The Kiel Integrated Environment for Layout Eclipse RichClient, or short KIELER, is a research project about enhancing the graphical model-based design of complex systems. The basic idea is to consistently employ automatic layout in all graphical components of the diagrams within the modeling environment. This opens up new possibilities for diagram editing, browsing, and dynamic visualizations (e.g. for simulation runs). Hence the focus of this project is the pragmatics of model-based system design, which can improve comprehensibility of diagrams, improve development and maintenance time, and improve the analysis of dynamic behavior.

This project is a continuation of the old KIEL project. The main differences are that KIELER aims to integrate a variety of modeling languages (not just Statecharts), and that it integrates into the rich client platform Eclipse. It attempts a tight integration with the modeling projects of Eclipse (EMF, GMF, Xtext, etc.) to bring new modeling approaches to a broad set of modeling paradigms and user communities.

To Go Further

			Downloads			Download stand-alone applications of KIELER, or use our update site to install KIELER features into an existing Eclipse installation.
			Documentation			Our project wiki contains an overview of the project, documentation specific to its different parts, and guidelines for its management.
			Demos			Watch videos demoing different parts of KIELER.
			Mailing List			Follow KIELER by receiving important announcements such as new releases on our low-traffic mailing list.
			Contact			Tell us what you think about KIELER, or request support.
			Publications			Papers and presentations.
			Source Code			Checkout the KIELER source code from our Git repository.
			Bug Tracking			Found a bug? Thought of an enhancement? Feel free to open a ticket in our bug tracking system.
			Code Ratings			Watch the current status on KIELER code ratings according to design and code reviews.
			Code Reviews			Our code reviews can be found here.
			Build System			Our automatic build system for continuous integration.