Systemica

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Open Source SysML v2 Implementation

A complete, production-grade SysML v2 implementation in Go—providing language server, interactive REPL, execution runtime, and Python client library. Spanning the full lifecycle from authoring to execution, delivering the integrated tooling experience systems engineers expect from modern language ecosystems.

Quick Start

Get started in 5 minutes: Quick Start Guide

Install

Download pre-built binaries:

# Linux x64
wget https://github.com/Open-MBEE/Systemica/releases/latest/download/sysml-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xzf sysml-linux-amd64.tar.gz && sudo mv sysml-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/sysml

# macOS (Intel or Apple Silicon) — see the note below
brew install Open-MBEE/tap/systemica

With a Go toolchain (no download, never quarantined):

go install github.com/Open-MBEE/Systemica/cmd/sysml@latest
go install github.com/Open-MBEE/Systemica/cmd/sysml-lsp@latest

Or build from source:

make build
./bin/sysml

macOS — use Homebrew. The released binaries are not Developer ID signed or notarized, so a tarball downloaded in a browser carries com.apple.quarantine and Gatekeeper shows "cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified". Homebrew downloads with curl, which never sets that attribute, so brew install avoids the prompt entirely. Fallback if you download the tarball directly (curl -fL ... systemica-darwin-arm64.tar.gz, then xattr -d com.apple.quarantine): see Quick Start. Signing/notarization is the eventual fix — docs/MACOS_DISTRIBUTION.md.

Install by the fully-qualified name. Homebrew 6 requires third-party taps to be trusted before their Ruby is loaded, and brew install Open-MBEE/tap/systemica trusts just that formula. brew tap Open-MBEE/tap && brew install systemica needs brew trust --formula Open-MBEE/tap/systemica in between.

Try it

Interactive modeling:

$ sysml
sysml> part def Wheel { attribute diameter = 16.0; }
✓ part def Wheel

sysml> %instantiate Wheel
✓ Created instance of Wheel
  ID: 1
  Use %slots Wheel to inspect

sysml> %slots Wheel
Instance: Wheel (ID: 1)
Slots:
  diameter = 16.00

Behavioral execution:

sysml> calc add { in x; in y; return x + y; }
✓ calc add

sysml> %calc add 10 20
✓ add(10, 20)
  = 30

sysml> constraint ValidSpeed { assert 65 <= 120; }
✓ constraint ValidSpeed

sysml> %constraint ValidSpeed
✓ Constraint ValidSpeed passed

Action & state debugging:

sysml> %action MyWorkflow
✓ Started action executor for "MyWorkflow"
  State: Running
  Tokens: 1

Use %step to advance, %tokens to inspect, %continue to run to completion

sysml> %break compute
✓ Breakpoint set at node "compute"
  %continue runs until a token reaches it

sysml> %continue
⏸ Paused at breakpoint "compute"
  State: Suspended
  Tokens: 1

Use %tokens to inspect, %step or %continue to resume

sysml> %tokens
Active tokens (1):
  Token 1 @ compute
    result = 0

sysml> %continue
✓ Action completed
  Final state: Completed
  Results:
    result = 42

sysml> %state TrafficLight
✓ Started state machine executor for "TrafficLight"
  Current state: red
  Time: 0.00
  Events: 1

Use %events to see queue, %current for state, %advance <time> to step

sysml> %advance 30
✓ Advanced to 30.00 (1 event(s) processed)
  Current state: green
  Last event at: 30.00
  Remaining events: 1

See examples/repl-behavioral-demo.sysml for comprehensive demos.

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What is This?

Think Python/Rust/Go tooling, but for SysML v2:

• Language Server — First-class IDE support (VS Code, IntelliJ, Emacs, etc.) with live diagnostics, semantic hover, go-to-definition, intelligent completion, and workspace-wide symbol search.
• Interactive REPL — Exploratory modeling environment: define models incrementally, evaluate expressions on-the-fly, instantiate parts, run calculations, inspect runtime state—like IPython/Jupyter for systems engineering.
• Execution Runtime — Not just a validator: instantiate parts, evaluate constraints against concrete values, execute calc/analysis cases. Action/state executor infrastructure complete (activity fork/join parallelism, decision guards, hierarchical/orthogonal states, choice/junction pseudostates, TimeEvent/ChangeEvent/AcceptEvent, sourceless transitions). See SPEC_COMPLIANCE.md for measured behavioral coverage.
• Python Client Library — gRPC-based Python bindings for programmatic access: parse models, resolve symbols, evaluate expressions, instantiate parts, execute actions/state machines. Includes IPython display hooks for Jupyter notebooks and pandas DataFrame integration.
• Modern Toolchain — Dependency management (local + remote git), incremental compilation, bundled standard library, persistent semantic caches—cargo/go mod ergonomics for systems modeling.

