User documentation

Start ArgoUML Now (two methods)

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ArgoUML's user interface is divided into 4 panels: Top left: a hierarchical view of the current project file. Top right: editor for the selected part of the project, in this case a class diagram. Bottom left: the designer's "to do" list. Bottom right: details of the selected object in the diagram or the selected "to do" item. Supported diagrams: Class State Use case Activity Collaboration Deployment Sequence Learn more on the ArgoUML tour.

Commercial Extensions

ArgoUML is licensed under the BSD license which also allows extensions to be commercialized.

The company Gentleware offers such an extension under the name Poseidon for UML.
A Community Edition is offered free of charge.

The MyEclipse UML modeling is also based on ArgoUML.

Donate to ArgoUML

If you want to donate money to the ArgoUML project send your check together with a note stating that it is for ArgoUML to

  Software Freedom Conservancy
  1995 Broadway 17th Floor
  New York, NY 10023

or use PayPal and the address conservancy-argouml@softwarefreedom.org.

Joining the ArgoUML Community

Join the users' mailing list for your UML questions.

Join the #argouml IRC channel at Freenode.

Apply for a membership in the project to file bugs and issues and follow up on them.

Why not check out the source code and build ArgoUML to see if you can fix your favorite problem yourself. Your help is most welcome!

For Developers of ArgoUML

ArgoUML is not only a free UML modelling tool, it is also an Open Source Development project where you are invited to contribute.

Go to the Developer Zone to read about the project and to find the documentation of the internals of ArgoUML.