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PlantUML Export

Export your architecture views as PlantUML diagram code — a widely-used text-based diagramming tool supported by Confluence, Javadoc, and many documentation pipelines.

Why PlantUML

Section titled “Why PlantUML”
  • Enterprise ecosystem — PlantUML is widely adopted in enterprise environments with existing rendering pipelines.
  • Confluence integration — Paste directly into Confluence pages using the PlantUML macro.
  • CI/CD rendering — Render diagrams in CI pipelines using the PlantUML server or CLI.

How to export

Section titled “How to export”
  1. Open the view you want to export.
  2. Click Export → PlantUML in the toolbar.
  3. The PlantUML code is generated and available for download or copy.

Example output

Section titled “Example output”

A system context view might export as:

@startuml
!include https://raw.githubusercontent.com/plantuml-stdlib/C4-PlantUML/master/C4_Context.puml


Person(user, "User", "A user of the system")
System(system, "My System", "The system being modeled")


Rel(user, system, "Uses")


SHOW_LEGEND()
@enduml

Rendering

Section titled “Rendering”

PlantUML code can be rendered using:

  • PlantUML server — https://www.plantuml.com/plantuml
  • PlantUML CLI — java -jar plantuml.jar diagram.puml
  • Confluence macro — Paste into a PlantUML block in Confluence
  • VS Code extension — Use the PlantUML VS Code extension for live preview

See also

Section titled “See also”
  • Mermaid — Alternative text-based export (better for GitHub/Markdown)
  • PNG and SVG — Image export for exact visual fidelity
  • Export overview — All export formats