List of UML tools

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This article lists UML tools, classified by their proprietary or non-proprietary status.

1 Free/open source UML tools
2 Proprietary UML tools
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Free/open source UML tools

Acceleo – Eclipse and EMF template-based system for source-code generation from UML models.
ArgoUML – a Java-based UML engineering tool
ATL - a QVT-tool. Can transform UML models into other models. Available from the Eclipse GM] project (Generative Modeling Tools).
Dia – a GTK+/GNOME diagramming tool that also supports UML (licensed under the GNU GPL)
Eclipse – with Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) and UML 2.0 (meta model without GUI) projects.
Gaphor – a GTK+/GNOME UML 2.0 modeling environment written in Python.
JUDE/Community – Object-Oriented Analysis and Design. JUDE/Community. though free to use, does not provide open source.
MonoUML – based on the latest Mono, GTK+ and ExpertCoder.
NetBeans – with NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Pack.
StarUML – a UML/MDA platform for Microsoft Windows, licensed under a modified version of GNU GPL, mostly written in Delphi
Umbrello UML Modeller – part of KDE
UML Pad – a UML modeller written in C++/wxWidgets (licensed under the GNU GPL)
UML Pad (PalmOS) – a UML tool for PalmOS
UMLet – a Java-based UML tool (licensed under the GNU GPL)
Visual Paradigm SDE Community Edition - Free version of Visual Paradigm for UML

[edit] Proprietary UML tools

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.

Apollo for Eclipse - supports UML 2.0 and Java 5. Integration into the Eclipse IDE
ARTiSAN Studio - supports UML 2.0 and SysML
Borland Together - until the 2005 version, a standalone UML modelling tool plus IDE; since 2006, version based on Eclipse. Supports UML 2.0
ConceptDraw VI – diagramming tool for Windows and Mac, supports UML 2.0
JUDE/Professional – Object-oriented analysis and design with UML and Mindmap.
MagicDraw UML - UML 2.0 tool with forward- and reverse-engineering and support for many plugin products for MDA. Integrates with many IDEs, including Eclipse and NetBeans. Supports SysML
Modelistic JME - class-diagrams for XP
Microsoft Visio – a diagramming tool that also supports UML
OmniGraffle – for Mac OS X.
Poseidon for UML – commercial version of ArgoUML - supports UML 2.0
Rational Rose – by Rational Software (now acquired by IBM) - supports UML 1.x.
Rational Rose XDE - an "eXtended Development Environment" in the tradition of Rational Rose - supports UML 1.x
Rational Software Architect – Eclipse-based UML 2.0 tool by the Rational Division of IBM
SmartDraw – UML-diagram tool for Microsoft Windows
Sparx Enterprise Architect – supports UML 2.0 and SysML
Telelogic Rhapsody - supports UML 2.0 and SysML for embedded and real-time systems market
Telelogic TAU - supports UML 2.0 and SysML