Draw lets you produce anything from a quick sketch to a complex plan, and gives you the means to communicate with graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, Draw is a an excellent package for producing technical drawings, general posters, and much else.
- Diagram Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- Flathub
yEd is a powerful diagram editor that can be used to quickly create diagrams manually or import external data for analysis and auto-magically arrange even large data sets by just pressing a button. You can use yEd to quickly create flow charts, BPMN and UML diagrams...
- Diagram Editor
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- BSD
+2Cloud-based tool for diagramming and collaboration, with 20M users globally, supports Visio import/export and features UML modeling and more.
- Mind Mapping Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
+6PlantUML 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.
- Diagram Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Chrome OS
Ever wanted to simplify documentation and avoid heavy tools like Visio when explaining your code? This is why mermaid was born, a simple markdown-like script language for generating flowcharts, Gantt charts and sequence diagrams from text via JavaScript.
- Diagram Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- JavaScript
- Node.JS
Umbrello is a Unified Modelling Language (UML) modelling tool and code generator. It can create diagrams of software and other systems in the industry-standard UML format, and can also generate code from UML diagrams in a variety of programming languages.
- Diagram Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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.
- Diagram Editor
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
+2A daily drawing tool that supports low code for learning or office use. It can be used for flowchart, mind map, UML diagram, ER diagram, network topology diagram, BPMN, Venn diagram, database model diagram, whiteboard drawing, infinite canvas, and more.
Warning- Diagram Editor
- Free Personal • Open Source
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Online
+6StarUML 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...
- UML Modeling Tool
- Paid • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
ProcessOn is a free online drawing tool that supports the creation of mind maps, flow charts, swimlane diagrams, network topology diagrams, fishbone diagrams, UML and other graphics.
- Mind Mapping Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Chrome OS
+6High performance and scalable visual modeling tool for the planning, design and construction of business architectures, software and systems. With customers based in all industries, Sparx Systems is a leading vendor of innovative modeling solutions.
- UML Modeling Tool
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
+4Modelio 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.
- UML Modeling Tool
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Eclipse
+2Gaphor is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) UML and SysML modeling environment easy to use that will help you create your applications.
- Diagram Editor
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Cacoo is a user-friendly online diagramming tool that allows you to create a variety of diagrams such as wireframes, flowcharts, UML diagrams, network diagrams, mindmaps, sitemaps, database diagrams, and more.
- Mind Mapping Tool
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
+1Online diagramming platform supporting real-time collaboration, 50+ diagram types, smart objects, templates, revision control, and PDF export features.
- Diagram Editor
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
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