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astah Community Edition vs PlantUML

A side-by-side look at astah Community Edition and PlantUML. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

astah Community Edition

astah Community Edition

Development

astah Community is a free, open-source UML diagramming tool for Windows, macOS and Linux. It supports various UML diagrams like class, sequence, use case diagrams to model software systems. The community edition has limited features compared to the professional edition.

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PlantUML

PlantUML

Development

PlantUML is an open-source tool for creating UML diagrams from plain text. It supports all standard UML diagrams like use case diagrams, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, etc. PlantUML allows users to write simple textual descriptions which are then transformed into UML diagrams.

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