List of Unified Modeling Language tools

This article compares Unified Modeling Language tools.

General

Name	Creator	Platform / OS	First public release	Latest stable release	Open source	Software license	Programming language used
Acceleo	Obeo	Cross-platform (Java / Eclipse)	2006-03	2010-06-23	Yes	EPL	Java
Altova UModel	Altova	Microsoft Windows	2005-05	2010-05-05	No	Commercial	C++
AmaterasUML		Cross-platform (Java)	2005-12-31	2009-04-19	Yes	EPL v1.0	Java
ArgoUML	Tigris.org	Cross-platform (Java)	1998-04	2010-05-06	Yes	BSD	Java
Astade		Cross-platform		2010-03-11	Yes	GPL	Based on wxWidgets
ATL	Obeo, INRIA Free software community	Cross-platform (Java)		2010-06-23	Yes	EPL	Java
Blu Age 2009 Edition	Blu Age Software	Microsoft Windows		2010-05-10	No	Commercial	Java
BoUML	Bruno Pagès	Multi-platform	2005-02-26	2010-05-12	Yes	GPL	C++/Qt
Dia	Alexander Larsson/GNOME Office	Cross-platform (GTK+)	2004?	2009-05-03	Yes	GPL	C
Eclipse UML2 Tools	Eclipse Foundation	Cross-platform (Java)	Planning	Planned	Yes?	GPL?	Java
Enterprise Architect	Sparx Systems	Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X using Crossover Office Emulation		2009-11-04	No	Commercial
Frame UML	Frame	Windows	2009-01-09	2009-02-27	Yes	GPL V3	C++
Graft	Jodoro	Cross-platform (browser based)	2010-01-20	2010-06-27	No	Free, Commercial	Rails, Flex
Jink UML	Nether	Cross-platform (Java)	2008-12-11	2009-05	Yes	MIT
MagicDraw	No Magic	Cross-platform (Java)		2010-04-26	No	Commercial	Java
Modelio	Modeliosoft	Windows, Linux	2009	2010-05-19	No	Free, Commercial	Java, C++
MOSKitt	Valencian Regional Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport	Cross-platform (Java)	2007	2010-02-01	Yes	EPL	Java
Objecteering	Objecteering Software	Windows, Linux	1992		No	Commercial
PowerDesigner	Sybase	Windows	1989	2008-10	No	Commercial
Poseidon for UML	Gentleware	Cross-plataform (Java)				Commercial / Community Edition	Java
Red Koda Community	Red Koda Software	Windows (.NET)	2010	2010-07-30	No	Freeware	C#
Software Ideas Modeler	Dusan Rodina	Windows (.NET), Linux (Mono)	2009-08-27	2010-07-14	No	Freeware	C#
StarUML	Plastic Software	Windows	2005-11-01	2005-12-30	Yes	GPL, modified	Delphi
Topcased	Consortium	Cross-platform (Java)	2005-10	2010-03-09	Yes	EPL	Java
UmlDesigner	Green Bird Software	Windows			No	Freeware	C#
Umbrello UML Modeller	Umbrello Team	Linux	2006-09-09	2009-08-04	Yes	GPL	C++, KDE
Visual Paradigm for UML	Visual Paradigm Int'l Ltd.	Cross-platform (Java)	2002-06-20	2010-01-07	No	Commercial with Free Community Edition	Java
WinA&D	Excel Software	Windows XP, Vista and 7 (32 or 64 bit) (MacA&D on Mac OS X)	1986 (1995 on Windows)		No	Commercial
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	Reverse engineered languages	Integrated with	Details
Acceleo	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	JEE, C#, Java, PHP, Python.		Eclipse, EMF	Acceleo 3.0 is a pragmatic implementation of the OMG Model-to-text specification. It supports the developer with most of the features that can be expected from a top quality code generator IDE: simple syntax, efficient code generation, advanced tooling, features on par with the JDT ... Acceleo also has a unique tooling around example-based design of code generators.
Altova UModel	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	C#, Java, Visual Basic	C#, Java, Visual Basic	Eclipse, Visual Studio	GUI UML editor, supports UML 2.3, code engineering in Java, C#, and Visual Basic, also supports SysML and business process modeling (BPMN notation), imports and exports XMI. Includes an integrated scripting environment and forms editor to facilitate customization.
AmaterasUML	?	?	?	?	Java	Java		UML standard
ArgoUML	?	?	Yes	?	C++, C#, Java, PHP4, PHP5, Python, Ruby	Java (other languages, inc. C# with plugins)		Closely follows the UML standard
