| Simulator | Comment | Download from | Windows | Linux | Mac OSX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldec Active-HDL, Student Edition | Students only | Aldec Download page | Yes | No | No |
| ModelSim Altera Starter Edition | Only Altera FPGAs | Altera Quartus Web Edition | Yes | Yes | No |
| ISim | Only Xilinx FPGAs | Xilinx Webpack | Yes | Yes | No |
| Simili | SymphonyEDA website | Yes | Yes | No | |
| GHDL | limited features; only VHDL-93 | GHDL website | Yes | Yes | Yes |
GHDL on Mac OSX uses Wine, but works without problems.