Surfer - An Extensible and Snappy Waveform Viewer

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Surfer is an extensible waveform viewer that runs in the web browser and connects to an HDL toolchain so traces keep their types instead of becoming raw bits. It translates typed signals into readable values, expands structs into fields, highlights clock edges and performs RISC-V instruction disassembly inline. It offers a keyboard-focused workflow with CLI + JavaScript control, loads simulator Verilog traces, supports plugins, and the demo scrolls and zooms live so the features are shown working end to end.

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