COBOL to WebAssembly compiler
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COBOL
primary language
Apr 23, 2026
updated
See announcement Cloudflare Workers Now Support COBOL.
Uses GnuCOBOL 2.2.
To avoid setting up the compiler environment locally, you can use a pre-built
Docker image: xtuc/cobweb:
docker run \
-e EM_OUT \
-e EM_ARGS \
-v /tmp/cobol-worker:/root/.emscripten_cache/ \
-v $PWD:/worker \
-v $PWD/build:/build \
xtuc/cobweb \
/worker/src/worker.cob
Compile dependecies:
make all
Compile COBOL to WebAssembly:
./cobweb.sh source.cob
program-idThe program-id should be worker otherwise the program will fail to compile.
Set the HTTP status code:
CALL "set_http_status" USING "400".
Set the response body to a string:
CALL "set_http_body" USING "something".
Append a string to the response body:
CALL "append_http_body" USING "something".
Get HTTP form values:
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 THE-VALUE PIC S9(9) BINARY.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
CALL "get_http_form" USING "key" RETURNING THE-VALUE.
See the example.
9 commits
2 commits
COBOL
40.7%
C
17.5%
Makefile
14.3%
Dockerfile
10.2%
Shell
8.8%
HTML
8.5%
COBOL to WebAssembly compiler
400
stars
11
commits
COBOL
primary language
Apr 23, 2026
updated
See announcement Cloudflare Workers Now Support COBOL.
Uses GnuCOBOL 2.2.
To avoid setting up the compiler environment locally, you can use a pre-built
Docker image: xtuc/cobweb:
docker run \
-e EM_OUT \
-e EM_ARGS \
-v /tmp/cobol-worker:/root/.emscripten_cache/ \
-v $PWD:/worker \
-v $PWD/build:/build \
xtuc/cobweb \
/worker/src/worker.cob
Compile dependecies:
make all
Compile COBOL to WebAssembly:
./cobweb.sh source.cob
program-idThe program-id should be worker otherwise the program will fail to compile.
Set the HTTP status code:
CALL "set_http_status" USING "400".
Set the response body to a string:
CALL "set_http_body" USING "something".
Append a string to the response body:
CALL "append_http_body" USING "something".
Get HTTP form values:
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 THE-VALUE PIC S9(9) BINARY.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
CALL "get_http_form" USING "key" RETURNING THE-VALUE.
See the example.
9 commits
2 commits
COBOL
40.7%
C
17.5%
Makefile
14.3%
Dockerfile
10.2%
Shell
8.8%
HTML
8.5%