17 projects
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Zowe
Zowe is an open source project created to host technologies that benefit the Z platform from all members of the Z community (Integrated Software Vendors, System Integrators and z/OS consumers). Zowe, like Mac OS or Windows, comes with a set of APIs and OS capabilities that applications build on and also includes some applications out of the box.
Contributors
1,532
Organizations
198
Software value
$335M
zopen
The z/OS Open Tools github organization serves as a collaborative github organization for z/OS UNIX developers, users, and organizations who contribute to and utilize open-source tools on z/OS. z/OS Open Tools started in 2022 with a handful of projects and now currently hosts over 180+ projects, with the aim of providing the build recipes as well as the patches to enable popular open source packages to build and run on z/OS. z/OS Open Tools includes ports for popular open source projects like Git, Bash, Curl, CMake, Make, GPG, LLama.cpp, Vim, Nano and many more. z/OS Open Tools also distributes binaries for each of the tools as Github releases. It also provides a z/OS UNIX package manager (zopen) that makes it easy to consume the 180+ tools directly on z/OS.
Contributors
1,109
Organizations
178
Software value
$60M
Open Mainframe Project (OMP)
The Open Mainframe Project is intended to serve as a focal point for deployment and use of Linux and Open Source in a mainframe computing environment. The Project intends to increase collaboration across the mainframe community and to develop shared tool sets and resources. Furthermore, the Project seeks to involve the participation of academic institutions to assist in teaching and educating the mainframe engineers and developers of tomorrow.
Contributors
618
Organizations
71
Galasa
The mission of the Project is to provide an integration test framework for mainframe and hybrid applications.
Contributors
175
Organizations
17
Software value
$21M
Feilong
Feilong is an open source z/VM cloud connector project under the Open Mainframe Project umbrella that will accelerate the z/VM adoption, extending its ecosystem and its user experience.
Contributors
156
Organizations
20
Software value
$3.9M
Ambitus
Ambitus fosters a community that will help educate developers about all open source technologies on z/OS
Contributors
68
Organizations
10
Software value
$8.8M
Software Discovery Tool
The mission of the Project is to develop a library and associated software to enable developers to discover existing open source software tools.
Contributors
52
Organizations
23
Software value
$491K
COBOL Check
The mission of the COBOL Check project is to provide a fine-grained unit testing/checking for COBOL.
Contributors
51
Organizations
23
Software value
$803K
GenevaERS
GenevaERS is the single-pass optimization engine for data extraction and reporting on z/OS. Originally developed by PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Geneva Enterprise Reporting System and acquired by IBM, GenevaERS offers businesses a high-level reporting solution uniquely tuned for big data scanning and improved financial transparency for better decision-making. This project combines the processing power of GenevaERS, the reliability of the mainframe and the dynamic open source community.
Contributors
35
Organizations
13
Software value
$24M
Mainframe Open Education
The Project's mission is to provide an open-source platform for mainframe users to develop essential skills for future hires and to encourage knowledge sharing and community contribution. We aim to align a foundational curriculum with cultivating new mainframe skills for enterprise computing in today's hybrid data center.
Contributors
28
Organizations
8
Software value
$30K
Tessia
A tool to automate and simplify the installation/configuration/testing of Linux systems running on the IBM Z platform.
Contributors
26
Organizations
4
Software value
$4.1M
COBOL Working Group
The COBOL Working Group aims to promote the language by changing its perception and making materials more accessible to help more developers and students learn it on their mainframe journey.
Contributors
24
Organizations
15
Software value
$4.2K
Mainframe Modernization WG
The purpose of this working group is to oversee the health and maintenance of the s390x port of various Linux distributions to ensure that the s390x port remains a supported architecture for them all.
Contributors
11
Organizations
4
Software value
$5.2K
TerseDecompress
TerseDecompress is a java program that can be used to decompress files which have been previously compressed on an IBM Mainframe using the TERSE / AMATERSE program (on IBM z/OS or IBM z/VM).
Contributors
11
Organizations
4
Software value
$1.3M
CBT Tape
The mission of the Project is to provide an open library of free software distribution for the IBM mainframe Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS), OS/390 and z/OS operating system environments that continues to evolve to meet today’s modern needs.
Contributors
4
Organizations
3
Software value
$19M
Linux Distributions Working Group
The purpose of this working group is to oversee the health and maintenance of the s390x port of various Linux distributions to ensure that the s390x port remains a supported architecture for them all. To this end, the group will collaborate on shared challenges and successes, work together to nurture new contributors, and make sure they also have the infrastructure they need.
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Zowe Binary Project
The Zowe Binary Project is a Linux Foundation initiative that provides binary components for mainframe integration, enabling developers to access and work with mainframe resources through standardized interfaces and tools.
This project hasn't been onboarded to LFX Insights.