# Download Cobol and install on win 8.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** COBOL technical questions\ **Created:** [April 19, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/download-cobol-and-install-on-win-8-1/4917 "2020-04-19T21:44:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iriecloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@iriecloud](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/iriecloud)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/download-cobol-and-install-on-win-8-1/4917/1 "2020-04-19T21:44:47Z")
Hi forum, Please tell me the link i can download cobol software. I have windowns 8.1 Thanks A.L. ---
**Author:** ![lakshmisudha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a3d4f5/32.png) [@lakshmisudha](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/lakshmisudha)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/download-cobol-and-install-on-win-8-1/4917/2 "2020-04-20T12:26:21Z")
Hi, Welcome to the world of COBOL. 😀 GNUCobol is popular open source.Please try this link. > **[GnuCOBOL](https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucobol/)** > > Download GnuCOBOL for free. A free COBOL compiler. GnuCOBOL (formerly OpenCOBOL) is a free, modern COBOL compiler. GnuCOBOL implements a substantial part of the COBOL 85, X/Open COBOL and newer ISO COBOL standards (2002, 2014, 2023), as well as many... There is a download button in Green, which would help to download. ---
**Author:** ![marty](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.openmainframeproject.org/marty/32/216_2.png) [@marty](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/marty)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/download-cobol-and-install-on-win-8-1/4917/3 "2020-04-25T14:51:30Z")
Arnold Tremblay has a useful resource at [https://www.arnoldtrembley.com/GnuCOBOL.htm](https://www.arnoldtrembley.com/GnuCOBOL.htm) and on that page there is a link for a binary package of a very recent snapshot of GnuCOBOL 3.1 for Windows. ---
**Author:** ![iriecloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@iriecloud](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/iriecloud)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/download-cobol-and-install-on-win-8-1/4917/4 "2020-04-25T17:40:47Z")
I dont know. Friend says im wasting my time. I should go back to learnjng javascript ---
**Author:** ![njsuburbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8e7dd6/32.png) [@njsuburbs](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/njsuburbs)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/download-cobol-and-install-on-win-8-1/4917/5 "2020-04-27T20:05:47Z")
If you’re looking to cash in on the need for Cobol in such antiquated systems as govt unemployment, you need the environment as well as the language. Cobol does not run on windows there, as it predates windows. If you’re on IBM, then IDMS/VSAM and ISPF are just as important to know as cobol. ---
**Author:** ![iriecloud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@iriecloud](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/iriecloud)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/download-cobol-and-install-on-win-8-1/4917/6 "2020-04-28T06:14:07Z")
Its not working. Im not really seeing remote jobs and i am looking for long term. C++ , jscript, python, & frameworks & databases ---
**Author:** ![marconi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@marconi](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/u/marconi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.openmainframeproject.org/t/download-cobol-and-install-on-win-8-1/4917/7 "2020-07-30T12:28:28Z")
I write COBOL code for 45+ years, and it still goes on. Is this long enough?