Command-line tool

plantuml

brew/plantuml

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Draw UML diagrams

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/plantuml

macOS

brew install plantuml

Render diagrams to default format (PNG)

plantuml diagram1.puml diagram2.puml

Render a diagram in given format (e.g. `png`, `pdf`, `svg`, `txt`)

plantuml -f format diagram.puml

Render all diagrams of a directory

plantuml path/to/diagrams

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