List of Unified Modeling Language tools

Template:Short description Template:More citations needed This article compares UML tools. UML tools are software applications which support some functions of the Unified Modeling Language.

General

Name	Creator	Platform / OS	First public release	Latest stable release	Open source	Software license	Programming language used
ArgoUML	Tigris.org	Cross-platform (Java)	1998-04	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	EPL	Java, C++ (as module)
Astah	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Cross-platform (Java)	2009-10-19	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:No	Commercial. Free education edition, subscription model	Java
ATL	Obeo, INRIA Free software community	Cross-platform (Java)	Template:Unk	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	EPL	Java
BOUML	Bruno Pagès	Cross-platform	2005-02-26	2025-02-28	Template:No	Free from v7.0, Commercial starting from v5.0 up to v6.12, GPL before v5.0<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	C++/Qt and Java ("plug-out")
Cacoo	Nulab	Windows 7+, Mac OS X	2010-10	Website frequently updated	Template:No	Commercial, Free edition available	HTML5
CaseComplete	Serlio Software	Windows	2004	2020 (v15)	Template:No	Commercial	C#
ConceptDraw PRO	CS Odessa	Windows, macOS	1993	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:No	Commercial	Template:Unk
Creately	Cinergix	Windows, Mac OS X	2008	Website frequently updated	Template:No	Commercial, Free edition available	HTML5
Dia	Alexander Larsson/GNOME Office	Cross-platform (GTK+)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	GPL	C
Diagrams.net previously Draw.io<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Windows, Linux, macOS, Chrome	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	Free, Apache v2	Javascript, Java
Eclipse UML2 Tools<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Eclipse Foundation	Cross-platform (Java)	2007	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	EPL<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Java
Enterprise Architect	Sparx Systems	Windows (supports Linux and macOS installation)	2000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:No	Commercial	C++
Gliffy	Gliffy by Perforce	Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer 9+	2006-08-01	Website frequently updated	Template:No	Commercial, Free trial	HTML5 and JavaScript
JDeveloper	Oracle Corporation	Cross-platform (Java)	Template:Unk	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:No	Freeware	Java
JetUML	Martin P. Robillard	Cross-platform (Java)	2015-01-23	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	GPL	Java
Lucidchart	Lucid Software	Windows, macOS, Linux, Solaris	2008-12	Website frequently updated	Template:No	Commercial / Free (educational)	HTML5 and JavaScript
MagicDraw	No Magic, a Dassault Systèmes company	Windows Vista SP2 and later, OS X Mountain Lion and later, or Linux<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1998	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:No	Commercial	Java
Together	OpenText	Cross-platform (Java)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:No	Commercial	Java
Microsoft Visio	Microsoft	Windows	1992	2016 (v16.0)	Template:No	Commercial	Template:Unk
Microsoft Visual Studio	Microsoft	Windows	1997-02	2016-06-27	Template:No	Community & Express editions: Registerware; Enterprise, Professional & Others editions: Trialware	C++, C#
Modelio	Modeliosoft (SOFTEAM Group)	Windows, Linux, macOS	2009	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	Core tool: GPL, Extensions: Apache License,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Commercial<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
MyEclipse	Genuitec	Windows, Linux	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Unk	Template:No	Commercial	Java
NClass	Balazs Tihanyi	Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix	2006-10-15	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	C#<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
NetBeans<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Oracle Corporation	Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix	1996	2021-03-12	Template:Yes	CDDL or GPL2	Java
Open ModelSphere	Grandite	Cross-platform (Java)	2002-02	2009-11-04	Template:Yes	GPL	Java
Papyrus	Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, Atos Origin	Windows, Linux, macOS (Java)	2013-06-27	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	EPL	Java
PlantUML	Arnaud Roques	Cross-platform (Java)	2009-04-17	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	GPL	Java
PowerDesigner	Sybase	Windows	1989	2018	Template:No	Commercial	Template:Unk
PragmaDev Studio	PragmaDev	Windows, Linux, OS X	2002	2018-02-07	Template:No	Free, Commercial	Python, C, C++
Prosa UML Modeller	Insoft Oy	Windows	1996	2013-10-19	Template:No	Commercial	C/C++
Rational Rose XDE	IBM	Windows, Linux, Unix	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:No	IBM EULA	Template:Unk
Rational Software Architect	IBM	Windows, Linux	Template:Unk	2015-09-18	Template:No	IBM EULA	Java/C++
Rational Software Modeler	IBM	Windows, Linux	2004-10-13	2008-09	Template:No	IBM EULA	Template:Unk
Rational System Architect	IBM	Windows	Template:Unk	2013-03-15	Template:No	Commercial	Template:Unk
Reactive Blocks	Bitreactive	Windows, macOS, Linux	2011-11-13	2016-09-16	Template:No	Commercial, Free Community Edition	Java
Rhapsody	IBM	Windows, Linux	1996	2019-04-23 (8.4.0) - 2019-12-15 (8.4 Interim Fix 2)	Template:No	Commercial	C, C++, Java, Ada
Software Ideas Modeler	Dusan Rodina	Windows (.NET), Linux (Mono)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:No	Commercial, Freeware for non-commercial use	C#
StarUML	MKLab	Windows, macOS, Linux	2005-11-01	2023-01-12 (v5.1)	Template:No	Commercial, You can evaluate for free without time limit	V5 Java
Umbrello UML Modeller	Umbrello Team	Unix-like; Windows	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	GPL	C++, KDE
UML Designer	Obeo	Windows, macOS, Linux	2012	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	EPL	Java, Sirius
UMLet	The UMLet Team	Windows, macOS, Linux	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	GPL	Java
UModel	Altova	Windows	2005-05	2019-10-9	Template:No	Commercial	Java, C#, C++, Visual Basic
Umple	University of Ottawa	Cross-platform; Java/Eclipse	2008	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	MIT License	Java, PHP, JavaScript
WhiteStarUML	janszpilewski	Windows 7–10	2011-12-18	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	GPL2	Delphi
yEd	yWorks GmbH	Windows, macOS, Linux, Unix	Template:Unk	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:No	Free	Java
Name	Creator	Platform / OS	First public release	Latest stable release	Open source	Software license	Programming language used