Astade	?	?	?	?	C, C++
ATL	?	?	?	?			Available from the Eclipse M2M project (Model to Model).	Can transform UML models into other models
Blu Age 2009 Edition	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	JEE, C#, Java, Spring, EJB, Hibernate, Struts.	VisualAge Pacbase, COBOL, NATSTAR, Java	Eclipse, EMF
BoUML	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Java, C++, PHP, Python, IDL.	Java, C++, PHP.	Qt3	Extensible through addins written in C++ or Java through the modeler itself, imports and exports XMI, diagram export in PNG or SVG
Dia	?	No	No	No	Java, C++, ADA (using dia2code)
Eclipse UML2 Tools	Yes	?	?	?	Java (or Eclipse project supported?)	Java (or Eclipse project supported?)	Eclipse	5 diagram types.
Enterprise Architect	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	ActionScript, C#, C++, Corba IDL, Delphi, Java, PHP, Python, Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET	ActionScript, C#, C++, Corba IDL, Delphi, Java, PHP, Python, Visual Basic 6 and Visual Basic .NET	Visual Studio 2005 and Eclipse	Extensible through addins and modeling technologies.
Frame UML	Yes	?	?	?	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.		Support embed JavaScript, so you can generate source code from model by JS.
Graft (Jodoro)	No	No	No	No	XSDs, Ruby on Rails	XSDs		SaaS offering focusing on collaboration - provides the ability to split and merge models, and to share model segments with the wider user community.
Jink UML	?	?	?	?
MagicDraw	Yes	Yes	Yes	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).
Modelio	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Java, C#, C++, XSD, WSDL, BPEL, SQL	Java, C#, C++	Eclipse, EMF	Full UML2 support; integrated BPMN support. HTML and MS-Word document generation.
MOSKitt	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Any textual language results of a Model To Text transformation.	DDL (Data Definition Language)	Eclipse, EMF, GMF, SWT, DataTools...	Eclipse based UML tool and a MDD centric platform giving support for gvMétrica software development process methodology. Model Transformation, Traceability and Synchronization. Graphical and Form based editing of models.
Objecteering	Yes	Yes	?	?	Java, C++, C#, SQL DDL, CORBA IDL and Fortran		Eclipse
PowerDesigner	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Java, C#, VB .NET		Eclipse	Data-modeling, business-process modeling - round trip engineering
Software Ideas Modeler	Yes	?	?	?	C#, VB.NET, SQL DDL			UML, Data Flow Diagram, CRC, ERD, Mixed Diagram
StarUML	?	Yes	Import	?			C#	Plug-in architecture: C++, Delphi, C#, VB. Not under active development since 2005.
Topcased	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Java, Python, C++		Eclipse, EMF, Java code generation from the model	A full and Powerful tool that you can write model transformations, run state diagram simulation and do reverse and direct. Modelling languages include SysML.
Visual Paradigm for UML	?	?	?	?	Java, C#, C++, PHP, Ada, Action Script	Java, C# (binary), C++, PHP	Eclipse, NetBeans and IntelliJ	Full UML 2.1, SysML, ERD, BPMN, data modeling, business modeling and reverse engineering of source code and databases.
UmlDesigner	?	?	?	?	C#
Umbrello UML Modeller	?	?	Yes	?	C++, Java, Perl, PHP, Python... 16	C++, IDL, Pascal/Delphi, Ada, Python, Java; import XMI, RoseMDL	KDE
WinA&D	?	?	?	?	C, Pascal, Basic, Fortran, Delphi, Java, C#, C++, Objective-C, PHP, Ada, SQL	C, Pascal, Basic, Fortran, Delphi, Java, C#, C++, Objective-C, PHP, Ada, SQL	Built-in Scriptable Report Generator and Tool Extensions	Full UML, SA/SD, ERD, Task and System Model Support
Name	UML 2	MDA	XMI	Templates	Languages generated	Reverse engineered languages	Integrated with	Details

