IBM Rational Software Architect AlternativesUML Modeling Tools and other similar apps like IBM Rational Software Architect

IBM Rational Software Architect is described as 'Rational Software Architect is an object-oriented Unified Modeling Language (UML) software design tool intended for visual modeling and component construction of enterprise-level software applications' and is a UML Modeling tool in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to IBM Rational Software Architect for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Snapcraft apps. The best IBM Rational Software Architect alternative is Umbrello, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like IBM Rational Software Architect are Visual Paradigm, StarUML, Enterprise Architect and ClickCharts.

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  1. Umbrello icon
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    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.

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    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  2. Visual Paradigm icon
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    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.

    82 Visual Paradigm alternatives

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  3. StarUML icon
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    StarUML 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...

    58 StarUML alternatives

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  4. High 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.

    52 Enterprise Architect alternatives

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    • Windows
     
  5. ClickCharts icon
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    Design flowcharts, UML, Venn, and mind map diagrams with customizable templates, varied symbols, shapes, connector styles, overlapping sheet support, and intuitive drag-and-drop editing. Export visuals as images, edit multiple diagrams, and organize complex data visibly.

    121 ClickCharts alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • Kindle Fire
     
  6. UMLet icon
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    UMLet is an open-source UML tool with a simple user interface: draw UML diagrams fast, export diagrams to eps, pdf, jpg, svg, and clipboard, share diagrams using Eclipse, and create new, custom UML elements.

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    • Free
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  7. Model-driven platform supporting data, process, and information architecture, enabling collaborative visualization of change impact, architecture layer mapping, metadata management, requirement capture, dependency analysis, documentation, and integration with databases and frameworks.

    26 SAP PowerDesigner alternatives

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    • Paid
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  8. Papyrus UML icon
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    Graphical modelling open source UML2 tool based on Eclipse environment.

    39 Papyrus UML alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Eclipse
     
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    A Powerful idea processor.It's Open Source and Freeware. Create UML Diagrams, Network Diagrams, Flowcharts and many other types of diagrams with the versatile Dynamic Draw Software.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
     
  10. Open source tool that provides methodological guidance, intuitive model editing, and viewing capabilities for Systems, Software and Hardware Architects.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  11. MagicDraw icon
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    MagicDraw is an award-winning business process, architecture, software and system modeling tool with teamwork support. MagicDraw UML can do comprehensive UML diagramming, reverse and forward engineering for Java and C++.

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  12. The Model Development Tools (MDT) project focuses on big "M" modeling within the Modeling project. Its purpose is twofold:

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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