Goals

• Performance: Sub-millisecond parsing, single static binary, no JVM/Eclipse runtime
• Completeness: SysML v2 textual notation support (95/95 stdlib files parse clean: 94 vendored OMG files and 1 Systemica extension)
• Executable models: Instantiate, evaluate, simulate—turn specifications into running systems
• Real-world ergonomics: Multi-file projects, incremental analysis, rich diagnostics

Status

Active development. Core infrastructure operational:

Component	Status
Lexer/Parser (structural + behavioral grammar)	✅ Operational (95/95 stdlib clean - see conformance gate)
Symbol resolution & type system	✅ Complete
Semantic layer (operators, builtins, validation)	✅ Complete
Feature chain resolution (member access)	✅ Complete
Validation passes (typing conformance, redefinition)	✅ Complete
Expression evaluator & instance model (runtime Tiers 1-3)	✅ Complete
Runtime operators (equality, logical, negation)	✅ Complete
Workspace/reindex/file watching	✅ Complete
Behavioral parser (unified grammar with graceful fallback)	✅ Complete (52 golden ASTs, 59 negative tests)
Calc invocation, constraint & requirement evaluation	✅ Complete (conformance gate: 46 calc/constraint/requirement/satisfy cases passing)
Action execution engine (Tier 5)	✅ Complete (35 conformance cases passing)
State machine runtime (Tier 5)	✅ Complete (31 conformance cases: transitions, accept events, sourceless)
REPL debugging commands	✅ Complete
Model save & SysML ↔ RDF Turtle conversion (%save, sysml -convert)	✅ Complete (see RDF_INTEROP.md for the mapping and its limitations)
Standard library bundling	✅ Complete
LSP server implementation	✅ Diagnostics, hover, go-to-definition, references, symbols, completion, formatting, rename (semantic tokens, code actions, signature help not implemented)
gRPC service layer	✅ Complete (parse, symbols, diagnostics, runtime RPCs)
Python client library	✅ Complete (connection lifecycle, runtime APIs, IPython hooks, DataFrame)

Current commit: All tests pass (go test -race ./...), builds clean (go build ./...). Test coverage: 2,465 tests and subtests (2,460 pass, 5 skip themselves; 1,384 top-level Test functions) covering parsers, semantics, runtime (actions, states, instances, operators, validation). Behavioral robustness: 52 golden ASTs, 59 negatives, 121 conformance cases, 40 golden traces, 57 robustness subtests. Parser coverage: 95/95 bundled library files parse cleanly — the 94 official SysML v2 standard library files and the non-normative Systemica Libraries/SystemicaMathFunctions.kerml extension. Conformance verified by stdlib_conformance_test.go. Grammar reference: OMG Xtext grammar. Behavioral execution: Calc/constraint/requirement/satisfy fully functional. Action/state executors complete with nested invocation, control flow keywords, loop and conditional statements, send statement (121/121 conformance tests passing). See SPEC_COMPLIANCE.md for measured compliance (~98% faithful implementation). Training examples: 98/100 files clean (2 files, 4 errors), gated by internal/core/model/testdata/training_examples_expected.txt. Download with ./scripts/download-training-examples.sh (from the OMG training directory). See docs/TRAINING_EXAMPLES.md for analysis. Semantic layer: Complete implementation of runtime operators, feature chains, and validation rules. See examples/semantic-layer/ for comprehensive demo.

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Frontends: LSP Server │ Interactive REPL               │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Workspace: Multi-file projects, dependency management  │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Semantic Engine: Types, resolution, validation         │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Execution Runtime: Expressions, instances, behaviors   │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Parser/Lexer: Hand-written recursive descent           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  AST: Syntax-only, immutable (semantics in side tables) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Key design principles:

• Incremental & lazy: Parse immediately, resolve semantics on-demand (gopls/rust-analyzer precedent)
• Immutable AST: All semantic state lives in side tables keyed by node/symbol
• Pluggable validation: Tiered passes (syntax → names → types → constraints)
• Separated concerns: Static analysis pipeline feeds execution runtime

