PlantUML

Name: PlantUML
Rating: 4 (5 reviews)

Open-source, Java-based UML diagram maker using plain text descriptions to draw models.

Free • Open Source
Diagram Editor
UML Modeling
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What is 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 PlantUML, Dot, and Ditaa.

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Pier4R

★

• Top positive comment ago • 0 replies

Simple, but for being simple quite powerful. For example in confluence.

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milkdoes

★

• Top positive comment ago • 0 replies

Since it converts text to an image, the text can be tracked for changes across time (ie, git). Also frees one self from arranging all pieces of a diagram, or assuring that lines point to where they should be pointing, since it is arranged automatically. The default visuals are little bit ugly, tough.

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• Positive comment • ago • 0 replies

Automated diagram rendering is a life-changer.

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Shojimeguro

★

• Negative comment • ago • 1 reply

i dont like this software because

No web version
100% Relies on Java and plain text langunage
not user friendly

yuryapollov

Web version:

https://www.planttext.com
http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/uml/ Plaintext is good for dealing with. Binary is bad. Can't say it's unfriendly: if you know what you're to achieve — it's very friendly. If you want to play with figures or so, then you'd better choose more visual-based solution, like Visual Paradigm.

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