Install the Camunda Modeler

This page explains how to install the Camunda Modeler for modeling BPMN 2.0 diagrams, CMMN 1.1 cases and DMN 1.3 decision tables.

Requirements

Officially supported on the following operating systems:

Reported to work on these operating systems, too:

For executing BPMN Diagrams created using Camunda Modeler, Process Engine version 7.4.0, 7.3.3, 7.2.6 and above is required.

For evaluating DMN 1.3 Decisions created using Camunda Modeler, Process Engine version 7.13.0, 7.12.4, 7.11.11, 7.10.17 and above is required.

Note that you do not need to install the Process Engine if you do not want to execute the BPMN Diagrams or evaluate DMN Decisions.

Get the latest release from the Camunda Modeler download page.

Find older versions of the modeler in our release archive.

Unpack the modeler into a location of your choice.

Run the application via the executable Camunda Modeler.exe (Windows), Camunda Modeler.app (Mac) or camunda-modeler (Linux).

On Windows and Linux you must carry out additional steps to register the modeler as the default editor for BPMN, CMMN and DMN files.

To make the modeler the default editor for .bpmn, .cmmn and .dmn files execute support/register_fileassoc.bat.

To create a desktop file and make the modeler the default editor for .bpmn, .cmmn and .dmn files execute support/xdg_register.sh.