wavescope

A fast, modern mixed-signal waveform viewer for hardware engineers. Digital and analog traces, protocol decoding, measurements, and restorable sessions — in one tool.

Ready-to-run Windows installer: hasankursun.dev/wavescope

Features

Mixed-signal viewing — digital buses and analog traces side by side, with time units from femtoseconds to seconds
Protocol decoding — UART, SPI, I²C, and AXI4 traffic decoded directly on the waveform
Measurements & jitter analysis — frequency, period, duty cycle, rise/fall, and jitter histograms
Sessions — save your whole workspace (signals, groups, cursors, view state) as a .wss file and pick up exactly where you left off, with auto-save in between
Keyboard-first — command palette (Ctrl+K), single-key zoom and navigation, jump-to-transition, undo/redo
Source linkage — jump from a signal to its HDL source in VS Code, Vim, or your editor of choice
Large-file performance — streaming loads and level-of-detail rendering keep multi-gigabyte dumps smooth

Supported formats

Format	Extensions	Notes
Value Change Dump	`.vcd`	IEEE 1364
Fast Signal Trace	`.fst`	GTKWave-compatible (desktop app only)
CSV / TSV	`.csv`, `.tsv`	Auto-detected delimiter
SPICE output	`.raw`, `.tr0`, `.ac0`	ASCII & binary
WaveScope session	`.wss`	Full workspace restore

Getting started

Installer (Windows)

Grab the installer from hasankursun.dev/wavescope. It sets up the app and the .wss file association — double-click a session file and WaveScope opens it.

Build from source

npm install

# Run in the browser (quick look, no Electron)
npm run dev

# Run as a desktop app
npm run dev:electron

# Build a distributable installer
npm run pack

Controls

Action	Input
Open file	`Ctrl+O` (or drag & drop onto the canvas)
Save session	`Ctrl+S`
Command palette	`Ctrl+K`
Zoom in / out	`Z` / `Shift+Z` (or `Ctrl+Scroll`)
Zoom to fit	`F`
Pan	`←` / `→` (or `Alt+Scroll`)
Next / previous transition	`]` / `[`
Place cursor	double-click (or `C` at center)
Toggle grid	`G`
Select all signals	`Ctrl+A`
Hide selected signals	`Delete`
Undo / redo	`Ctrl+Z` / `Ctrl+Y`

Tech

Electron · React · TypeScript · Vite · Canvas rendering