Features

Name	UML 2	MDA	XMI	Templates	Languages generated	Languages reverse engineered	Can be integrated with	Details
ArgoUML	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	C++, C#, Java, PHP4, PHP5, Ruby	Java (other languages with plugins)	Template:Unk	Closely follows the UML standard
Astah	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Java, C++, C#, Python, Ruby and any other languages with plugins	Java, C++, C#, PHP	MS Office, plantUML, Mermaid.js, miro, FreeMind, yUML and Redmine	Mind Mapping, ER Diagram, DFD, Flowchart, CRUD, Traceability Map, Requirement Diagram and Requirement table. Provides API and Plugins, RTF, HTML Export.
ATL	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Available from the Eclipse M2M project (Model to Model).	Can transform UML & EMF models into other models. It has a repository of transformations called ZOO about a large set of common industrial concerns and educational labs.
Together	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Java 6, C++, COBOL, CORBA	Template:Unk	JBuilder, Eclipse and MS VS.NET 2005
BOUML	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	C++, Java, PHP, IDL, Python, MySQL	C++, Java, PHP, MySQL	Template:Unk	UML 2. Solid code roundtrip, fast. Extensible through "plug-outs" written in C++ or Java
Cacoo	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Unknown	Google Drive, Google Docs, Typetalk, Adobe Creative Cloud, Slack, Atlassian Confluence, Dropbox, Visio, Box.
CaseComplete	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira, Requirements.cc, Excel, Word	Provides management of actors, use cases, user stories, declarative requirements, and test scenarios. Includes glossary, data dictionary, and issue tracking. Supports use case diagrams, auto-generated flow diagrams, screen mock-ups, and free-form diagrams.
clang-uml	Template:Unknown	Template:Unknown	Template:Unknown	Template:Unknown	Template:No	C++	PlantUML, Mermaid.js	Generate PlantUML and Mermaild.js diagrams from existing C++ codebase.
Dia	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Included Python script <syntaxhighlight lang="bash" class="" style="" inline="1">codegen.py</syntaxhighlight> 'export filter' to Python, C++, JavaScript, Pascal, Java, PHP; external tools add Ada, C, PHP5, Ruby, shapefile, C#, SQL (Sybase, Postgres, Oracle, DB/2, MS-SQL, MySQL, ...)	Template:No	Template:No	Uses Python as scripting language
Diagrams.net	Template:Yes	Template:Unknown	Template:Unknown	Template:Unknown	Template:Unknown	Template:Unknown	Atlassian Confluence, JIRA ...	Template:Unknown
Eclipse UML2 Tools	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Java (or Eclipse project supported?)	Java (or Eclipse project supported?)	Eclipse	Ten UML 2 diagram types.
Enterprise Architect	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Supports MDA templates and Code Generation templates	ActionScript, C, C#, C++, Delphi, Java, PHP, Python, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, DDL, EJB, XML Schema, Ada, VHDL, Verilog, WSDL, BPEL, Corba IDL	ActionScript, C, C#, C++, Delphi, Java, PHP, Python, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET, DDL, XML Schema, WSDL	Eclipse & Visual Studio	UML 2.5, SysML, BPMN, SoaML, SOMF, WSDL, XSD, ArchiMate. Frameworks: UPDM, Zachman, TOGAF. Forward and Reverse Engineering for code and Database. Model Driven Integrated Development (Edit/Build/Debug) for Java, .Net, PHP & GNU compilers. Simulates Activity, State Machine, Sequence and BPMN diagrams.
Gliffy	Template:Yes	Template:Unknown	Template:Unknown	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Google apps, Google drive, JIRA, Confluence	Has libraries of shapes for: UML class, sequence, activity, use case and more.
JetUML	Template:Yes	Template:Unknown	Template:Unknown	Template:Unknown	Java	Template:Unknown	Template:Unknown	JetUML is designed for fast diagramming with a minimalist feature set.
