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Updated 12 September 2026

CS Tools is a free tool for reviewing Counter-Strike 2 matches, made by one person. This page says exactly what it does with your data. The short version: your demos never leave your computer, signing in tells us only your public SteamID, and we count what people do with the app, not who they are.

Demos

A demo you load is parsed inside your browser tab and never uploaded to us or anyone. The parsed result is cached in your browser's own storage so you can watch it again without parsing; you can delete it from the demo page, and it is only on that device.

The sample match on the demo page is a public FACEIT match we prepared in advance and serve as a file. Playing it sends nothing about you beyond the request for that file.

Signing in

Sign-in is through Steam. Steam tells us your public SteamID64 and nothing else — no password, no email. We keep it in a signed cookie for thirty days so the site knows it is you, and we read your public Steam profile name and picture to show them in the header. You can sign out from the account menu at any time.

Strat boards and clips

A strat board you create is stored on our server (Supabase, hosted in the United States) so your team can watch it live: the drawing, the map, the name you gave it, and the SteamID of whoever made it. Round clips you export are stored the same way so the link works. Both are deleted seven days after they were made.

What we count

We keep a simple count of what people do: a sign-in, a demo loaded (which map, how many rounds, whether it came from a file, the cache, FACEIT or the sample), a strat created, a pro's settings applied, a clip shared. Each is one line with those facts, your SteamID if you are signed in, and the time. Never a file name, never a demo's contents, never anything you typed.

Page views are counted by Vercel Web Analytics, which uses no cookies and no personal identifiers.

The browser extension

CS Tools: FACEIT demos in 2Ddoes one thing: in a FACEIT match room it adds an "Open in CS Tools" button, and when you press it (or open a match through faceit.watch) it fetches that match's demo and hands it to the CS Tools page open in your browser.

To do that it:

  • reads the match id from the FACEIT page's address, and asks FACEIT's own API for that match's demo file;
  • asks FACEIT to sign the download from inside your FACEIT tab, so it happens under your FACEIT session — the extension never reads, stores or sends your FACEIT cookies or credentials;
  • downloads the demo from FACEIT's content network into your browser and passes the bytes to the CS Tools tab, where they are parsed locally as any other demo.

The extension sends nothing to us. It has no analytics, no tracking, and no access to any site other than faceit.com, FACEIT's demo servers, and CS Tools. It runs only on those pages. When you remove it, nothing of it remains.

Third parties

  • Vercel hosts the site and counts page views.
  • Supabase stores strat boards, clips and the usage counts.
  • Steam handles sign-in and supplies public profile names and pictures.
  • FACEIT supplies match details, demos, and player levels on the scoreboard, for FACEIT matches only.

We do not sell or share your data with anyone else, and there are no advertisements.

Contact

Questions, or want something of yours removed? Write to the contact address on the extension's Chrome Web Store listing, and it will be dealt with.