FlockSync: Guild & Raid Management for WoW Forever

Less spreadsheet juggling. More time playing with your guild.

FlockSync connects an in-game addon, an officer's Windows sync companion, and a guild-hosted web dashboard. Share character information, plan lineups, find crafters, and keep mains and alts together.

Built for WoW Forever (Interface 16001) by GearDuckDev. Release-channel, still pre-1.0: features continue to evolve.

📦 Which download do I need?

🦅 Regular guild members — install the addon and play

Install FlockSync from this CurseForge page. Regular members do not need the desktop app, AppHelper, or a website account to broadcast character data.

• 🚦 First-time walkthrough: choose your main, primary/off-spec role, and features.
• 📅 Raid Schedule: view returned assignments, groups, roles, and standby placement.
• 🛠️ Crafter Search: find synced guild recipes and contact crafters in game.
• 🎯 Gear goals and matching: record wanted items and find guildmates with matching goals.
• 🎒 Item tooltips: see relevant guild crafting and gear-goal information.
• ⚙️ Configurable UI: manage feature tabs, tooltips, and the minimap button.

Your guild needs an active collector and configured server for shared dashboard and server-returned information. Shared addon views use the latest received snapshot, not a continuous live website connection.

👑 Officers — connect the guild

You need three components:

1. FlockSync: the same main addon everyone installs from CurseForge.
2. FlockSync AppHelper: loads information returned by the guild server.
3. FlockSync Desktop: the Windows companion that uploads saved addon data and writes server-returned information.

Download the officer components on GitHub.

Get FlockSync-Addon-Bundle.zip and choose either the Windows Setup or Portable executable. There is no separate officer edition of the main addon. If CurseForge manages FlockSync, extract only FlockSync_AppHelper from the GitHub bundle alongside it.

👑 Officer Setup

1. Exit WoW before replacing addon files. Preserve SavedVariables when updating.
2. Confirm both paths exist, without an extra ZIP-named folder:

   Interface\AddOns\FlockSync\FlockSync.toc
   Interface\AddOns\FlockSync_AppHelper\FlockSync_AppHelper.toc

1. Sign into the desktop app with an OFFICER or ADMIN website account. Ask your administrator for the full server URL; enter it without /api. Self-registered accounts start as MEMBER and need promotion before collection.
2. Select the WoW client folder containing Interface and WTF.
3. Enable both addons, finish the walkthrough, and log in on a character in the intended guild. Native guild permissions or a synced website grant determine collection access; installing AppHelper alone does not authorize collection.
4. Log out, wait for desktop sync success, then log back in to load returned information. /reload also saves/loads, but logout -> sync -> login is the clearest return-file sequence. Refresh the web dashboard after sync.

Website-authorized OFFICER/ADMIN collectors can use low-ranked alts in the same guild and realm after loading a synced grant. Each WoW account folder needs its own sync. Unrelated guilds, realms, and guildless characters do not inherit it. Collectors only catch broadcasts while logged in.

🖥️ Your companion and dashboard

• 🪟 Windows tray: keep syncing in the background, with separate toggles for Windows startup, start-minimized, and close-to-tray behavior.
• 🎒 Roster and gear: keep mains/alts linked and inspect synced equipment.
• 🛡️ Team Builder: plan raid, dungeon, and PvP lineups, groups, bench, and role targets.
• 📅 Availability: see weekly coverage and recruitment gaps.
• 🗝️ Attunements: group alts beneath their main, initially collapsed, with individual progress visible when expanded.
• 🛠️ Crafters and goals: browse guild recipes and shared gear targets.
• 📋 Loot, attendance, and tasks: review recorded activity and officer follow-up.
• 🎨 Themes: optional Alliance/Horde/World of Warcraft or custom PNG/JPEG backgrounds, opacity controls, admin defaults, and personal overrides. The initial background is None.

In-game officer invite tools remain subject to WoW's normal group and leadership restrictions. Dashboard planning is not unattended gameplay automation.

📸 Screenshots: in-game addon

Actual in-game captures supplied by the developer. Character names and sample guild data are visible; the raid screenshot shows a test lineup, not encounter size guidance.

🚦 First-time setup

🦅 Roles, main character, and collector status

🛠️ Guild crafter search

🎯 Professions and gear goals

🎒 Crafting and goal tooltips

📅 Raid schedule

🤝 Goal matching

⚙️ Display and feature controls

🖥️ Screenshots: web and desktop companions

The following companion screenshots use fictional demo data. Desktop watcher/sync responses are simulated. These are not in-game addon screenshots, and example lineups/attunement steps are not encounter guides.

🎒 Web roster

🗝️ Web attunements

🪟 Windows companion

Browse the full screenshot gallery.

🔄 How Synchronization Works

Guild addon messages -> collector SavedVariables -> desktop -> guild server -> AppHelper -> addon

WoW saves addon data on logout or /reload. The collector's desktop watches FlockSync's saved file, not other addons' SavedVariables. New web data appears after a successful upload and dashboard refresh; returned addon data must be loaded on a subsequent login/reload. Old files are not treated as fresh scans.

Open profession windows to capture recipes. Item-name search uses a local encountered-item cache, not a complete game database.

💬 Slash Commands

Left-click the minimap icon for Features, right-click for Options, or drag it to reposition. /fs debug officer is a local test override, not normal officer setup or server authorization.

📥 Downloads, Updates, and Hosting

• CurseForge updates FlockSync only; AppHelper and desktop downloads live on GitHub.
• Main addon and AppHelper versions are checked independently. Helper chat notices point officers to GitHub for the officer bundle.
• Addon notices use synced metadata and appear at initial character login, not repeatedly on reload. WoW does not fetch GitHub directly.
• Release is the normal channel; Beta/Alpha builds are opt-in previews. Components compare their own versions, so unchanged addons do not need reinstalling.
• Use your own guild's server URL. The GearDuckDev dashboard is not automatically a shared service for every guild.

Downloads | Installation and hosting | Documentation

🔒 Lightweight & Privately Hosted

• Throttled, hidden guild addon messages.
• No desktop application required for regular members.
• Guild-controlled server deployment and backups.
• Publicly visible source; proprietary, not open source. Use and hosting are subject to the repository license.

No claim of official server approval or ban immunity is made; confirm your server's rules, including the desktop file bridge.