Other UML tools

Name	Open source	Software license	Comment
Java to UML Sequence Diagram	Yes	LGPL	This tool helps you to reverse engineer UML Sequence Diagram for your java program at runtime. It works well with both complex java programs (that have multiple threads) and J2EE applications deployed on Application Servers.
AgileJ StructureViews	No	Commercial	Custom reverse-engineered class-diagrams — Java/Eclipse/Agile.
Apollo for Eclipse	No	Commercial	Supports UML 2.0 and Java 5. Integrates with the Eclipse IDE.
Artisan Studio	No	Commercial	Multi-user, multi-site modelling; supports UML 2.1 and OMG SysML 1.1; code synchronization for C, C++, C#, Java, Ada, SPARK Ada; supports MDA and simulation of dynamic behavior.
Artisan Studio Uno	No	Freeware	Single-user UML and SysML modelling; supports UML 2.1 and OMG SysML 1.1; including diagrams for real-time embedded systems.
Avolution	No	Commercial	ABACUS 3.x is a general modeling tool that supports UML amongst many other open standards and notations.
BLU AGE	No	Commercial	An MDA compliant software workbench that enables 100% automated transformation of your UML 2.X diagrams into Java EE and .Net Enterprise business applications.
Blueprint Software Modeler	No	Commercial	An integrated software-modeling environment with UML 2.1 modeling, OCL 2.0, meta-modeling and profiles; based on Eclipse.
Borland Together	No	Commercial	UML modelling tool, integrated with Eclipse and with MS VS.NET 2005. Supports UML 2.0 and MDA, OCL, MOF.
Cadifra UML Editor	No	Commercial	UML diagram editor for Windows.
CaseComplete	No	Commercial	Use Case and Requirements management tool including Use Case diagrams.
ClassBuilder	Yes		A C/C++ Uml modeling tool under zlib/libpng license.
CASE Spec	No	Commercial	Requirements specification tool with built-in UML diagramming support.
Creately for UML	No	Commercial	A web-based collaboratively UML tool for Windows, Linux and Mac that sports a WYSIWYG interface and smart shapes for UML.
eRequirements	No	Commercial	Free web-based requirements-management tool.
Fooboard	No	Commercial	Free web based UML diagramming and collaboration tool.
Fujaba	Yes		Open Source, acronym for "From UML to Java And Back Again". Allows modeling behaviour using story diagrams.
Gaphor	Yes		A GTK+/GNOME UML 2.0 modeling environment written in Python.
GatherSpace	No	Commercial	Online/On-Demand Use Case and Requirements Management.
Gliffy	No	Commercial	Desktop application feel in a web-based UML diagramming solution.
Green UML	Yes		A LIVE round-tripping editor, meaning that it supports both forward engineering and reverse engineering, live, in the editors. Supports class diagrams. Eclipse plugin. (licensed under Eclipse Public License).
HOL-OCL	Yes		An interactive theorem proof environment for UML/OCL (licensed under the GNU GPL).
IBM Rational Modeler	No	Commercial	UML based modeling tool to specify, visualize, and document systems and software designs.
idungu	No	Commercial	Web-based UML diagramming solution.
Imagix 4D	No	Commercial	C, C++ and Java reverse engineering / program comprehension tool generating UML Class Diagrams.
jTracert	Yes		A Java agent which instruments applications running on the JVM and builds sequence diagrams. Being replaced by jSonde, and it's in beta.
JUDE	No	Commercial	Object-oriented analysis and design with UML and Mindmap. JUDE/Community, though free to use, does not provide open source.
Jude (community version)	Yes		A Java software(portable) that facilitates object-oriented design of software by using java and UML.
KeY	Yes	GPL	Software verification tool for Java programs which are validated against OCL specifications.
Kivio	Yes		Part of the KOffice project.
Konesa	No	Commercial	Canyon Blue's collaborative modelling tool.
