Install AIVA on your desktop
Native Windows app with the AIVA chakra. Auto-detects FSUIPC the moment your sim is live — no Mixed-Content blocking, no SSL certificate dance, no Chrome address bar. Just open it, start MSFS, and the portal lights up.
Download for Windows- 1AIVA chakra in your Start Menu, Desktop, and taskbar.
- 2Same crew portal you know, in its own chromeless window.
- 3Direct WebSocket to FSUIPC — no SSL cert, no browser blocking.
- 4Auto-updates whenever a new build hits the site.
- 5Cross-device crew chat over ntfy.sh — same as the web build.
01 Download
Click the red button above. AIVA-Setup.exe starts downloading from our release CDN (~90 MB). Save it to your Downloads folder.
02 Run the installer
Double-click AIVA-Setup.exe. Windows SmartScreen may ask if you want to run an unsigned app — click More info → Run anyway. Pick an install location or accept the default.
03 Launch from Start Menu
An AIVA shortcut lands on your Desktop and in the Start Menu, both branded with the chakra. Click it to open the portal in its own window.
04 Start FSUIPC and fly
Open MSFS and FSUIPC WebSockets Server (with SSL off — the .exe handles plain ws:// fine). AIVA's topbar chip flips to FSUIPC ● within 5 seconds. Start Flight unlocks. Track your sectors.
Modern browsers block plain ws:// connections from HTTPS pages — even to localhost. That's why pilots running the AIVA website in Chrome see "Cannot reach FSUIPC" even with the WebSockets Server clearly Running.
The desktop wrapper loads the same portal but bypasses the Mixed-Content rule, so FSUIPC connects directly with no certificate setup. Everything else — your roster, briefing, ACARS, crew chat — works identically.
If you'd rather stay in the browser, the SSL workaround in Profile → FSUIPC setup works too — tick "Use SSL" in the FSUIPC WebSockets Server and accept the self-signed cert once.