# azac/cobol-on-wheelchair

Micro web-framework for COBOL

Repository: https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cobol-on-wheelchair
Language: COBOL
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-08-10T10:14:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4641, "days_push": 753, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1031, forks 52 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:17.944554+00:00)

## What it is
COBOL on Wheelchair is a micro web-framework written in COBOL that runs via CGI on an Apache server with GNU Cobol. It is a novelty project demonstrating that web applications can be built in COBOL.

## Use cases
- build a web app in cobol
- run a cgi web framework with gnu cobol
- experiment with writing http handlers in cobol
- serve web pages from a legacy cobol codebase
- learn how cgi-based web frameworks work

## When to choose
- you want to build a small web app in COBOL for fun or education
- you need to expose existing COBOL logic over HTTP via CGI
- you're exploring unusual language web frameworks

## When to avoid
- you need a production-grade web framework with modern features
- you want async, middleware ecosystems, or community support
- your stack doesn't include Apache with cgi-bin and GNU Cobol

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: experimental
- function: web-framework, http-server, routing, templating
- domain: web-development, backend, programming-languages
- platform: cli
- tags: cobol, cgi, micro-framework, novelty, gnu-cobol, apache, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- azac/cobol-on-wheelchair (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.944554+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:07:25.765172+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.944554+00:00, sha ba21d4652f88)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.