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The product · Two phases

Understand it first. Then convert it.

Phase 01

Understand

Kathalyst reads your codebase and generates documentation and traceable validation, so every module is legible before anything changes.

  • Plain-English documentation for every program
  • Validation traced back to source lines
  • Audit-ready records for compliance review
  • Clarity on modules nobody has touched in years
Generated · Illustrative

COMPUTE-INTEREST calculates monthly interest on the account balance and caps it at the account's maximum interest amount.

Then, Phase 02. Legacy code is converted to modern Java or Python automatically. No manual rewrite, and every converted module traces back to its source.

SOURCE · COBOL
       COMPUTE-INTEREST.           COMPUTE WS-INTEREST =               WS-BALANCE * WS-RATE / 12.           IF WS-INTEREST > WS-CAP               MOVE WS-CAP TO WS-INTEREST           END-IF.
CONVERTED · JAVA
BigDecimal computeInterest(BigDecimal balance, BigDecimal rate) {    BigDecimal interest = balance        .multiply(rate)        .divide(TWELVE, MathContext.DECIMAL64);    if (interest.compareTo(cap) > 0) {        interest = cap;    }    return interest;}
TRACE · COBOL lines 2–6 → computeInterest() lines 1–8
Fig. 1. An illustrative module, before and after conversion, with its validation trace.

Conversion paths

How an engagement works

  1. Pilot one module

    We run Phase 1 on a module of your own code so you can judge the output first.

  2. Review the evidence

    Read the generated documentation and validation trace with your engineers.

  3. Scope the full run

    Extend to the wider codebase, with conversion paths scoped to your stack.

  4. Convert and hand over

    Auto-convert, validate, and hand over documented modern code your team owns.

Read one module of your own code before you commit to anything.

Book a demo

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