THE HISTORICAL DIRECTORY
The tools that shaped the field.
Older products, discontinued editions, and project archives remain useful context. Lifecycle evidence and aliases are preserved here, separately from current recommendations.
25 of 25 historical records
ArgoUML
Project source survives on GitHub after Tigris. This review did not establish a recent supported release.
Historical names
ArgoUML
BOUML
Official site labels 7.11 the final version and reports Patch 4 on November 27, 2025. Old description incorrectly discusses Eclipse UML2Tools.
Historical names
BOUML
Dia
GNOME source repository remains available. An archived GNOME wiki and old installer are not proof of product retirement; stable-release freshness was not established.
Historical names
Dia
Eclipse UML2Tools
Eclipse termination review explicitly marks UML2 Tools terminated and its repository archived.
Historical names
Eclipse Uml2Tools
Eclipse-PyUML
SourceForge reports Last Update April 16, 2013; project depends on the terminated Eclipse UML2Tools.
Historical names
PyUML
Fujaba Tool Suite
University-hosted project survives in an archive; no current maintained distribution established.
Historical names
Fujaba
Kivio / Calligra Flow
Calligra confirms Kivio was renamed Flow. This establishes historical succession, not a currently maintained Flow release.
Historical names
Kivio
NClass
Original SourceForge distribution still lists 2.04; this review did not verify current maintenance of the original project or a particular fork.
Historical names
NClass
NetBeans legacy UML tooling
Apache NetBeans is current, but its old bundled UML listing should not be treated as a current feature. A separate PlantUML-NB plugin has a maintained compatibility matrix.
Historical names
NetBeans
Taylor MDA
Historical Eclipse-based MDA project and old news remain; no recent supported release established.
Historical names
Taylor
TinyUML
Original file listing still points to tinyuml-0.13_02; no current maintenance established.
Historical names
TinyUML
UniMod
Original documentation requires JDK 1.4.x, Eclipse 3.x and GEF 3.x; no current release established. Other projects share this name.
Historical names
UniMod
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