Top 10 Cobol Forums in 2025

1. IBM Community » COBOL

Forum https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz.. + Follow
The IBM Community is a platform where IBM users converge to solve, share, and do more. Here you can join the discussions on everything related to COBOL and its uses. COBOL is responsible for the efficient, reliable, secure, and unseen day-to-day operations of the world's economy.MORE Frequency 10 posts/month View Recent Threads

2. Tek-Tips Forum » COBOL

Forum https://www.tek-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid.. + Follow
The Tek-Tips Forum is a professional forum and technical support for computer/IT pros for COBOL General discussion. Join the conversations on various topics which include problem-solving collaboration tools. Ask questions about COBOL errors, and codes, and find out how to find if a file that exists from COBOL.MORE Frequency 10 posts/month View Recent Threads

3. Stack Overflow » Cobol

Forum https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/cobol + Follow
Stack Overflow is the World's Largest Online Community for Developers. This is a space to discuss COBOL-related topics, questions, issues, and more. COBOL (COmmon Business Oriented Language) was the product of a US Department of Defense initiative to develop a standard and portable programming language for business applications.MORE Facebook Followers 517KTwitter Followers 243.4KInstagram Followers 52.3K Frequency 4 posts/month View Recent Threads

4. Micro Focus Forum » RM/COBOL

Forum https://community.microfocus.com/cobol/rmcobo.. + Follow
Join the RM/COBOL User Discussions in the Micro Focus Community. Discuss how to solve issues involving COBOL error codes and talk about compilation issues. Get to know about performance analysis tools for RM/COBOL and ask for help to deal with the response time while using COBOL.MORE Twitter Followers 22.2K Frequency 2 posts/day View Recent Threads

5. IBM Mainframe Forum » IBM Cobol

Forum https://www.ibmmainframeforum.com/ibm-cobol/ + Follow
The IBM Mainframe Forum provides support for OS/VS COBOL, VS COBOL II, COBOL for OS/390, and VM and Enterprise COBOL for z/OS. Ask questions like creating a Unix Directory using COBOL in Unix 0n Z/OS, how to find a duplicate in variable length string in COBOL, and COBOL Code migration to USS.MORE Frequency 7 posts/year View Recent Threads

6. IBM Mainframes » COBOL Programming

Forum https://ibmmainframes.com/forum-1.html + Follow
Welcome to IBM Mainframes' COBOL Programming Forum. Here you can get support for VS COBOL II, IBM COBOL for OS/390, GNU COBOL, and Enterprise COBOL. Find out how to generate random numbers from a range of numbers in COBOL. You can also ask questions about parsing large JSON files using COBOL.MORE Frequency 4 posts/quarter View Recent Threads

7. Reddit » Cobol

Forum https://www.reddit.com/r/cobol/ + Follow
Welcome to the COBOL Programming Language subreddit. Join the discussions and talk about learning and implementing COBOL. Find information on how to be a COBOL developer and get to know about jobs and projects. Get help with fixing errors in your codes and ask questions related to pitching your ideas for products.MORE Facebook Followers 1.7MTwitter Followers 1.1M Frequency 2 posts/week View Recent Threads

8. Open Mainframe Project Community » COBOL

Forum https://community.openmainframeproject.org/c/.. + Follow
The Open Mainframe Project Community is where you can ask your technical questions and collaborate with industry experts on COBOL. Meet other COBOL developers and ask for help with your projects. Talk about Efficient Data Processing, COBOL Compiler parameters, and the latest COBOL features.MORE Frequency 5 posts/year View Recent Threads