Turn CS2 demos into
viral Shorts
A free Windows app that forges your CS2 demo files into upload-ready vertical Shorts - captured and edited entirely on your own PC.
v0.3.3 · 152 MB · Windows 10/11
Features
What it does
Not a screen recorder and not a montage tool. FragForge reconstructs your frags from the demo and renders them for you.
Demo-accurate
Every cut comes from parsing the .dem file, not guesswork. The demo is the source of truth for who, when, and where.
Real capture
FragForge drives HLAE + CS2 on your own GPU to record a clean, HUD-less POV of every frag at full quality.
Upload-ready
Outputs a 9:16 1080x1920 60fps vertical Short with the viral-60-clean edit, ready to post straight away.
Workflow
How it works
From a raw .dem file to a finished vertical Short in four steps.
- 01
Drop your .dem
Add a CS2 demo file. FragForge parses it locally in seconds, entirely on your machine.
- 02
Pick your player & kills
Choose whose frags to feature and select the exact kills in a fast, web-style UI.
- 03
FragForge captures & edits
HLAE + CS2 record the gameplay, then it renders hook text, kill punch-ins, a kill counter, slow-mo on the final kill, beat-synced music and auto captions.
- 04
Post your Short
Grab the finished vertical Short and upload it. No account, and your demos never left your PC.
Setup
Requirements
Parsing a demo is light. Capturing gameplay drives CS2 through HLAE on your GPU, so a gaming PC gets the best results.
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
- Counter-Strike 2 installed via Steam
- HLAE installed (for gameplay capture)
- Dedicated GPU recommended
- ~1 GB free disk space
A note on the unsigned installer
FragForge Studio is a free, local tool, so the installer is not code-signed yet. On first run Windows SmartScreen may show “Windows protected your PC”. That is expected: click More info, then Run anyway to continue. The source is open on GitHub if you want to inspect it first.