Start Here#

Choose the shortest setup path for a desktop product or the Altifigence CLI.

Overview#

Choose the path that matches what you want to do. SystemVerilog IDE and ISA Design Studio install as desktop applications. Altifigence CLI runs from a separate preview archive.

Desktop Path#

Use this path for SystemVerilog IDE or ISA Design Studio.

  1. Confirm the host and first-use network path in System Requirements and Network.

  2. Download the product .deb from the Altifigence website.

  3. Verify its checksum and origin signature.

  4. Install the package with apt.

  5. Launch it from the applications menu or its installed command.

  6. Complete browser sign-in and the licence check described in First Launch and Licence. If the application cannot issue or restore a licence, use the support steps on that page.

  7. Open a small local project before enabling an online or external service.

Command-Line Path#

Use this path for Altifigence CLI.

  1. Download and verify the signed Linux x86_64 archive.

  2. Extract it into a new directory without administrator privileges.

  3. Run alti commands from that directory to inspect the embedded action manifest.

  4. Complete CLI First Success to produce an offline client-preflight receipt.

The CLI archive is not a system installer. Run it from the extracted directory. alti capabilities needs an installed receipt layout and therefore does not work from the current archive. See CLI for the commands that do work from an extracted download.

Reference Path#

Read MCP status before adding Altifigence to an MCP client. The hosted endpoint publishes OAuth metadata, but tool discovery is not available yet. Architectures explains the larger FPGA and ASIC workflows.

Before You Continue#

Check

Why it matters

Product and version match the Downloads page

Prevents installing an old or different artifact

Platform is explicitly listed

Other Linux distributions and architectures are not implied

Checksum and signature pass

A failed trust check is not an installation warning to ignore

Execution location is visible

Local and online actions have different data boundaries

A feature is marked Preview or unavailable

You know whether the next step can be completed today

For the current versions, limitations, and update method, read Release Notes.