RouteWave
High-performance waveform viewer for digital logic engineers. Open VCD, FST, GHW, and ILA files with hardware-accelerated rendering.
# install & launch — one command
pip install routertl && rr routewave
Hardware Accelerated
OpenGL 3.3 rendering via Dear ImGui. Smooth zoom and pan on million-transition traces.
Built-in Console
Scriptable command engine with autocomplete, undo/redo, macro recording, and protocol analyzers.
Multi-Format
VCD, FST, GHW, ILA CSV, and native ltrace JSON. Drag & drop to open.
Get Started
# Linux / macOS / WSL2
pip install routertl
rr routewave
# Open a waveform directly
rr routewave path/to/trace.fst
# Run a simulation and open the result
rr sim my_testbench --view
Auto-downloads the RouteWave binary on first use. Update with rr ws update-viewer.
WSL2 on Windows 11 works out of the box via WSLg. Windows 10 users: see the documentation for X server setup.