Top 15 UML Designer Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

UML Designer provides a set of common diagrams to work with UML 2.5 models. The intent is to provide an easy way to make the transition from UML to domain specific modeling. This way users can continue to manipulate legacy UML models and start working with DSL. Users can even re-use the provided representations and work in a total transparence on both UML and DSL models at the same time.

These plugins are released under the EPL Open-Source License.

1. IBM Rational Rose Enterprise

IBM Rational Rose Enterprise In much the same way a theatrical director blocks out a play, a software designer uses Rational Rose to visually create (model) the framework for an application by blocking out classes with actors (stick figures), use case elements (ovals), objects (rectangles) and messages/relationships (arrows) in a sequence diagram using drag-and-drop......

2. Modelio

Modelio Modelio is an open source modeling tool supporting natively UML, BPMN and model exchange with XMI. It allows to draw all UML2 diagrams and specific diagrams for business process modeling. It is easy and powerful with the capacity to add new functionalities to the application. In fact, it is possible......

3. Violet UML Editor

Violet UML Editor Violet is a UML editor with these benefits: Very easy to learn and use. Draws nice-looking diagrams. Completely free. Cross-platform. Violet is intended for developers, students, teachers, and authors who need to produce simple UML diagrams quickly.......

4. GenMyModel

GenMyModel GenMyModel is a web uml tool for designing software architecture with UML, Database Diagrams or Flowchart. It’s for all coders and software architects. Design, share models and generate code right in the browser.......

5. Gravizo

Gravizo Write your Graphviz, UMLGraph or PlantUML in your README.md files and show directly in Github, HTML or any processor with remote image rendering support.......

6. astah Community Edition

astah Community Edition From free light-weight versions which provide Intuitive UML software at no cost; to the most powerful UML Plus software on the market Astah allows your team to communicate clearly and easily across platform. Take your Modeling to the next level with Astah.......

7. PlantUML

PlantUML PlantUML is an open-source tool that uses simple textual descriptions to draw UML diagrams. The generator can be run anywhere within JVM and integrated with various application such as wiki, text editor, IDE, programming language, documentation generator, and others. Mostly based on Graphviz. Can render various diagram syntax such as......

8. yUML

yUML Create and share simple UML diagrams.Beta software.Supported diagram types: class, use case......

9. UModel

UModel UModel is a UML (Unified Modeling Language) software modeling tool from Altova, the creator of XMLSpy. UModel supports all 14 UML 2 diagram types and adds a unique diagram for modeling XML Schemas in UML. UModel also supports SysML for embedded system developers, and business process modeling (BPMN notation) for......

10. Magic Draw

Magic Draw MagicDraw is an award-winning business process, architecture, software and system modeling tool with teamwork support. MagicDraw UML can do comprehensive UML diagramming, reverse and forward engineering for Java and C++.......

11. ConceptDraw PRO

ConceptDraw PRO ConceptDraw PRO is a powerful business and technical diagramming software.Compatible with MS Visio 2013 (.vsdx) and MS Visio 2016 diagram (VSDX file format) files, making it the premier cross-platform diagramming solution. Design professional-looking graphics, diagrams, flowcharts, floor plans and much more in minutes with ConceptDraw PRO. Maintain business processes performance......

12. TopCoder UML

TopCoder UML TopCoder UML Tool is an easy to use, consistent modeling tool for use in Design and Development competitions. The new tool was built to model sequence, class, use case, and activity diagrams. On top of that, all those elements can have documentation easily attached to them.......

13. StarUML

StarUML StarUML is a program to develop fast, flexible, extensible, featureful, and freely-available UML/MDA platform running on Win32 platform. The goal of the StarUML project is to build a software modeling tool and also platform that is a compelling replacement of commercial UML tools such as Rational Rose, Together and so......

14. Umbrello

Umbrello Umbrello UML Modeller is a Unified Modelling Language diagram programme for KDE. UML allows you to create diagrams of software and other systems in a standard format.......

15. Visual Paradigm for UML

Visual Paradigm for UML Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML) is a UML design tool and UML CASE tool designed to aid software development. VP-UML supports key modeling standards such as Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.4, SysML, ERD, DFD, BPMN 2.0, ArchiMate 2.0, etc. It supports software development teams in requirements capturing, software planning (use......