...For boards based on the PIC16F and PIC18F microcontrollers, the wizard generates projects that utilize MPLAB X. For boards based on AVR, STM32, and ESP32, the wizard generates projects that utilize VSCode+PlatformIO.
PICSimLab supports several devices (spare parts) that can be connected to the boards for simulation. Such as example LEDs and push buttons for simple outputs and inputs and some more complex ones like the ethernet shield.