Getting Started

Sireum can be retrieved using installers, packaged binaries, or from source. The main advantage of using the source distribution is that updates can be done incrementally while the binary distribution requires complete re-installation. On the other hand, source distribution requires more setup. The source distribution should be used by Sireum developers and code contributors, while users are recommended to use the latest packaged binary release, (or using the installer scripts for older releases). The package binary release includes a Sireum native executable that voids JVM boot-up time.

Download

Packaged Binaries

Latest Release

https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/tag/4.20250924.c877daf

Both VSCodium-based and IntelliJ-based IVEs

DISTRO=ive SIREUM_V=4.20250924.c877daf DIR=$HOME/Applications/Sireum sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/download/4.20250924.c877daf/install.cmd)"

cmd /V/C "set DISTRO=ive&& set SIREUM_V=4.20250924.c877daf&& set DIR=%USERPROFILE%\Applications\Sireum&& curl -JLOs https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/download/4.20250924.c877daf/install.cmd && install.cmd && del /q/f install.cmd"

VSCodium-based IVE Only

DISTRO=codeive SIREUM_V=4.20250924.c877daf DIR=$HOME/Applications/Sireum sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/download/4.20250924.c877daf/install.cmd)"

cmd /V/C "set DISTRO=codeive&& set SIREUM_V=4.20250924.c877daf&& set DIR=%USERPROFILE%\Applications\Sireum&& curl -JLOs https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/download/4.20250924.c877daf/install.cmd && install.cmd && del /q/f install.cmd"

Latest Development Build

https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/tag/dev

Both VSCodium-based and IntelliJ-based IVEs

DISTRO=ive DIR=$HOME/Applications/Sireum sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/download/dev/install.cmd)"

cmd /V/C "set DISTRO=ive&& set DIR=%USERPROFILE%\Applications\Sireum&&curl -JLOs https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/download/dev/install.cmd && install.cmd && del /q/f install.cmd"

The sireum-ive binary distribution files include both the IntelliJ-based and the VSCodium-based IVE, while the sireum-codeive only includes the latter. The sireum-cli files are compressed native executables built for specific platforms. Both sireum-ive and sireum-codeive include the sireum-cli native executable.

VSCodium-based IVE Only

DISTRO=codeive DIR=$HOME/Applications/Sireum sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/download/dev/install.cmd)"

cmd /V/C "set DISTRO=codeive&& set DIR=%USERPROFILE%\Applications\Sireum&& curl -JLOs https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/download/dev/install.cmd && install.cmd && del /q/f install.cmd"

For CIS 301 Fall 2025

DISTRO=codeive SIREUM_V=4.20250825.20d1bda DIR=$HOME/Applications/Sireum sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/download/4.20250825.20d1bda/install.cmd)"

cmd /V/C "set DISTRO=codeive&& set SIREUM_V=4.20250825.20d1bda&& set DIR=%USERPROFILE%\Applications\Sireum&& curl -JLOs https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/download/4.20250825.20d1bda/install.cmd && install.cmd && del /q/f install.cmd"

If the above command somehow fails, you can download the sireum-codeive prefixed file for your specific platform directly at:

https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases/tag/4.20250825.20d1bda

You can uncompress 7z archive files in Windows by using 7-zip.

Notes

You can customize the DIR environment variable in the commands above to specify a different Sireum installation location.

Set the SIREUM_HOME env var to the Sireum installation path, then proceed to Using Sireum.

Using Installer Scripts

You can set up Sireum by downloading and running its initialization script as follows (curl is required; DIR can be set to another path for Sireum home directory). To use a specific version of Sireum, set SIREUM_V with a release version listed at https://github.com/sireum/kekinian/releases in the command lines below.

Latest Release

(DIR=Sireum && export SIREUM_V=4.20250924.c877daf && rm -fR $DIR && mkdir -p $DIR/bin && cd $DIR/bin && curl -JLso init.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sireum/kekinian/$SIREUM_V/bin/init.sh && bash init.sh)

cmd /V /C "set DIR=Sireum&& set SIREUM_V=4.20250924.c877daf&& (if exist !DIR! rd /S /Q !DIR!) && md !DIR!\bin && cd !DIR!\bin && curl -JLso init.bat https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sireum/kekinian/!SIREUM_V!/bin/init.bat && init.bat"

Set the SIREUM_HOME env var to the Sireum installation path, then proceed to Using Sireum. Please see the notes section if the installation failed.

