<s>
StarUML	B-Language
is	O
a	O
software	O
engineering	O
tool	O
for	O
system	O
modeling	O
using	O
the	O
Unified	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Systems	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
classical	O
modeling	O
notations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
published	O
by	O
MKLabs	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
MacOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarUML	B-Language
is	O
the	O
successor	O
of	O
an	O
object	O
oriented	O
modelling	O
software	O
called	O
Plastic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	O
1.0	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1997	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
OMT	B-Application
notation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
1.1	O
published	O
in	O
1998	O
dropped	O
the	O
OMT	B-Application
to	O
support	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
UML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
an	O
internationalized	O
product	O
,	O
compliant	O
with	O
UML	B-Language
1.4	O
,	O
and	O
claiming	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
's	O
MDA	B-Architecture
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
renamed	O
StarUML	B-Language
5.0	O
in	O
2005	O
with	O
a	O
view	O
to	O
publishing	O
it	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
was	O
to	O
provide	O
UML	B-Language
2.0	I-Language
support	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
capability	O
to	O
use	O
third-party	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
release	O
was	O
published	O
August	O
2006	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
under	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
targeted	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
the	O
Win32	B-Library
platform	I-Library
and	O
was	O
essentially	O
written	O
in	O
Delphi	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
evolved	O
over	O
several	O
years	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
and	O
was	O
recognized	O
as	O
an	O
MDA	B-Architecture
tool	O
with	O
a	O
capability	O
to	O
assist	O
in	O
reverse-engineering	O
existing	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
2014	O
to	O
finance	O
a	O
revival	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
StarUML	B-Language
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
the	O
initiative	O
was	O
to	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
other	O
languages	O
than	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
other	O
modeling	O
notations	O
than	O
UML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
South	O
Korean	O
company	O
MKLabs	O
publishes	O
since	O
2014	O
the	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
StarUML	B-Language
and	O
licenses	O
them	O
under	O
a	O
commercial	O
proprietary	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
old	O
open	O
source	O
version	O
is	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
StarUML	B-Language
1	O
in	O
the	O
product	O
documentation	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
version	O
numbering	O
was	O
restarted	O
at	O
2.0.0	O
.	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
multiplatform	O
version	O
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2018	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
MacOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
timing	B-Language
and	O
interaction	O
overview	O
diagrams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
5.0	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
2022	O
and	O
supports	O
Apple	B-Device
Silicon	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarUML	B-Language
offers	O
object	O
oriented	O
modelling	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
diagram	O
types	O
specified	O
in	O
UML	B-Language
2.0	I-Language
.	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
StarUML	B-Language
also	O
offers	O
support	O
for	O
SysML	B-Language
:	O
</s>
<s>
StarUML	B-Language
supports	O
legacy	O
modeling	O
notations	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
StarUML	B-Language
2.0	O
uses	O
its	O
own	O
file	O
format	O
with	O
the	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
import	O
files	O
from	O
StarUML	B-Language
1	O
which	O
use	O
the	O
.uml	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarUML	B-Language
can	O
generate	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
PDF	B-Application
and	O
EJS	O
files	O
do	O
document	O
a	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarUML	B-Language
was	O
the	O
third	O
most	O
used	O
product	O
with	O
23.9	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
respondents	O
having	O
used	O
it	O
in	O
their	O
courses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2011	O
StarUML	B-Language
was	O
forked	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
WhiteStarUML	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
addresses	O
various	O
issues	O
most	O
notably	O
related	O
to	O
handling	O
recent	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
modern	O
screen	O
resolutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reasons	O
cited	O
include	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
working	O
in	O
Delphi	B-Language
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
community	O
interest	O
in	O
supporting	O
the	O
project	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
