D2Grid

A powerful, highly customizable CLI tool for creating and managing your Dota 2 hero grid layouts.

Features

• Declarative Layouts
• Multiple Data Sources
• Automatic Sizing
• Extensibility (custom sources)
• Update & Sync (across multiple Steam accounts)

Installation

D2Grid can be installed from PyPI:

# With uv
uv tool install d2grid

# With pipx
pipx install d2grid

Usage

Once installed, run the tool by passing it the path to your configuration file:

d2grid settings.json

Alternatively, you can execute the script without an installation:

# With uv
uvx d2grid settings.json

Or run from the source directly:

# With uv
uv run -m src.d2grid settings.json

# With python (need to install python and dependencies)
python3 -m src.d2grid settings.json

Configuration

The tool is controlled by a single JSON settings file. Here is an example for reference:

{
    "globals": {
        "file_source": "hero_grid_config.json",
        "stratz_api_key": "YOUR STRATZ API KEY"
    },
    "result_paths": ["new_hero_grid_config.json"],
    "configs": [
        {
            "name": "Main Grid",
            "columns": [
                { "x": 0.0, "width": 316.0, "width_heroes": 6 },
                { "x": 320, "width": 214, "width_heroes": 4 }
            ],
            "row_gap": 21.5,
            "categories": [
                {
                    "name": "Strength",
                    "source": "attr",
                    "param": "str"
                },
                {
                    "name": "My Custom List",
                    "source": "inline",
                    "param": [1, 2, 3, 14, 56]
                },
                {
                    "name": "Sync from File",
                    "source": "file",
                    "param": { "config": "Fav", "category": 4 }
                },
                {
                    "name": "15 best supports (10 days)",
                    "source": "stratz",
                    "param": {"top": 15, "days": 10, "positions": ["POSITION_4", "POSITION_5"]}
                },
                {
                    "name": "Spectral.gg Core Meta",
                    "source": "spectral",
                    "param": { "top": 12, "position": "P1" }
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

The script will create new_hero_grid_config.json containing a single Main Grid layout with five categories distributed across two columns.

Columns control the horizontal layout with automatic vertical sizing based on the number of heroes in each category. The heroes within each category are determined by the specified sources and parameters.

A single settings file can define multiple configs (layouts), each with as many categories as needed.

Dota stores its hero grid configuration at <STEAM_PATH>/userdata/<STEAMID>/570/remote/hero_grid_config.json, which can be used as the path for file_source or result_paths.

The full configuration schema can be printed with the following command:

d2grid --schema

Sources

Sources are callables that provide a list of hero IDs for a category.

Inline Source

Directly provides a list of hero IDs. Use this for static categories.

• Source Key: "inline"

Parameters

The param field accepts a simple list of hero IDs (integers).

File Source

Pulls heroes from a category in an existing hero_grid_config.json file. Ideal for syncing or preserving manual edits. Requires file_source to be defined in the globals section of your settings.

• Source Key: "file"

Parameters

The param field is an object with the following properties:

Note: When using string names, the first match found will be used.

Attribute Source

Pulls heroes based on their primary attribute, sorted alphabetically.

• Source Key: "attr"

Parameters

The param field is a string specifying the attribute. Allowed values are: "str", "agi", "int" or "all".

Stratz Source

Pulls the best performing heroes over a specified time window using the STRATZ API. Requires stratz_api_key to be defined in the globals section of your settings.

• Source Key: "stratz"

Parameters

The param field is an object with the following properties:

Spectral Source

Pulls the best performing heroes in a specified league from Spectral.gg.

• Source Key: "spectral"

Parameters

The param field is an object with the following properties: