eXplain

eXplain

PKS Software
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About

COBOL is a programming language created for businesses. COBOL has been in use much longer than most other programming languages, having been created in 1959. COBOL is a procedural, imperative, and object-oriented programming language.

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 Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Business software developers

Audience

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

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Supported

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Pricing

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Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

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Free Version Not Supported
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Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

COBOL
Founded: 1959
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL

Company Information

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

Alternatives

Alternatives

HelpXplain

HelpXplain

Help+Manual
Rocket COBOL

Rocket COBOL

Rocket Software
SMART TS XL

SMART TS XL

IN-COM Data Systems
Rocket Visual COBOL

Rocket Visual COBOL

Rocket Software
C#

C#

Microsoft

Categories

Categories

Integrations

Assembler Code Refactoring Supported
Atom Supported
AveriSource Supported
BMC AMI DevX Supported
CodePal Supported
DeepSeek Coder Supported
HTML Not Supported
Java Not Supported
Kiuwan Code Security Supported
LuGo-Test Supported
Overleaf Supported
PaizaCloud Supported
PostgreSQL Not Supported
Rexx Systems Not Supported
Rocket ACUCOBOL-GT Supported
Rocket COBOL Analyzer Supported
Rocket Relativity Supported
SecureFlag Supported
UltraEdit Supported
eXplain Supported

Integrations

Assembler Code Refactoring Not Supported
Atom Not Supported
AveriSource Not Supported
BMC AMI DevX Not Supported
CodePal Not Supported
DeepSeek Coder Not Supported
HTML Supported
Java Supported
Kiuwan Code Security Not Supported
LuGo-Test Not Supported
Overleaf Not Supported
PaizaCloud Not Supported
PostgreSQL Supported
Rexx Systems Supported
Rocket ACUCOBOL-GT Not Supported
Rocket COBOL Analyzer Not Supported
Rocket Relativity Not Supported
SecureFlag Not Supported
UltraEdit Not Supported
eXplain Not Supported
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