Module Structure

github.com/Open-MBEE/Systemica
├── cmd/
│   ├── sysml-lsp/          # LSP server binary
│   ├── sysml-grpc/         # gRPC server binary (Python bindings)
│   └── sysml/              # Interactive REPL binary
├── internal/core/
│   ├── source/             # Source files, spans, line indexing
│   ├── lexer/              # Hand-written scanner
│   ├── parser/             # Recursive-descent parser
│   ├── ast/                # Syntax tree nodes
│   ├── symbols/            # Symbol tables, scope trees
│   ├── resolve/            # Name resolution (lazy, memoized)
│   ├── semantics/          # Type system, conformance, multiplicity
│   ├── passes/             # Validation passes (syntax → constraints)
│   ├── lower/              # AST → execution IR (ActionGraph/StateGraph)
│   ├── runtime/            # Execution engine (eval, instances, builtins)
│   ├── model/              # Workspace, document management
│   └── libs/               # Standard library bundling & caching
├── internal/lsp/           # LSP protocol implementation
├── internal/grpc/          # gRPC service implementation
├── internal/repl/          # REPL loop implementation
├── python/                 # Python client bindings (pysysml)
├── docs/                   # Design specs, architecture docs
└── testdata/               # Test fixtures (.sysml, .kerml)

Technology

• Language: Go 1.25+ (goroutines for concurrency, single static binary, proven LSP track record)
• Parser: Hand-written recursive descent (zero overhead, full error recovery, sub-ms parses)
• Grammar source: OMG pilot Xtext grammars (SysML.xtext + KerMLExpressions)
• Spec compliance: OMG SysML v2.1 Beta 1 / KerML 1.1 (2026-05 release)
• Standard library: 94 files from SysML v2 Pilot Implementation 2026-05, byte-identical, plus the non-normative Systemica Libraries/SystemicaMathFunctions.kerml extension
• CI/CD: CircleCI for automated builds, tests, and releases

Releases

Pre-built binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows are available on the Releases page.

Supported platforms:

• Linux (x64, ARM64)
• macOS (Intel, Apple Silicon)
• Windows (x64)

Release process:

• Every commit: Build + test
• Tagged releases (v*): the suite runs again on the tagged commit, then multi-platform binaries are published to GitHub Releases. Maintainer procedure: docs/RELEASING.md; what changed per release: CHANGELOG.md
• The Python client is released on its own tag (pysysml-v*), which uploads pysysml to PyPI — its version is not coupled to the core's, since it resolves a sysml-grpc binary at runtime from whichever release the caller names

Release artifacts: per-binary archives (sysml-<os>-<arch>.tar.gz, sysml-lsp-<os>-<arch>.tar.gz), systemica-<os>-<arch>.tar.gz bundles containing both binaries, and SHA256SUMS.txt. macOS binaries are not Developer ID signed or notarized and Windows binaries are not Authenticode signed — see docs/MACOS_DISTRIBUTION.md.

Building

# Build all binaries
go build ./...

# Run tests
go test ./...

# Build LSP server
go build -o bin/sysml-lsp ./cmd/sysml-lsp

# Build REPL
go build -o bin/sysml ./cmd/sysml

# Build gRPC service
go build -o bin/sysml-grpc ./cmd/sysml-grpc

Python Client

pysysml provides a Python client library for programmatic access to Systemica's parsing and runtime capabilities via gRPC.

Installation:

pip install pysysml          # from PyPI, once the first release is published

# Or from a checkout, in development mode
pip install -e python/

Quick example:

import pysysml

# Load and parse a SysML model
model = pysysml.load("vehicle.sysml")

# Evaluate expressions
result = pysysml.eval("2 + 2", model_hash=model.hash)
print(result)  # 4

# Instantiate parts
instance = pysysml.instantiate("Vehicle", model_hash=model.hash)
print(instance.slots["mass"])

Features:

• Jupyter notebook integration with rich HTML displays
• pandas DataFrame integration for model analysis
• Automatic service lifecycle management
• Full runtime API access (eval, instantiate, execute actions/states)

See python/INSTALL.md for detailed installation and usage instructions.

Documentation

• Quick Start Guide — Get up and running in 5 minutes
• Architecture — Complete system architecture, core pipeline, runtime tiers
• Saving & RDF Interop — Saving models, and converting between SysML notation and RDF Turtle
• Examples — Runtime demos and behavioral model examples

License

Apache 2.0

Contributing

Project currently in active development. See CONTRIBUTING.md for build, test, and contribution guidelines.

Contact

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