PUML Converter

Extract text from PUML files


Drop or upload your .PUML file
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How to extract text from your PUML file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PUML file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert PUML to another file type

To convert your PUML file to another format, you need PlantUML or other Developer software.

Convert a file to PUML

To convert other file formats to the "Diagram as Code" file type, you need software like PlantUML or a similar tool.


About PUML files

A .PUML file serves as the text-based source code for PlantUML, a popular open-source tool that allows software architects and developers to create diagrams from plain text. While this "Diagram as Code" methodology is powerful for version control and collaboration within IDEs, the format itself is useless for general presentation purposes. A .PUML file is not an image; opening it in a text editor reveals only syntax instructions (e.g., Alice -> Bob: Hello), not the visual diagram. To share the diagram with stakeholders, include it in a PowerPoint presentation, or embed it on a webpage, the source code must be rendered and converted. This typically requires a local environment with Java and Graphviz installed, which can be a barrier for quick viewing. Users generally convert .PUML to PNG or WebP for lightweight sharing via email or chat. For high-fidelity documentation and printing, converting to SVG ensures the lines and text remain crisp at any zoom level, while PDF is preferred for archiving technical specifications.

Convert.Guru analyzes your PUML file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted PLANTUML, UML, TXT, PNG, WSD, XMI, ZIP, PU, MMD, DRAWIO, PDF, SVG and DUMP files.


FAQ

If you want to convert PUML file to PNG, IMAGE, UML, PDF, JS, TS, PY, JAVA, CPP, C, CS or PHP, you can use PlantUML or similar software from the "UML Diagram Source Code" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert SH, PY, KT, PS1, SWIFT, LUA, PL, JAVA, SCALA, JS, VBS or TS files to PUML, try PlantUML or another comparable tool in the "UML Diagram Source Code" category.



The PUML Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our PUML converter.