Spec42
Open sourceOpen-source SysML v2 and KerML language server, VS Code extension, and CLI for editing, validation, and diagram export.
Learn more ->Digital Engineering for Complex Systems
Elan8 builds practical SysML v2 and KerML tooling, including Spec42, to help engineers define, model, validate, and analyze complex cyber-physical systems.
Engineering complexity needs better tooling
Modern products combine software, electronics, mechanics, networking, and control systems. Yet many engineering teams still rely on documents, spreadsheets, and static diagrams to define system architectures. That makes designs difficult to validate, analyze, version, and automate.
Digital Engineering replaces document-centric workflows with structured, machine-readable system models.
From models to insight
Define
Create structured system models instead of fragmented documents
Model
Capture architecture, interfaces, requirements, and behavior in machine-readable form
Analyze
Validate consistency, detect issues, and automate engineering workflows
A software-style workflow for system engineering
Elan8 applies principles from modern software development to engineering of complex systems.
Version-controlled engineering artifacts
Engineering models in Git, with traceable changes and review workflows.
Automated validation and analysis
Checks that run in CI, catching issues before they reach production.
Reproducible workflows
Structured pipelines instead of ad-hoc document handoffs.
Better foundations for AI-assisted engineering
AI works with structured models, not scattered documents.
Tools for Digital Engineering
Elan8 is building a focused set of tools around structured models, architecture definition, and analysis.
Primary product
Spec42
Open-source SysML v2 / KerML language server, VS Code extension, CLI validation, Model Explorer, Model Visualizer, and CI-friendly diagram export.
What you can do with Spec42
- Edit SysML v2 and KerML with language-server support in VS Code.
- Validate models locally and in CI with deterministic CLI reports.
- Export and review diagrams from structured models instead of static drawings.
Babel42
Coming soonGit-native SysML v2 model server with Systems Modeling API support for semantic review, CI validation, and traceability.
Learn more ->Build better complex systems
Elan8 is building the tooling for a more structured, reproducible, and automatable engineering workflow.
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