Archaeode

Deterministic legacy code analysis. Your code never leaves your machine.

Install

pip install archaeode

Usage

# Full analysis report
archaeode analyze program.cob

# Code smell detection
archaeode smells program.cob

# Dialect detection (COBOL-68 through 2002+)
archaeode dialect program.cob

# Control flow graph
archaeode flowgraph program.cob

# Export as Mermaid diagram
archaeode flowgraph program.cob --format mermaid

# JSON output
archaeode analyze program.cob --format json

# Batch analyze entire directory
archaeode batch ./cobol-sources -o report.json

What it detects

• Code Smells: ALTER statements, spaghetti GOTO, dead paragraphs, PERFORM THRU anti-patterns
• Dialect/Version: COBOL-68, COBOL-74, COBOL-85, COBOL-2002+ with confidence scores
• Control Flow: PERFORM chains, unreachable code, circular calls, GOTO targets

Why Archaeode?

• Deterministic — same input, same output, every time
• Offline — no cloud, no API keys, no internet required
• Private — your code never leaves your machine
• Fast — pure Python, no external dependencies