Lucidchart	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Google Drive, Google Apps, JIRA, Confluence, Jive, and Box.
MagicDraw	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Java, C++, C#, CIL, CORBA IDL, DDL, EJB, XML Schema, WSDL	Java, C++, C#, CIL, CORBA IDL, DDL, EJB, XML Schema, WSDL	Eclipse, EMF, NetBeans	UML 2.3, Full round-trip support for Java, C++, C#, CL (MSIL) and CORBA IDL, Report generator from template in RTF, HTML, XML, ODT, ODS, ODP, and Text (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX since 16.8).
Microsoft Visio	Template:Partial	Template:Unk	Template:Partial	Template:Partial	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
Modelio	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Java, C++, C#, XSD, WSDL, SQL	Java, C++, C#	Eclipse, EMF	Full UML2, BPMN2, ArchiMate3. Documentation generation in HTML.Extensions providing documentation generation in Open XML format, support for TOGAF, SysML, SoaML, Hibernate, OMG MARTE standard. Support of model fragments for collaboration. Support of design patterns.
MyEclipse	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
NClass	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	C#, Java	C#, Java	Template:Unk
NetBeans	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Java	Java	Template:Unk	Has to be installed as a plug in to enable the UML modeling.
Open ModelSphere	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Java, SQL	Java	Template:Unk	Supports data, business-process and UML modeling
Papyrus	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Ada 2005, C/C++, Java addins	Template:Unk	Eclipse
PlantUML	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Partial	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	C#, grails, Java, Lua, PHP, SqlALchemy	Chrome, Word, Open Office, Google Docs, J2EE Servlet, JQuery, Sublime, Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ, LaTeX, Emacs, Doxygen, etc.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Creates diagrams using simple text language. Sequence, use case, class, activity, component, state, object, and UI mock diagrams are supported. Outputs images in PNG or SVG format.
PowerDesigner	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Java, C#, VB .NET	Template:Unk	Eclipse	Data-modeling, business-process modeling - round trip engineering
PragmaDev Studio	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:No	C, C++	Template:No	Integration with Reqtify traceability tool. Model simulator integrated with any FMI 2.0 supporting tool. Generated code can be integrated on the following RTOS: VxWorks, FreeRTOS, ThreadX, CMX, OSE Delta, OSE epsilon, uITRON 3, uITRON 4, Nucleus, posix, win32.	Dedicated to modeling and testing of communicating systems. Based on ITU-T Z.109 UML profile, SDL-RT, SDL. The model can be simulated and can be exported to model checking tools. Full testing environment integrated based on TTCN-3.
Prosa UML Modeller	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Open modelbase	Template:Yes	C++ Java, C#, SQL DDL and SQL queries	C++ Java and C# class headers are synchronized between diagrams and code in real-time	Programmer's workbenches, documentation tools, version control systems	Supports following UML diagrams: Use case diagram, Sequence diagram, Collaboration diagram, Class diagram, Statechart diagram, Activity diagram, Component diagram, Deployment diagram and Package diagram
Rational Rose XDE	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
Rational Software Architect	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Java, C#, C++, EJB, WSDL, XSD, IDL, SQL	Java, C++, .NET	Eclipse
Rational Software Modeler	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Eclipse
