List of tools
Product Creator Platform First public release Latest stable version Date of the latest stable version Software licenseAcceleoObeocross-platform (Java / Eclipse)20063.7.7 2018-12-04Eclipse Publicactifsourceactifsource GmbHcross-platform (Java / Eclipse)10.12.0 2021-02-22Proprietary DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit Semantic Designs Windows 2001 2.0 ProprietaryDRAKONStepan Mitkincross-platform (Tcl/Tk)20111.27 2016-03-10Free GeneXus GeneXus Cross Platform (multiple) 1991 v17 Proprietary Genshi (templating language) Edgewall Software cross-platform (Python) 2006-08-03 0.5.1 2008-07-09 Jinja (Template engine) Pocoo team cross-platform (Python) 2.1.1 BSD Kid (templating language) Ryan Tomayko cross-platform (Python) 0.9.6 2006-12-20 Mako Michael Bayer cross-platform (Python) 1.1.2 2020-03-01 MIT LicenseMATLABThe MathWorks, Inc.Windows, macOS, Linux 19849.5 2018-09-12Proprietary M-Power mrc cross-platform (Java) 2004 ProprietaryMicrosoft Visual Studio LightSwitchMicrosoft Windows 2011 2011-07-26 Proprietary OpenMDX cross-platform (Java) 2004-01-28 2.4 2009-03-26 BSDScriptcaseScriptcase Corp.PHP Unix, Linux, Windows, iOS20009.7 2022-04-13Proprietary T4 Microsoft Windows 2005 2010 MIT License Umple University of Ottawa cross-platform (Java) 2010 1.37.0 2026-04-18 MIT License Velocity apache Apache Software Foundation cross-platform (Java) 1.6.2 2009-03-19 Apache License 2.0WaveMakerWaveMaker Inc.cross platform (aPaaS)200310.0.3Proprietary
Technical features
Name Implementation Language Active; Passive Model Typical input Other input Typical output Acceleo Java Active Tier User-defined EMF based models (UML, Ecore, user defined metamodels) Any EMF based input (Xtext DSLs, GMF graphical models, etc.) Any textual language. actifsource Java Active Tier User-defined Models Import from UML, Ecore. Any textual language. DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit Several code generation DSLs (attribute grammars, tree patterns, source-to-source rewrites) Active DSLs represented as abstract syntax trees DSL instance Well-formed output language code fragments Any programming language (proven for C, C++, Java, C#, PHP, COBOL) gSOAP C / C++ WSDL specifications C / C++ code that can be used to communicate with WebServices. XML with the definitions obtained.Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch C# / VB.NET Active Tier Database schema Complete Silverlight application (Desktop or Web) Pro*C Inline SQL in C CScriptcasePHP, JavaScriptActiveTierComplete application (Web/Mobile) and build or use the database schemaPHP, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax, Full Web application ready to use (PHP and Javascript) with Interface layer, service layer, PHP, CSS. etc. and Database scripts to apply. Spring Roo Java Active Tier Java and automatically introspected project metadata Shell commands Java (Full Web Application including Java source, AspectJ source, XML, JSP, Spring application contexts, build tools, property files, etc.) T4 Passive T4 Template/Text File Any text format such as XML, XAML, C# files or just plain text files. Umple Umple, Java, Javascript, PHP Active Tier Umple code embedding one or more of Java, Python, C++, PHP or Ruby Pure Umple code describing associations, patterns, state machines, etc. Java, Python, C++, PHP, Ruby, ECcore, Umlet, Yuml, Textuml, JSON, Papyrus XMI, USE, NuXMV, Alloy Velocity apache Java Passive Tier Templates Java driver code Any text Yii2 Gii PHP Active Tier Database schema, user input, source code Skeleton application, CRUD applications
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