BOUML

7.1easy start · #4 of 24
in UML Modeling Software

Runs on Linux, Mac, Windows.

BOUML is ranked #4 of 24 in UML modeling software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

BOUML plans and pricing

BOUML Free Free to use; no price listed bouml.fr · 30 Sept 2026

Free plan: Yes
UML diagram types: use case, sequence, communication, class, composite class, activity, state, object, composite object, component, deployment
Code generation: Yes
Reverse engineering: Yes
Team collaboration: Yes
Deployment: desktop
Supported platforms: Windows, Linux, macOS

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Purpose: BOUML is a free UML 2 toolbox with a modeler for specifying systems and generating code.
Supported languages: BOUML supports programming in C++, Java, PHP, Python, IDL, and MySQL.
Round trips: Built-in round-trip tools are listed for C++, Java, and PHP.
Extensibility: External plug-outs can be developed in C++ or Java and run outside BOUML.
Interchange: Plug-outs provide XMI 1.2 and 2.1 generation, XMI 2.1 import, and Rational Rose model import.
Documentation output: An HTML documentation generator can produce diagrams as PNG or SVG images.
Collaboration tools: Project control and project synchronization tools are listed for working on a project with several people.
Scale: The maker says BOUML can manage several thousand classes while using little memory.
Platforms: The maker says BOUML runs on Windows, Linux, and MacOS X.
Release status: The download page identifies version 7.11 as the current and final release and lists patch 4 for some distributions.
License and warranty: Releases since version 7.0 are free to use; the maker states the software is distributed without warranty.
Price from: Free

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