VHDL (GHDL) has moved to Soft Forge HDL Studio

This extension is no longer developed under this name. Its successor is Soft Forge HDL Studio (SoftForge.soft-forge-hdl-studio), which carries everything VHDL (GHDL) did and more:

• Syntax highlighting in the Aurora palette, snippets, diagnostics on save.
• A debugger on GHDL and GDB with breakpoints inside processes, simulation-time control, and time travel: step back, reverse continue, run back to any earlier time.
• A WebGL signal viewer for live simulations and for GHW and VCD files.
• The Vivado flow: synthesis, implementation, bitstream, xsim and programming through hw_server, with reports in the editor.
• A block design editor whose files merge in git.
• An hdl command line and a Claude skill for AI agents.

Install the new extension

From a terminal:

code --install-extension SoftForge.soft-forge-hdl-studio

Or search for Soft Forge HDL Studio in the Extensions view. Documentation, pricing and the quick start are at https://soft-forge.dev/hdl-studio/.

What this extension does now

Nothing except point you there. When VS Code starts it shows one notice with Install Soft Forge HDL Studio, and the Command Palette has VHDL (GHDL): Install Soft Forge HDL Studio. Once the new extension is installed, it offers to uninstall itself. It contributes no language, no debugger and no settings any more, so the two can be installed side by side without conflict while you switch.

Your projects need no change: VHDL files, launch.json configurations of type ghdl and GHW/VCD files open in the new extension as they did.

License

See LICENSE.