Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 21:25:30 -0600 From: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> To: Maku Bex <zagazaw2004@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Source code: class diagram generator Message-ID: <CAOtMX2iP13XghF09pNWepn9NTj_Rtnn9HNODanfJGXPX4bBBkQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CALvWPyYuXfgNZWnXvK-WDKv%2Bg%2BW-wnqm_nQ%2Bw2b9KkRNRs5QiA@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM Maku Bex <zagazaw2004@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Is there a tool or application(s) that automatically generates a class > diagram from source code? > > Google search suggests rather inefficient ways to do it and mostly manual > labor that would take weeks to complete. I tried AI chats and they pretty > much suggested the same methods. Basically, using VScode with a UML > extension and manually telling it to add each class and link it....yikes! I > also looked into the build systems such as GN, bazel, make, and search for > any packages like rust's crates, ruby gems, npm, etc. I hope I'm not > wasting my time and looking for a unicorn. > > Best, > I think that Doxygen can do it for C and C++. But preprocessor macros can easily confuse Doxygen, so the results aren't perfect. [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM Maku Bex <<a href="mailto:zagazaw2004@gmail.com">zagazaw2004@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hello,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Is there a tool or application(s) that automatically generates a class diagram from source code?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Google search suggests rather inefficient ways to do it and mostly manual labor that would take weeks to complete. I tried AI chats and they pretty much suggested the same methods. Basically, using VScode with a UML extension and manually telling it to add each class and link it....yikes! I also looked into the build systems such as GN, bazel, make, and search for any packages like rust's crates, ruby gems, npm, etc. I hope I'm not wasting my time and looking for a unicorn.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best,</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div> I think that Doxygen can do it for C and C++. But preprocessor macros can easily confuse Doxygen, so the results aren't perfect.</div></div></div>home | help
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