

Installation

Extract the downloaded ZIP.
Place the CreshChat folder inside:

World of Warcraft/_classic_/Interface/AddOns/

Enable CreshChat from the AddOns menu.
Log in and type:

/cc settings

Use the following command to open the main chat and composer:

/cc preview

Main Commands

CreshChat supports both /cc and /creshchat.

/cc

Open or close CreshChat.

/cc settings

Open the settings dashboard.

/cc preview

Open the main chat and composer together.

/cc general

Open General chat.

/cc combat

Open the compact Combat Log.

/cc input

Open the minimal chat input bar.

/cc test

Display test notification cards.

/cc version

Display the addon version and database information.

/cc health

Display diagnostic and performance information.

/cc optimise

Check saved settings and apply safe performance limits.

Blizzard Chat

/cc hideblizz on
/cc hideblizz off

Hide or restore the original Blizzard chat window.

Keep Blizzard chat available until CreshChat has been tested on your setup.

Guild Alerts

/cc guild all
/cc guild mentions
/cc guild off

Show all Guild alerts, mentions only, or disable them.

Sound

/cc sound on
/cc sound off

Enable or disable notification sounds.

Profiles

/cc profile balanced
/cc profile minimal
/cc profile messenger
/cc profile popout
/cc profile performance

Reset Commands

/cc reset

Reset window positions.

/cc resetui

Reset interface settings without deleting chat history.

/cc clear

Clear saved CreshChat message history.

Compatibility

World of Warcraft Classic: The Burning Crusade Anniversary
Interface version: 20505
SavedVariables: CreshChatDB
Release type: Alpha

v0.01 Alpha

Initial public testing release featuring:

Messenger-style chat bubbles
Connected C launcher and composer
Detachable chat windows
Notification cards
Player portraits
Global and Guild themes
Custom colours and sounds
Native WoW command support
Performance profiles
Diagnostic and reset tools

Please report bugs with your screen resolution, UI scale, enabled chat addons and the output from /cc version.