UnderstandSciTools
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eXplainPKS Software
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About
Understand is a comprehensive static-analysis and code-comprehension platform that helps software engineers “see” and understand large, complex code bases, whether legacy, safety-critical, or modern multi-language projects. It parses your source code and builds a complete “code dictionary” of every entity (files, classes, functions, variables), populating cross-references, call trees, dependency graphs, control-flow diagrams, and more. Through interactive, customizable graphs and visualizations, call graphs, control flow graphs, dependency trees, and UML-style class diagrams, you can explore exactly how parts of the code connect, which modules depend on which, and where changes may ripple across the project. Understand also computes detailed metrics at various levels (file, class, function) such as cyclomatic complexity, lines of code, comment-to-code ratio, coupling/cohesion, and other maintainability indicators; these metrics can be viewed in treemaps, exported to HTML or CSV.
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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.
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Platforms Supported
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Cloud
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Platforms Supported
Windows
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Mac
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Linux
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Cloud
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On-Premises
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iPhone
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iPad
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Android
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Chromebook
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Audience
Software engineers and development teams wanting a tool to visualize structure, enforce standards, detect bugs early, and maintain or refactor code with confidence
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IT organizations, architects, and software-maintenance teams seeking a tool to modernize, refactor, or safely retire legacy systems
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Support
Phone Support
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24/7 Live Support
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Support
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API
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Pricing
$100 per month
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Training
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Webinars
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Live Online
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Company InformationSciTools
Founded: 1996
United States
scitools.com
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Company InformationPKS Software
Founded: 1991
Germany
www.pks.de/en/kompetenzen/software-analyse-explain
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Integrations
C
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C++
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HTML
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Java
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Ada
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COBOL
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Google Sheets
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IBM Db2
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IBM Power Servers
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IBM Z
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Integrations
C
Supported
C++
Supported
HTML
Supported
Java
Supported
Ada
Not Supported
COBOL
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Google Sheets
Not Supported
IBM Db2
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IBM Power Servers
Supported
IBM Z
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