Rational System Architect	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Partial	Template:Unk	C++, Java, WSDL	C++, Java, WSDL	Template:Unk
Reactive Blocks	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Java	Template:Unk	Eclipse	Code generation from Activity Diagrams for J2SE, OSGi, Kura, and ESF, unit testing via JUnit, supports formal analysis and state space simulation
Rhapsody	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	C++, C, Java, Ada, Corba, Customizable for other languages	C++, C, Java, Ada, Customizable for other languages	Visual Studio, Eclipse, TcSE, WindRiver, Green Hills, QNX, Linux, Mathworks Simulink, DOORS, customizable for others	Targets real-time or embedded systems and software using industry standard languages (UML, SysML, AUTOSAR, DoDAF, MODAF, UPDM, DDS), full production-quality code generation (structural, behavioral, functional), simulation, model based testing, integration with numerous real time operating systems and IDE's
Software Ideas Modeler	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	ActionScript, C++, C#, Delphi, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL DDL, VB.NET, VB6, XSD	C++, C#, VB.NET, Java, Object Pascal, PHP, Ruby	Template:Unk	UML, BPMN, SysML, ArchiMate, JSD, Data Flow Diagram, Flowchart, Robustness Diagram, CRC, ERD, Mixed Diagram, HTA, UI, Venn, Behavior Tree, Structure Chart, Decision Table, Roadmap, Computer Network Diagram, Layer Diagram, Web Page Diagram, Grafcet, custom diagrams
StarUML	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Java, C#, C++	Java, C++, C# Code Generator and Reverse Engineer	JavaScript, Node.js	Plug-in architecture: JavaScript, HTML5, Node.js
Umbrello UML Modeller	Template:Yes<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	C++, Java, Perl, PHP, Python ... 16	C++, IDL, Pascal/Delphi, Ada, Python, Java; import XMI, RoseMDL	KDE	XML Metadata Interchange file format support. Generates code for various languages, including: ActionScript, Ada, C++, C#, D, IDL, Java, JavaScript, MySQL (SQL), Pascal, Perl, PHP, PHP5, PostgreSQL(SQL), Python, Ruby, SQL, Tcl, Vala, XMLSchema (Some are outdated) ERD for MySQL, PostgresSQL
UML Designer	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Any kind of languages as it is compatible with code generator tools like Eclipse UMLGenerators or Acceleo	Any kind of languages supported by Eclipse UML Generators	Eclipse	Open source under EPL license, based on Eclipse, EMF, Sirius
UMLet	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Java	Eclipse, Visual Studio Code	Source/text focused simple modeling tool
UModel	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Java, C#, C++, Visual Basic	Java, C#, C++, Visual Basic	Eclipse, Visual Studio	Also supports business process modeling, SysML, and database modeling
Umple	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Java, Python, PHP, C++, SQL, Alloy, NuSMV, yUML, USE	Java	Command-line tools, Embeddable in web pages, Eclipse	Input or export can be by diagram or Umple textual form, separation of concerns (aspects, traits, mixins), embeds action code in Java and other languages, written in itself, documentation generation, plugin architecture for generators
WhiteStarUML	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Java 1.5, C#, C++, SQL	Java 1.5, C#, C++, SQL	Template:Unk	WhiteStarUml is a fork of StarUML with an intent to revive its Delphi code base by updating code to recent Delphi editions, reducing dependence on third party components and fixing bugs and adding new features.
yEd	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:No<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
Name	UML 2	MDA	XMI	Templates	Languages generated	Reverse engineered languages	Can be integrated with	Details

See also

• List of requirements engineering tools

External links

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