eXplain

eXplain

PKS Software
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About

CAST Imaging reveals the inner workings of an application by automatically mapping every technology, component, dependency, and transaction across the stack. It interprets more than 150 languages, frameworks, and databases to give teams an instant, unified view of complex software systems. With AI-powered insights, it explains architecture, shows data flows, and clarifies hidden relationships that typically take weeks to uncover. Developers and architects can analyze change impact, spot structural risks, and accelerate modernization with confidence. The platform reduces onboarding time, eliminates blind spots, and makes large-scale applications easier to evolve. CAST Imaging turns software into a visual, searchable knowledge map—so teams can deliver better outcomes faster.

About

eXplain is a specialized code-analysis and legacy-system evaluation tool from PKS Software GmbH, designed to deeply analyze, map, document, and assess legacy applications, especially on mainframe platforms such as IBM i (AS/400) and IBM Z, so organizations can understand what lives in their software, how it’s structured, and what parts are worth keeping, refactoring or retiring. It imports existing source code into an independent “eXplain server”, no need to install anything on the host system, then uses advanced parsers to examine languages like COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, Natural, RPG, JCL, and others, along with data about databases (Db2, Adabas, IMS), job-schedulers, transaction monitors, and more. eXplain builds a central repository that becomes a knowledge hub; from there, it generates cross-language dependency graphs, data-flow maps, interface analyses, clusterings of related modules, and detailed object-and-resource usage reports.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

CAST Imaging is designed for software architects, modernization teams, engineering leaders, and developers who need full visibility into complex applications to accelerate transformation and reduce risk

Audience

IT organizations, architects, and software-maintenance teams seeking a tool to modernize, refactor, or safely retire legacy systems

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$9,000 per year
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

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Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

CAST
Founded: 1990
United States
www.castsoftware.com/imaging

Company Information

PKS Software
Founded: 1991
Germany
www.pks.de/en/kompetenzen/software-analyse-explain

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Categories

Categories

Integrations

C
C++
CAST Highlight
COBOL
HTML
IBM Db2
IBM Power Servers
IBM Z
IBM i
Java
PostgreSQL
Rexx Systems
SQL

Integrations

C
C++
CAST Highlight
COBOL
HTML
IBM Db2
IBM Power Servers
IBM Z
IBM i
Java
PostgreSQL
Rexx Systems
SQL
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