Lumpy	No	Freeware	UML in Python. Part of the Swampy suite from Think Python.
MacA&D	No	Commercial	UML and requirements-management for Mac OS X. Supports 14 diagram UML 2.2 modeling, code generation and model generation from code for C++, Objective C, Java, Delphi, PHP and REALbasic.
MagicDraw UML	No	Commercial	UML 2.3 tool with forward- and reverse-engineering and support for many plugin products for MDA. Integrates with many IDEs, including Eclipse and NetBeans. Supports SysML.
MasterCraft (software)	No	Commercial	A suite of tools from Tata Consultancy Services Limited which support object-oriented analysis and design using UML for development of MDA-based application-software. The tool-suite consists of IDE-based modelers which allow for UML-based modeling.
Metamill	No	Commercial	A round-trip UML tool for C++, C# and Java. Runs under Windows and Linux.
MetaUML	Yes		UML textual notation package implemented in MetaPost. Various vectorial and bitmap output formats supported.
MicroGOLD WithClass	No	Commercial	UML modeling tool that can generate code and reverse engineer C++, Java, Delphi, VB, IDL, Perl, PHP, C#, and VB.net. Works with EJB.
Microsoft Visio	No	Commercial	A diagramming tool that also supports UML (Stencil and Template for UML 2.2).
Model Realization	No	Commercial	A Java code generation tool. It supports UML 2.0 and Java 5.
ModelSphere	Yes		open source UML modeling tool (licensed under the GNU GPL).
MonoUML	Yes		Based on the latest Mono, GTK+ and ExpertCoder. Can reverse engineer executables and .NET assemblies.
MyEclipse	No	Commercial	An Eclipse-based IDE. Professional Edition includes UML solutions.
NClass	Yes		An open source tool to create UML class diagrams with full C# and Java language support.
NetBeans	Yes		(No more available in NB 6.7 and 6.8) available in NetBeans 6.0 full edition, or as a downloadable plugin in Plugin Manager, or with NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Pack.
North State Software	No	Commercial	NSF is a highly extensible, software development framework for implementing UML 2.0 State Machines, including run-time engine with threading, timer, and trace utilities.
nUML	Yes		Converts between XMI versions (some conversions ignore state machine diagrams).
OmniGraffle	No	Commercial	For Mac OS X.
OptimalJ	No	Commercial	A model-driven development environment for Java.
Pacestar UML Diagrammer	No	Commercial	Supports UML 2.0 .
Papyrus	Yes		An open source UML2 tool based on Eclipse and licensed under the EPL. See also Topcased above.
PlantUML	Yes		A tool written in Java that uses simple textual descriptions to draw UML diagrams. Can be integrated with Word.
Poseidon for UML	No	Commercial	Commercial version of ArgoUML - supports UML 2.0
PyUML	Yes		Graphical UML Editor plugin for Eclipse based on Eclipse UML2Tools that supports Python roundtrip, views and live validation.
Rational Rhapsody	No	Commercial	Supports UML 2.0 and SysML for embedded and real-time systems markets.
Rational Rose	No	Commercial	By Rational Software (sold to IBM in 2003); supports UML 1.x .
Rational Rose XDE	No	Commercial	An "eXtended Development Environment" in the tradition of Rational Rose; supports UML 1.x .
Rational Software Architect	No	Commercial	Eclipse-based UML 2.0 tool by the Rational Division of IBM.
Red Koda Community	No	Freeware	Support 13 types UML 2.0 diagrams. Has short-cut keys and auto resize features.
Runa WFE	Yes	Open source	Supports basic BPMN and UML diagrams.
System Architect	No	Commercial	Supports UML integrated with other notations and methods in an Enterprise Architecture environment.
Taylor	Yes		Model-driven architecture "on rails" (licensed under the GNU LGPL).
Telelogic TAU	No	Commercial	Supports UML 2.0 and SysML.
