devnull

by Jncl
Chat & Communication

Mutes various chat related annoyances while in capital cities and instances.

WoW 12.0.7 Actively Maintained

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Latest hour +5 Jun 2, 11 AM
Peak hour +63 Jun 4, 4 AM
Average +2 per hour

About this addon

What it does

16.04.10 New Version:
- Uses Message Groups and Event Filters
- Uses WoWAce Localization feature
- Added LDB support

/dev/null makes your life in WoW more pleasant by ignoring various chat annoyances.

Thanks to Jncl for all his work on this addon.

When you enter a capital city:

It will ignore people who /yell. It will ignore spammy NPCs (ie. Ironforge bread vendor, Topper McNab in Stormwind etc). It will ignore duel spam (A has defeated B in a duel). It will ignore emotes except those directed at yourself. It will ignore drunk spam (X looks tipsy). It will ignore tradeskill spam.

When you enter an instance or battleground: It will mute the general channel.

All features can be toggled with the slash command /devnull.

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Performance highlights

  • Peaked at Hot #244 on May 12, 2026.
  • Featured on the Hot list across 5 distinct weeks.
  • Shipped 2 releases in the last 30 days.
  • Averaging 40 new downloads per day over the past week.

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