This article lists Unified Modeling Language tools, classified by their proprietary or non-proprietary status.
| Name | Creator | OS | First public release | Latest stable version | Software license | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceleo | Obeo | cross-platform (Java / Eclipse) | 2006-03 | 2.5.1 | EPL | Yes |
| ArgoUML | tigris.org? | cross-platform (Java) | 1998-04 | 0.26 | BSD | Yes |
| BOUML | Bruno Pagès | cross-platform (C++/Qt) | 2005-02-26 | 4.11 | GPL | Yes |
| Eclipse UML2 Tools | Eclipse Foundation? | cross-platform (Java) | Planning | 1.1 Planned | GPL? | Yes? |
| Jink UML | Nether | cross-platform (Java) | 2008-12-11 | .745 | MIT | Yes |
| Modelio Free Edition | Modeliosoft | Windows | 2009 | 1.0 | ? | Yes |
| StarUML | Plastic Software | Windows | 2005-11-01 | 5 | GPL, modified | Yes |
| Umbrello UML Modeller | Umbrello Team | Linux | 2006-09-09 | 2.0.0 | GPL | Yes |
| UmlDesigner | Windows | 1.2.3 | No? | |||
| Frame UML | Frame | Windows | 2009-01-09 | 2.x.x | GPL V3 | Yes |
| TopCased | ?? | cross-platform (Java) | 2005-10 | 2.3.0 | EPL | Yes |
| Name | Programming language used | Approach | Languages generated | Reverse engineered languages | Integrated with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceleo | Java | MDA, template | JEE, C#, Java, PHP, Python. | Eclipse, EMF | |
| Modelio | Java, C++ core | full UML2 support; integrated BPMN support. XMI import; HTML and MS-Word document generation. | Java, C#, C++, XSD, WSDL | Eclipse, EMF | |
| StarUML | Plug-in architecture: C++, Delphi, C#, VB, | C# | |||
| Eclipse UML2 Tools | Java | Java (or Eclipse project supported?) | Java (or Eclipse project supported?) | Eclipse | |
| Umbrello UML Modeller | C++, KDE | C++, Java, Perl, PHP, Python... 16 | C++, IDL, Pascal/Delphi, Ada, Python, Java; import XMI, RoseMDL | KDE? | |
| UmlDesigner | C# | C# | No? | ||
| TopCased | Java | MDA and lots of featrues like scripting and simulators | Java, Python, C++ | Afull and Powerfull tool that you can write model transformations, run stae diagram simulation and do reverse and direct | Java code generation from the model,Eclipse, EMF |
| Frame UML | C++ | A UML tool, support UML2.xx, and embed JavaScript, so you can generate source code from model by JS | Almost any language you want if you can write JavaScript to generate it. | Java(partial), but you can use JavaScript to reverse other languages to model | No |
Eclipse and EMF template-based system for source-code generation from UML models.
http://amateras.sourceforge.jp/cgi-bin/fswiki_en/wiki.cgi?page=AmaterasUML a Java-based open source free UML modelling tool, follows the UML standard. Can forward and reverse engineer Java code. Eclipse Public License -v 1.0 EPL .
argouml.tigris.org a Java-based open source free UML modelling tool, closely follows the UML standard. Can reverse engineer Java codehttp://argouml.tigris.org/features.html#reveng (Plugins available for other languages, inc. c#). BSD license.
a platform-independent UML-tool for C++, based on wxWidgets.
multi-platform UML 2.0 toolbox. Can generate C++/Java/IDL/PHP/Python and reverse engineer C++/Java/PHPhttp://bouml.free.fr/doc/index_phpreverse.html. Very high performance (written in C++ with Qt). Licensed under the GNU GPL.
a C/C++ Uml modeling tool under zlib/libpng license.
a GTK+/GNOME diagramming tool that also supports UML (licensed under the GNU GPL)
with Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) and UML 2.0 (meta model without GUI) projects.
GUI for the Eclipse UML2 Implementation with 5 diagram types
Graphical UML Editor plugin for Eclipse based on Eclipse UML2Tools that supports Python roundtrip, views and live validation
Acronym for "From UML to Java And Back Again". Allows modeling behaviour using story diagrams.
a GTK+/GNOME UML 2.0 modeling environment written in Python
An interactive theorem proof environment for UML/OCL (licensed under the GNU GPL).
Easy to use UML Tool for Java (licensed under MIT).
part of the KOffice project
a tool for metrics-based quality-analysis and better comprehension of UML models
based on the Mono, GTK+ and ExpertCoder. Can reverse engineer executables and .NET assemblies.
available in NetBeans 6.0 full edition, or as a downloadable plugin in Plugin Manager, or with NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Pack
open source UML modeling tool (licensed under the GNU GPL).
an open source UML2 tool based on Eclipse and licensed under the EPL (www.papyrusuml.org). See also Topcased below.
an open-source UML/MDA platform for Microsoft Windows, licensed under a modified version of GNU GPL, mostly written in Delphi
model-driven architecture "on rails" (licensed under the GNU LGPL)
open-source UML 2 diagramming tool implemented in Java, requiring Java SE 6 or later (licensed under the GNU GPL)
www.topcased.org Set of eclipse-based open source model editors, transformation and formal verification tools. Modelling languages include SysML. Development sponsored by European aerospace manufacturers. A merge with Papyrus is in preparation (2007).
tool which adapts SWITCH-technology for UML notation. Ideas and description can be found in http://is.ifmo.ru/articles_en/_ProCom6_07GurovLO.pdf.
part of KDE. Forward- and reverse-engineering for C++/Java/Perl/PHP/Python and other programming languages.
a .NET based UML tool supporting generation of C# code
a UML modeller written in C++/wxWidgets (licensed under the GNU GPL)
a UML tool for PalmOS
an open source tool suite, which allows the declarative specification and drawing of UML class and sequence diagrams.
a Java-based UML tool (licensed under the GNU GPL)
a use cases management tool (licensed under the GNU LGPL)
an easy-to-use Java-based UML Editor; fully integrated into Eclipse; licensed under the GNU GPL
an open source tool that transforms, simulates and executes models developed using third-party UML 2.0 modelers
Potential users can freely download versions of most of the following tools; such versions usually impose limits in capability and/or by a time-period.