diff --git a/libs/remixd/src/services/foundryClient.ts b/libs/remixd/src/services/foundryClient.ts
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+import * as WS from 'ws' // eslint-disable-line
+import { PluginClient } from '@remixproject/plugin'
+import * as chokidar from 'chokidar'
+import * as utils from '../utils'
+import * as fs from 'fs-extra'
+const { spawn } = require('child_process') // eslint-disable-line
+
+export class FoundryClient extends PluginClient {
+  methods: Array<string>
+  websocket: WS
+  currentSharedFolder: string
+
+  constructor (private readOnly = false) {
+    super()
+    this.methods = ['compile']
+  }
+
+  setWebSocket (websocket: WS): void {
+    this.websocket = websocket
+  }
+
+  sharedFolder (currentSharedFolder: string): void {
+    this.currentSharedFolder = currentSharedFolder
+    this.listenOnFoundryCompilation()
+  }
+
+  compile (configPath: string) {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      if (this.readOnly) {
+        const errMsg = '[Hardhat Compilation]: Cannot compile in read-only mode'
+        return reject(new Error(errMsg))
+      }
+      const cmd = `forge build`
+      const options = { cwd: this.currentSharedFolder, shell: true }
+      const child = spawn(cmd, options)
+      let result = ''
+      let error = ''
+      child.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+        const msg = `[Foundry Compilation]: ${data.toString()}`
+        console.log('\x1b[32m%s\x1b[0m', msg)
+        result += msg + '\n'
+      })
+      child.stderr.on('data', (err) => {
+        error += `[Foundry Compilation]: ${err.toString()} \n`
+      })
+      child.on('close', () => {
+        if (error && result) resolve(error + result)
+        else if (error) reject(error)
+        else resolve(result)
+      })
+    })
+  }
+
+  listenOnFoundryCompilation () {
+    try {
+      const buildPath = utils.absolutePath('out', this.currentSharedFolder)
+      const watcher = chokidar.watch(buildPath, { depth: 0, ignorePermissionErrors: true })
+      const compilationResults = {}
+      watcher.on('change', async (f: string) => {
+        const content = await fs.readFile(f, { encoding: 'utf-8' })
+        const compilationResult = JSON.parse(content)
+        if (f.endsWith('metadata.json')) {
+
+        } else {
+            
+        }
+        this.call('terminal', 'log', {type: 'info', value: 'received compilation result from hardhat'})
+        this.emit('compilationFinished', '', compilationResult.input, 'soljson', compilationResult.output, compilationResult.solcVersion)
+      })
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.log(e)
+    }    
+  }
+}