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PlantUML vs yUML

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

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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yUML

yUML

Development

yUML is an online tool and service for quickly creating UML diagrams such as use case diagrams, class diagrams, activity diagrams, state machine diagrams, and sequence diagrams. It has a simple syntax for defining the diagrams that allows fast prototyping.

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