SwiftPlantUML

Generate UML class diagrams from swift code with this Command Line Interface (CLI) and Swift Package.

Use one or more Swift files as input for a diagram to visualize class, struct, protocol, enum and extension types with their instance and static members as well as their inheritance and implementation relationships

Usage

Command Line

Example to generate and render diagram, based on a single Swift file, in your browser:

swiftplantuml ./Tests/SwiftPlantUMLFrameworkTests/TestData/basics.txt

Run swiftplantuml in the directory containing the Swift files to be considered for diagram generation. Directories will be searched recursively.

$ swiftplantuml classdiagram --help
OVERVIEW: Generate PlantUML script and view it and diagram in browser

USAGE: swift-plant-uml classdiagram [<paths> ...] [--output <format>]

ARGUMENTS:
  <paths>                 List of paths to the files or directories containing
                          swift sources

OPTIONS:
  --output <format>       Defines output format. Options: browser,
                          browserImageOnly, consoleOnly (default: browser)
  --version               Show the version.
  -h, --help              Show help information.

As classdiagram is the default subcommand you can omit it.

Swift package

dependencies: [
    .package(url: "https://github.com/MarcoEidinger/SwiftPlantUML.git", .upToNextMajor(from: "0.2.0"))
]

API documentation

Xcode source editor extension

See MarcoEidinger/SwiftPlantUML-Xcode-Extension for more details

Installation

Using Homebrew

brew install MarcoEidinger/formulae/swiftplantuml

Using Mint:

$ mint install MarcoEidinger/SwiftPlantUML

Installing from source:

You can also build and install from source by cloning this project and running make install (Xcode 12 or later).

Manually Run the following commands to build and install manually:

$ git clone https://github.com/MarcoEidinger/SwiftPlantUML.git
$ cd SwiftPlantUML
$ make install

Planned improvements

• being able to render associations between elements
• being able to limit elements and members bases on their access level
• being able to merge extensions with their known type
• being able to configure styles and skin parameters

Known limitations

• unknown type for variables declared with type inference (e.g. var count = 0)
  • this is a limitation of SourceKitten :(
• huge diagrams in browser
  • PlantUML limits image width and height to 4096 with the option to override this limit when using PlantUML.jar. locally so your option is to use the --textonlyoption and adjust/use it with PlantUML tools directly

Acknowledgements

This project was inspired by https://github.com/palaniraja and its various predecessors. Out of personal preference I chose to start a new project. I wanted to provide a tool for Swift developers written in Swift! This will hopefully allow me and potential contributors to work on planned improvements faster and more efficient.

Last but not least a big shoutout to the great developers of PlantUML and the people who operate the related online servers / tools available on http://plantuml.com/ and https://www.planttext.com/