Founder of a listed tool
Arnaud Roques
PlantUML creator, named behind the PlantUML listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Arnaud builds
PlantUML B · Diagramming
PlantUML is open-source software that turns text descriptions into UML, architecture, Gantt, mind map and other diagrams. Agents run it as a Java command-line tool, a Java library, a local HTTP server or the
@plantuml/mcp-jsMCP server.PlantUML creator, founder, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
Questions
Who is Arnaud Roques?
Arnaud Roques is the software developer who created PlantUML, the open-source tool that draws UML and other diagrams from a plain text description. He first built it as a plugin for Microsoft Word, published it on SourceForge in 2009 and still maintains it in Java, funded by site advertising and crowdfunding.
What does PlantUML project (Arnaud Roques) make?
Anchor Terminal lists PlantUML from PlantUML project (Arnaud Roques). PlantUML is open-source software that turns text descriptions into UML, architecture, Gantt, mind map and other diagrams. Agents run it as a Java command-line tool, a Java library, a local HTTP server or the @plantuml/mcp-js MCP server.
How are Arnaud's tools graded?
PlantUML is graded B, 67 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
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