Latest Development Build

(DIR=Sireum && export SIREUM_V=master && rm -fR $DIR && mkdir -p $DIR/bin && cd $DIR/bin && curl -JLso init.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sireum/kekinian/$SIREUM_V/bin/init.sh && bash init.sh)

cmd /V /C "set DIR=Sireum&& set SIREUM_V=master&& (if exist !DIR! rd /S /Q !DIR!) && md !DIR!\bin && cd !DIR!\bin && curl -JLso init.bat https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sireum/kekinian/!SIREUM_V!/bin/init.bat && init.bat"

Set the SIREUM_HOME env var to the Sireum installation path, then proceed to Using Sireum. Please see the notes section if the installation failed.

Notes

Note that in the case where some files are not downloaded properly (e.g., due to network issues), you can delete the offending file(s) in the sireum folder of your user home’s Downloads folder (or, entirely delete the Downloads sireum folder).

Also note that this installation approach is using GitHub anonymous connection, thus subject to rate limiting. To avoid the limit, set the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable to one of your GitHub tokens.

If the installation keeps failing, please use the packaged binaries described above.

Moreover, please take a look at the packaged binaries notes section.

Git Source Distribution

Requirements

macOS: curl and git
Linux (amd64, aarch64): curl and git
Windows 10, either:
- Using a NTFS partition with Developer Mode enabled, long-path enabled, and git (Git For Windows, MSYS2, or Cygwin) with its core.longpaths config set to true; or
- WSL2 (Linux requirements apply)

Note that Sireum stores small, pre-built binary dependencies in its repositories. Virus analysis results are provided in the respective submodule repositories for macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Setup

In a console terminal:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/sireum/kekinian Sireum
Sireum/bin/build.cmd setup  # for non-POSIX shell, prefix with sh

git clone --recursive https://github.com/sireum/kekinian Sireum
Sireum\bin\build.cmd setup

The above install Sireum command-line interface (CLI) and its IntelliJ-based Integrated Verification Environment (IVE), as well as their dependencies. Set the SIREUM_HOME env var to the Sireum path above.

To update later on, simply do a git pull --recurse-submodules and re-run build.cmd. Note that after a setup update, it is best to invalidate IntelliJ’s cache files and restart by using IntelliJ’s File -> Invalidate Caches... menu item and select Clear all file system cache and Local History.

Notes

Occasionally, there might be new API used in build.cmd that is available in the pre-built binary online but not in your local copy. This issue happens because build.cmd uses Sireum itself, hence it is a bootstrapping issue. This issue typically manifests by build.cmd failing to compile/execute due to missing methods/classes. In that case, first delete your local sireum.jar (and build.cmd.com, if any) in the bin directory and then re-run build.cmd setup.
If building Sireum somehow failed still, try cleaning the repo:
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/clean.sh"
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\clean.bat"
The clean scripts remove all Sireum-related cache directories and revert any changes and delete new files in the local git repository.

After cleaning, re-run git pull --recurse-submodules (possibly multiple times until it reaches a good fix-point where git status indicates that its working tree is clean) and build.cmd setup.

If all else fails, try recursively re-clone Sireum.

If the installation keeps failing, please use the packaged binaries described above.

Moreover, please take a look at the packaged binaries notes section.

Installing FMIDE+HAMR

"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/fmide.cmd"

"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\install\fmide.cmd"

Installing CLion, Coq, Isabelle, CompCert, and Other Tools

"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/acl2.cmd"            # https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moore/acl2/
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/alt-ergo.cmd"        # https://alt-ergo.ocamlpro.com/
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/antlrworks.cmd"      # https://slang.sireum.org/tools/pg/
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/brave.cmd"           # https://brave.com/
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/clion.cmd"           # https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/compcert.cmd"        # https://compcert.org/
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/coq.cmd"             # https://coq.inria.fr/
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/graal.cmd"           # https://www.oracle.com/java/graalvm/
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/graal-openjdk.cmd"   # https://www.graalvm.org/
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/isabelle.cmd"        # https://isabelle.in.tum.de/
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/rust.cmd"            # https://www.rust-lang.org/
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/install/rustrover.cmd"       # https://www.jetbrains.com/rust/

"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\install\antlrworks.cmd"        & :: https://slang.sireum.org/tools/pg/
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\install\brave.cmd"             & :: https://brave.com/
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\install\clion.cmd"             & :: https://www.jetbrains.com/clion/
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\install\graal.cmd"             & :: https://www.graalvm.org/
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\install\graal-openjdk.cmd"     & :: https://www.graalvm.org/
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\install\isabelle.cmd"          & :: https://isabelle.in.tum.de/
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\install\rust.cmd"              & :: https://www.rust-lang.org/
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\install\rustrover.cmd"         & :: https://www.jetbrains.com/rust/

