deploymentdiagrammer

DeploymentDiagrammer is a software tool designed to create deployment diagrams, a modeling technique used in software architecture to show how software components are mapped to hardware resources in a running environment. The diagrams illustrate the physical distribution of artifacts across nodes, devices, and networks, including servers, containers, virtual machines, cloud services, and network components. The tool helps teams visualize deployment topology, facilitate capacity planning, and document deployment decisions for maintenance and compliance.

Features typically include support for UML deployment diagrams, with elements such as nodes, devices, artifacts, and communication paths, as well as deployment constraints. DeploymentDiagrammer offers graphical editing, import and export capabilities, and multiple layout algorithms to arrange large diagrams. It often provides both a graphical user interface and a command-line interface for automation, enabling batch diagram generation from configuration files or modeling inputs (JSON, YAML, or XML). Export options commonly include SVG, PNG, and PDF, along with the ability to generate readable documentation from the diagram model. Some versions support integration with version control systems and CI pipelines to keep diagrams synchronized with evolving architectures.

Use cases span software architecture documentation, cloud and container deployment planning, and operations handover. The tool aligns with UML standards and is frequently part of broader modeling suites used in systems engineering and IT–digital transformation projects.