protonversestudio/wow-forever-builds-kindred

What it does

Kindred is an unofficial fan tool for World of Warcraft Forever Season 1. Instead of reading a tier list, you answer four questions about how you level: whether you play alone or with friends, how fast you want to progress, how much risk you accept, and how much attention you can spare. The app reorders all nine classes for you and explains why each pick fits and what will annoy you about it. Each class also includes an in-house tested leveling build, quick presets such as fastest to 60, hardcore safe, with friends and watching a show, and a way to import builds from links.

The audience is players choosing a class for leveling who want a personal recommendation rather than a generic ranking.

Getting started

The distribution is a single Windows executable, Kindred-setup.exe, offered on the project website and through the latest release. The README states there is no installer and no account needed.

1. Download Kindred-setup.exe for Windows.
2. Run it. The build is not code-signed, so Windows SmartScreen may show a warning on first launch; the README instructs choosing More info, then Run anyway.
3. Answer the four playstyle questions; the class list reorders as you change the sliders.
4. Read the ranking and the stated reasons, and open a class to see its leveling build and presets.

Optionally, paste a talent calculator link, export string or build code to see how that class compares with your answers. The README notes that today talent calculator links yield class and point count, export strings yield the class, and forum or guide links are recognized but not converted.

Constraints

• Windows only; no other platform build is documented.
• The downloaded executable is not code-signed, so OS warnings are expected.
• The rankings are based on the team's own beta testing of all nine classes, not on a community dataset or live game statistics.
• Import support is partial: forum and guide links are recognized but not converted.
• It is an unofficial fan project, unaffiliated with and unendorsed by Blizzard Entertainment; game assets remain Blizzard's property, while the project's own code and design are MIT licensed. See the asset license notes.

HotRepo's take

The repository appeared on HotRepo's new-project list on 2026-11-04, gaining 100 stars and 10 forks in about five and a half hours. That is a strong opening signal for a niche fan tool, but it is a single snapshot, so it says nothing about sustained adoption. The more notable detail is structural: the repository reports Go as its primary language while the only documented way to use the product is an unsigned Windows executable hosted off-repository, and the materials do not establish how that binary relates to the code here. That gap is worth checking before running it, independent of the star count.