Using Sireum

To launch the Sireum CLI, IVE, or FMIDE+HAMR:

"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/sireum"                           # CLI
open "${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/mac/idea/IVE.app"            # IntelliJ-based IVE
open "${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/mac/vscodium/CodeIVE.app"    # VSCodium-based IVE

"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/sireum"                           # CLI
open "${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/mac/idea/IVE.app"            # IntelliJ-based IVE
open "${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/mac/vscodium/CodeIVE.app"    # VSCodium-based IVE
open "${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/mac/fmide.app"               # FMIDE+HAMR (see above for installation)

"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/sireum"                           # CLI
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/linux/idea/bin/IVE.sh"            # IntelliJ-based IVE
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/linux/vscodium/bin/codeive"       # VSCodium-based IVE
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/linux/fmide/fmide"                # FMIDE+HAMR (see above for installation)

"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/sireum"                           # CLI
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/linux/arm/idea/bin/IVE.sh"        # IntelliJ-based IVE
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/linux/arm/vscodium/bin/codeive"   # VSCodium-based IVE

"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\sireum.bat"                        & :: CLI
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\win\idea\bin\IVE.exe"              & :: IntelliJ-based IVE
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\win\vscodium\bin\codeive.cmd"      & :: VSCodium-based IVE
start /B "%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\win\fmide\fmide.exe"      & :: FMIDE+HAMR (see above for installation)

%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\sireum.bat"                         & :: CLI
%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\win\idea\bin\IVE.exe"               & :: IntelliJ-based IVE
%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\win\vscodium\bin\codeive.cmd"       & :: VSCodium-based IVE

It is best to remove the JAVA_HOME environment variable before launching IVE.

To try out your installation:

git clone https://github.com/sireum/logika-examples
logika-examples/bin/verify.cmd
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/sireum" proyek ive logika-examples         # For IntelliJ-based IVE
"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/sireum" proyek export logika-examples      # For VSCodium-based IVE

git clone https://github.com/sireum/logika-examples
logika-examples\bin\verify.cmd
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\sireum.bat" proyek ive logika-examples      & :: For IntelliJ-based IVE
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\sireum.bat" proyek export logika-examples   & :: For VSCodium-based IVE

Then, open the logika-examples directory in IVE/CodeIVE and see Logika in action on some of the .sc example files.

See Sireum Documentation for more information.

Notes

On Linux that enables binfmt_misc to automatically launch Windows executables using WINE (e.g., Ubuntu desktops), Sireum requires that binfmt_misc is configured to enable the αcτµαlly pδrταblε εxεcµταblε (APE) Loader:

sudo wget -O /usr/bin/ape https://cosmo.zip/pub/cosmos/bin/ape-$(uname -m).elf
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/ape
sudo sh -c "echo ':APE:M::MZqFpD::/usr/bin/ape:' >/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register"
sudo sh -c "echo ':APE-jart:M::jartsr::/usr/bin/ape:' >/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register"

or, by disabling binfmt_misc completely:

sudo sh -c 'echo -1 > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/cli'
sudo sh -c 'echo -1 > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/status'

On Windows WSL, you need to disable binfmt_misc interop:

sudo sh -c "echo -1 >/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/WSLInterop"

If you encounter the following message when running Sireum:
```
The current machine does not support all of the following CPU features that are required by the image: [CX8, CMOV, FXSR, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4_1, SSE4_2, POPCNT, LZCNT, AVX, AVX2, BMI1, BMI2, FMA, F16C].
```
Delete the following file under the Sireum installation location:
- macOS: bin/mac/sireum
- Linux (amd64): bin/linux/sireum
- Linux (ard64): bin/linux/arm/sireum
- Windows: bin\win\sireum.exe

Native Executable

It is recommended to compile Sireum (and Slash build scripts) to native in certain situations in order to avoid JVM boot up time. The packaged binary releases include natively compiled Sireum. For other installation methods, below is the instruction on how to compile Sireum to native.

First, install GraalVM native-image’s prerequisites (note: native-image for Windows requires Visual Studio Community/Enterprise); then, to build Sireum native executable:

"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/sireum" --native

call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\sireum.bat" --native

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\sireum.bat" --native

call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\sireum.bat" --native

The compiled native binary is located at:

"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/mac/sireum"

"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/linux/sireum"

"${SIREUM_HOME}/bin/linux/arm/sireum"

"%SIREUM_HOME%\bin\win\sireum.exe"

Note that once the native version is available (and has a newer timestamp), sireum and sireum.bat in bin call the native version.