Other UML Tools
| Name | Open source | Software license | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| CaseComplete | No | Commercial | Use Case and Requirements management tool including Use Case diagrams. |
| 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. |
| Imagix 4D | No | Commercial | C, C++ and Java reverse engineering / program comprehension tool generating UML Class, Task Collaboration and Subsystem Architecture diagrams. |
| KeY | Yes | GPL | Software verification tool for Java programs which are validated against OCL specifications. |
| LucidChart | No | Commercial / Free (educational) | A free web standards-based collaborative UML modeling (state, activity, sequence, use-case) tool for Windows, Linux and Mac. |
| Microsoft Visio | No | Commercial | A diagramming tool that also supports UML (Stencil and Template for UML 2.2). |
| MonoUML | Yes | Based on the latest Mono, GTK+ and ExpertCoder. Can reverse engineer executables and .NET assemblies. Discontinued (Last updated 2007; dead links on Homepage). | |
| 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 IDE | Yes | The last version to support the UML plug-in was NetBeans IDE 6.7.1 (if it is not installed, it can be downloaded via Plugin Manager or, downloaded from the Plug-ins web site. It was previously included in the NetBeans IDE 5.5 Enterprise Pack. UML support is no longer available in NetBeans IDE 6.8, 6.9 and 7.0. It would likely require a complete rewrite of the functionality. The UML plug-in does not work in 64-bit processors (real or simulated) if the operating system is Windows. | |
| OptimalJ | No | Commercial | Discontinued since 2008. A model-driven development environment for Java. |
| 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. |
| System Architect | No | Commercial | Supports UML integrated with other notations and methods in an Enterprise Architecture environment. |
| UML Pad | Yes | A UML modeller written in C++/wxWidgets (licensed under the GNU GPL). | |
| UMLet | Yes | GPL | A Java-based UML tool. Also available as a plug-in for the Eclipse IDE. |
| Visustin | No | Commercial | Reverse-engineers UML activity-diagrams and flow-charts. |
| yEd | No | Freeware | A cross-platform, general-purpose graph editor application that supports creation of UML diagrams. |
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