Process modeling
Camunda provides modeling tools for designing and implementing executable diagrams with BPMN, DMN, and Forms.
Choose the modeler that best fits how you work:
- Camunda Hub: Use Camunda's browser-based modeler in Hub to collaborate on diagrams in Camunda 8 SaaS or Self-Managed.
- Desktop Modeler: Install the desktop application to model locally and integrate with your development environment.
Open the modeler in Camunda Hub
- Log in to Camunda 8 SaaS.
- Navigate to a workspace.
- In your workspace, open a project and select a file to edit.
Get Desktop Modeler
If you want to model locally, work offline, or edit the underlying XML directly, download Desktop Modeler for macOS, Windows, or Linux from the Camunda downloads page.
For installation details and features, see Desktop Modeler.
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Desktop Modeler includes an XML editor for BPMN and Decision Model and Notation (DMN) diagrams, with its own undo and redo history, search and replace, and XML syntax highlighting.
If you use both tools, see using Web and Desktop Modeler together.
Next steps
- Modeling BPMN - Learn how to model an automated process in this tutorial using Camunda Hub with Camunda 8 SaaS.
- Camunda Forms - Design and configure forms, and connect them to a user task or start event to implement a task form in your application.
- DMN - In DMN, model and execute decisions using the same language. As a business analyst, model the rules that lead to a decision in comprehensive tables, and execute these tables directly by a decision engine like Camunda.
- Out-of-the-box connectors - Utilize pre-built connectivity with a number of outside systems via our Camunda Marketplace. Connectors are modular by nature, reusable, and accelerate automation across those systems.
- Element templates - Learn how to create element templates to extend the modeler.
- Custom connectors - Learn how to build custom connectors alongside external systems based on our out-of-the-box connectors.