OpenCobolIDE is a simple and lightweight cobol IDE based on the OpenCobol compiler.

The software is written in Python using PyQt4 and pyQode

• syntax highlighting
• code completion
• code folding
• navigable tree view of division, sections, paragraphs etc.
• calculates the offsets of selected record definitions
• compile as program (.exe) or as subprogram (.so)
• run the program from the editor
• also open text files
• cross platform: work on GNU/Linux and Windows

OpenCobolIDE is released under the GPL version 3

There is now a PPA for Ubuntu and derivatives:

$ sudo apt-add-repositiory ppa:open-cobol-ide/stable
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install open-cobol-ide

Run the following commands:

sudo apt-get install python-qt open-cobol
sudo easy_install OpenCobolIDE

There is a windows installer available here: https://launchpad.net/cobcide/+download

The project depends on the following packages:

• Python ( >= 2.7 or >= 3.2)
• setuptools
• PyQt4
• OpenCobol
• pyqode.core
• pyqode.widgets
• Pygments >= 1.6
• chardet (chardet2 if you are using python3)
• qdarkstyle

• Downloads
• Source repository
• Issue tracker
• Documentation

I am by no way a cobol expert, I just had to work on a cobol project at school with an awful IDE (NetExpress on a Windows Xp virtual machine). As I was writing pyqode, I thought it would be nice to use it to make a simple cobol editor for GNU/Linux.

I've only learnt COBOL 74 and the IDE has been designed with this standard in mind. I don't plan to work with cobol at the moment nor to learn a new standard but if you found a missing feature, feel free to open a feature request. I'm always looking forward to make OpenCobolIDE better for the experts.

Your advice will be very appreciated!

• Home page:

• Editor:

• Offset calculator

• Dark style support (based on qdarkstyle style sheet)