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A curated list of Team Fortress 2 resources, tools and more.

awesome-tf2

A curated list of awesome Team Fortress 2 resources, tools and more.
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Table of Contents

• Annual Charity Events
• Community Sites
• Competitive
• Competitive Streams
• Modifications
• Official Valve endorsed Sites
• Trading
• Useful Tools
• Video Content
• Related Lists

Annual Charity Events

• Blapature Co. - EU-based charity livestream hosted by a group of TF2 YouTubers.
• hugs.TF - UK-based charity livestream event benefiting Special Effect.
• TFConnect - Community ran charity event benefiting Special Effect.
• Tip of the Hats - Charity livestream benefiting One Step Camp. Ran from 2013-2021.

Community Sites

• BalanceMod.TF - Introduces new features and re-balances all of the unbalanced weapons in the game.
• Essentials.TF - Competitive and community news aggregator and host of monthly NA/EU tournaments.
• FuckYeahTF2 - Tumblr for everything and anything TF2-related, namely artwork showcases.
• Jump.TF - The TF2 Jumping community.
• Jump Academy - Community of jumpers from all around the world who share the same passion for rocket jumping.
• KritzKast - THE Team Fortress 2 Podcast, hosted every Saturday by Agro.
• Potato.TF - Community made Mann vs. Machine tours. Play and level up to earn in-game medals.
• Skial - The largest TF2 community serving over 10 million players since 2010.
• Teamwork.TF - Community Quickplay, Jarate Pages, news and stats about Team Fortress 2.
• r/TF2 - Subreddit dedicated to any and all Team Fortress 2 content; news, jokes and discussions.
• Uncletopia - Uncle Dane’s custom community server.

Competitive

• asiafortress - Asian community website, hosting Team Fortress 2 6v6 events for the Asia region.
• ETF2L - Free-to-play European league, featuring Highlander, 6v6, occasional tournaments and the Nations Cup.
• Newbie.TF - Play your first games of competitive TF2 with other new players, led by an experienced coach.
• ozfortress – Australian community 6v6 league.
• RGL – World-wide Prolander (7v7) and Highlander league.,stats and more!
• TeamFortress TV - Competitive TF2 news, events, discussions, streams, stats and more!
• TF2Center - TF2Center was created to help bridge the gap between public and competitive play for TF2.
• UGC League - Worldwide league, primarily catering to North American Highlander and 6v6.

Competitive Streams

• CappingTV - Streams Oceania/Asia 6v6 and Highlander matches from various leagues.
• Essentials.TF - Streams competitive Highlander, 6v6 and Ultiduo for RGL and ETF2L.
• KritzKast – Streams competitive 6v6, Highlander, Prolander matches from around the world.
• TFLIVEtv – Streams competitive 6v6 for Australia’s ozfortress.
• TeamFortress TV – Streams competitive 6v6 for RGL and ETF2L.

Modifications

• CFG.TF - Open-source hub dedicated to generating custom Team Fortress 2 configurations.
• CleanTF2plus - A sequel to the original Clean TF2 mod. Designed to provide mods that reduces visual clutter and increase FPS.
• comfig huds - A repository of community developed custom HUDs.
• GameBanana - Treasure trove of mods including custom skins, maps, UIs, models and animations.
• mastercomfig - Customizable configs for optimized game performance and hit registration.
• Paysus Skins - Source of TF2 Animation Mods and More!
• TF2Maps - Dedicated community for TF2 level design, mapping resource, tutorials and 72-Hour Jams!

Official Valve endorsed Sites

• Source Games Issue Tracker - Bug reports and feature requests tracker for TF2 and the Source Engine.
• Steam Community Market - Buy and sell items with other Steam community members.
• Steam Workshop - Submit new in-game items for Valve’s consideration, and view others’ works.
• Team Fortress 2 Blog - Development team's blog and host for TF2's comics and update history.
• Team Fortress 2 Twitter – Emergency resource for posting updates.
• Team Fortress 2 Wiki - All encompassing resource for the entire Team Fortress series.
• Team Fortress 2 YouTube – Home of Valve Software’s “Meet the Team” videos.

Trading

• Backpack.TF - Crowd-sourced pricelist, keeping track of user’s backpack values and much more!
• Calculator.TF - The fastest and easiest way to convert between TF2 currencies.
• Marketplace.TF - Securely buy TF2 items with cash. No trade holds or hidden fees.
• STN Trading - Buy and sell items “For the discerning gentleperson”.
• Scrap.TF - Home to automated Steam trading, scrap/hat banking, raffles and more!

Useful Tools

• CastingEssentials - A plugin that enhances the viewing experience of both casters and viewers.
• Crowbar - A model decompiler similar to GCFScape but more up to date and feature rich.
• GCFScape - An app that can open and extract Source Engine content packed as .gcf and .vpk files.
• HUD Editor - A tool for installing and customizing your favorite custom Team Fortress 2 HUDs.
• Loadout.TF - A web-app that lets you create custom loadouts without restrictions.
• MvM.TF - MvM wave generator
• Rep.TF - Search many player reputation databases, all in one place.
• Serveme.TF - The easiest way to get a TF2 server.
• SteamRep - An invaluable trading tool that lets you check if a potential trader is a scammer.
• TF2 Bot Detector - A tool that assists with detecting & kicking bots & cheaters.
• VTFEdit - Used for creating Valve Texture Format (VTF) files, used as textures or sprays in-game.
• Weapons.TF - A web-app that lets you preview TF2 decorated weapons.

Video Content

• Twitch - Team Fortress 2 streams on Twitch.
• YouTube - Team Fortress 2 videos on YouTube.

Related Lists

• awesome-tf2-devs - Similar list of tf2 projects for developers.