Talk:StarUML

StarUML is no longer OpenSource...
From may 2014, version 2.0.0 Beta 1, the software is no longer OpenSource, is no longer developped in Delphi but from HTML5 and Chromium via Qt... See. --LeMouchoir (talk) 09:07, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I updated the article to reflect this. --Veikk0.ma 08:28, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Looks updated and documented in detail. KR 17387349L8764 (talk) 01:19, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

StarUML is an open source UML tool, licensed under a modified version of GNU GPL that is no longer under development.
Wich one? the license or the program? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.180.52.69 (talk) 01:05, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Slightly changed this part of the article. 87.183.215.30 (talk) 07:30, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

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Update
In view of the history of this software, that was closed source on the Korean market, before becoming a popular international open source product, and then again a closed-source product, and the sometimes contradictory material I have updated the article and clarified the licence scheme (i.e. the old open source is still open source and under GPL, but not the newer product which is under a commercial license).

I took the opportunity to add also an updated list of features, which will faciliate the maintenance of the product: new major releases can be added to the historic part. new significant features that would be relevant for the modelling community would just be added to the right section. This avoids articles with long list of successive releases: let's keep info synthetic, and leave the release notes for the vendor's site.

I have also simplified the introductory paragraph, since most of the information is available in one of the more detailed section. I have removed from this paragraph the claim regarding the initial objectives of beating competitor products: first I didn't find any references supporting the claim. Second, the tool has meanwhile established itself on the market and is much more popular than the legacy products which were referred.

Since the original article was not extensively sourced, I added a couple of references to:  1) the open source project site 2) the company's site 3) Some evidence of claims made on 1 (in particular the fact that the product existed before being available as open source). 4) some academic references to show that the software is well known for quite a while (there are dozen of papers of StarUML but I took two: an older one studying some more technical features, and one more recent on its use in academic context).

Christophe (talk) 21:11, 5 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Nice thanks, helpful although I wish such declutter would exist for another hundred software products. Magic recently disappeared as well as part of acquisition. By that I mean that such acquisitions “eat” complete websites and everything that went there for years; only IA provides comfort in such cases, but also the purchase streams change. Anyway good that you took care about it! 17387349L8764 (talk) 01:17, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Is the reference to WhiteStar still relevant?
Considering that the article is on StarUML, it is not clear  if the reference to WhiteStar is still relevant here.

It was certainly relevant in the period where StarUML was an open source project that was not maintained, since both were open source and closely related. But now, both products have evolved on separate path for a long time and I fear it might be confusing. Moreover, SourceForge indicates the project as "Abandoned". Therefore:


 * If WhiteStarUML is still an active project and has the required notoriety to be on Wikipedia, it should be split and get a dedicated article (which would also make the reference in the tool list more straightfoward)
 * If not, there is no reason to leave it here.

Christophe (talk) 21:27, 5 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Status is abandoned as of now. Unfortunate construction inside article and unlucky offspring. The forum seems active at SF. WS latest version 5.9.1 from 2018. I say own article with clear indication of depreciation and mentioning here with link to it. KR 17387349L8764 (talk) 01:12, 27 December 2023 (UTC)