Multiboxing software for WoW

Short answer: software that copies one key press to several game windows (input broadcasting) is banned in World of Warcraft. Tools that only arrange your windows, and free AddOns inside the game, are what manual multiboxers use. Every action still has to come from your own key press, in one window.

We make two of the tools below, so read this as a fan overview, not a neutral review. Tool details are from each tool's own page, checked on 27 Oct 2026; prices and features change, so check the tool's page before you pay for anything.

The rule every tool is measured against

The full story, with Blizzard's 2020 and 2021 policy posts: What's allowed.

Input broadcasting tools

These copy one key press (or mouse click) from one window to several. That is exactly what Blizzard banned for World of Warcraft in November 2020, and in May 2021 the ban was extended to hardware that does the same.

In World of Warcraft, don't use the broadcasting part of any of these. Blizzard can warn, suspend and close accounts for it.

Window tools

These start your clients and put the windows where you want them. They don't press keys in the game. Note that Blizzard has never listed any third-party tool as approved, so read each tool's own description of what it does.

Switching between windows: WoWBoxer players use hover to activate. It is a setting that is part of Windows ("Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse"): the window under the mouse becomes the active one, and your next key press goes to that window only. It sends nothing to the game. How to set it up.

In-game AddOns

AddOns run inside each client. Blizzard's AddOn policy says they must be free and their code open, and the game itself blocks AddOns from casting, targeting or moving for you.

You can use several AddOns together. If two of them make follow or assist keys, use one set so your bars don't fill up with duplicates.

What we use, and why

WoWBoxer is two free tools that do different jobs and never play for you:

• The window app puts every window in its place and turns on hover to activate, so pointing at a window is all it takes to switch.
• The AddOn gives each character its keys for its class, role and level, so the same key does the same job on every character.

Then you play every character yourself: point at a window, press one key, point at the next. Our setup guide walks through it from your game accounts to your first pull.

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