Launching the Vitis Unified IDE - Launching the Vitis Unified IDE - 2026.1 English

Launching the Vitis Unified IDE - Launching the Vitis Unified IDE - 2026.1 English - UG1702

Vitis Reference Guide (UG1702)

Document ID

UG1702

Release Date

2026-06-23

Version

2026.1 English

To launch the Vitis Unified IDE, follow these steps:

Use the following command to load the Vitis software platform environment.
```
source <Vitis_Installation_Directory>/settings64.sh
```
Use the following command to launch the Vitis Unified IDE.
```
vitis -w <workspace>
```
Here, <workspace> indicates a folder to hold all the contents of your design project. The workspace groups together source and data files that make up the design(s) and stores the configuration of the tool for that workspace.

Figure 1. Welcome Screen

For other supported launch modes, see Launch Options.

Note: Before launching the Vitis Unified IDE, you can set up other environmental settings to ensure that the tool can pick up these settings. For example, you can set up Xilinx Runtime (XRT) for building and running data center acceleration applications:

source <XRT_Install_Path>/setup.sh

You can set up the platform repository path with the following example:

export PLATFORM_REPO_PATHS=<platform_path>