TextUML Toolkit	Yes		A tool for creating UML 2.1 models using a textual notation (EPL).
TinyUML	Yes		Open-source UML 2 diagramming tool implemented in Java, requiring Java SE 6 or later (licensed under the GNU GPL).
TopCoder UML Tool	No	Commercial	Tool designed and developed entirely by the TopCoder Community to model sequence, class, use case, and activity diagrams. Free and open-source but with a specific license agreement.
Trace Modeler	No	Commercial	An easy-to-use and smart editor for UML sequence diagrams. It's lightweight, portable and ensures diagrams are always visually pleasing and structurally correct.
UML Pad	Yes		A UML modeller written in C++/wxWidgets (licensed under the GNU GPL).
UML Pad (PalmOS)	Yes		A UML tool for PalmOS.
UMLet	Yes		A Java-based UML tool (licensed under the GNU GPL).
Use Case Maker	Yes		A use cases management tool (licensed under the GNU LGPL).
Use Case Studio	No	Commercial	A use-case authoring tool by Rewritten Software. Free for educational use.
Unimozer	Yes		Intends to be a universal modelizer for Java™. It allows the user to draw UML diagrams and generates the relative Java™ code automatically and vice-versa. (written in Java, licensed under the GNU GPL).
Violet UML Editor	Yes		An easy-to-use high performance Java-based UML Editor; simplified (non-standard) UML notation; fully integrated into Eclipse; licensed under the GNU GPL.
Visual Use Case	No	Commercial	Use Case and Diagramming tool.
Visustin	No	Commercial	Reverse-engineers UML activity-diagrams and flow-charts.
Visible Analyst for UML	No	Commercial	Supports UML 2.1, enterprise architecture, strategic planning, structured analysis and design, data modeling, real-time modeling business modeling and forward and reverse engineering of source code and databases; common repository and multi-user by design, www.visible.com .
Xholon	Yes		An open source tool that transforms, simulates and executes models developed using third-party UML 2.0 modelers.
Xuse	Yes		A requirements and use case management tool written in XML/XSLT and Java (licensed under the Artistic License).
yalips	No	Commercial	Modeling tool that also supports brainstorming and gantt project management.
yEd	No	Freeware	A cross-platform, general-purpose graph editor application that supports creation of UML diagrams.
Zeligsoft CX	No	Commercial	An adaptive, non-prescriptive toolkit utilizing domain-specific modeling and code generation. An Eclipse plugin.
Name	Open source	Software license	Comment

Open Source Utilities

• MetricView Evolution: a tool for metrics-based quality-analysis and better comprehension of UML models
• UMMF: open-source implementation (using perl) of a UML Meta-meta-model.
• UniMod: tool which adapts SWITCH-technology for UML notation.
• UmlGraph: an open source tool suite, which allows the declarative specification and drawing of UML class and sequence diagrams.

Web Based

• yUML: Web based simple UML diagram generator using text description given in a special language.
• zooml.com: Free online Web 2.0 tool for creating and storing UML class diagrams.
• BeoModeler: a WEB modeler for UML in open source, XMI native and support for Topcased, IBM Rational RSA & RSM. It is a lightweight and user friendly WEB modeler.
• websequencediagrams: Free, easy-to-use web sequence diagram generator. Many styles, many options, generates PDF too.
• JointJS: Free JavaScript library, that allows creation of UML class and UML StateChart diagrams and putting them on a web page.

External links

• UML CASE Tools UML CASE Tools Listing.
• Template:Dmoz.
• UML Tools listed on UML Forum web
• UML Tools Directory
• List of textual UML Tools
• List of diagraming tools including UML tools