Tools for creating Class Diagrams

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Please suggest tools for creating Class Diagrams with the following criteria:

  • It should be platform-independent because I use Linux and the file is expected to be edited by other members of the team using Windows/Mac
  • Free, because there no such free tool, we should create one
  • It would also be nice if you can include a screenshot of the class diagram produced, just to make sure that the tool is actually used for creating Class Diagrams and not just any other types of diagrams

Also, please only suggest the tools that you've actually used.

UPDATE: Please DO NOT include those UML Diagram tools that cannot create Class Diagrams.

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13 Answers
user_1393830

A nice online tool: yUML

user_1121250

Some time ago I used DIA - free and platform-independent. It was ok. Now I use Enterprise Architect but it's not free.

rafek_31820

BOUML is free, can reverse-engineer Java and C++

user_1249440

I use StarUML. It works quite good.

user_746120

I've used Enterprise Architect in the past - not free, but not too expensive, and it produces nice diagrams.

Craig_Shearer_145370
user_1455780

Since all these tools lack a validation function their outcomes are just drawings and no better tool for creating nice drawings is a piece of paper and pen. Afterwards you can scan your diagrams and insert them into your team's wiki.

user_320900
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