Some freeware UML and mindmapping alternatives to IBM’s Rational Rose and Microsoft Visio are the following:

  • FreeMind ( http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page)
  • ArgoUML ( http://argouml.tigris.org/ )
  • Poseidon ( http://gentleware.com/downloadcenter.0.html)
  • Kivio for Unix/Linux  ( http://www.koffice.org/kivio/)
  • Dia ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia )
  • StarUML ( http://staruml.sourceforge.net/en/ )
  • Umbrello ( http://uml.sourceforge.net/ )
  • Violet ( http://www.horstmann.com/violet/ )
  • TeeTree ( http://www.steema.com/products/teetree/office/overview.html )
  • EDrawFree ( www.freewarezoom.com/archives/edraw-free-mind-map )
  • Diagram Designer ( http://meesoft.logicnet.dk/DiagramDesigner/ )