It comprises a tool for the graphical editing of statecharts and provides validation, simulation, and source code generators for various target platforms and programming languages.

YAKINDU Statechart Tools are available with standard and professional editions, with no-cost licenses for non-commercial resp.

The first version of YAKINDU Statechart Tools was released in 2008 as part of the research project MDA for Embedded.

Since mid-2010 the YAKINDU team, consisting mainly of employees of itemis AG, a company in Lünen, Germany, has been working on Version 2.0.

In December 2016, itemis released a professional edition of the software for a fee, providing additional functionalities.