[Canonical HTML page](https://githits.com/software-factories/mechanical-orchard/)

1. [Software Factory Directory](/software-factories.md)
2. [Engineering factories](/software-factories/category/engineering-factories.md)
3. Mechanical Orchard

# Mechanical Orchard

[Engineering factories](/software-factories/category/engineering-factories.md)

[Visit website](https://www.mechanical-orchard.com/)

Moves mainframe systems, including COBOL programs, to modern cloud-ready code with AI agents verified against real data.

## Overview

Mechanical Orchard sells Imogen, a platform delivered with engineering services that moves mainframe systems, including COBOL programs, to modern cloud-ready code. It is built for large enterprises and federal agencies.

Imogen works in three steps. It analyzes the legacy source and records how the system behaves on real data, then teams of AI agents rewrite it slice by slice and check that the new outputs match the old system’s. Legacy and modern systems run side by side until cutover.

Its Summer 2026 release added an autonomous build and verification pipeline. A free proof of concept is available, and pricing is not published.

**Who it is for:** Large enterprises and federal agencies.

## Features

* Rewrites mainframe applications in COBOL, PL/1, CICS, IMS, DB2 and more into cloud-ready code.
* Records how the legacy system behaves on real production data.
* Uses teams of AI agents to write new code and check outputs match the old system.
* Runs legacy and modern systems side by side until cutover.

## Details

* Website

  [mechanical-orchard.com](https://www.mechanical-orchard.com/)

* Company

  Mechanical Orchard

* Headquarters

  San Francisco, CA, United States

* Category

  [Engineering factories](/software-factories/category/engineering-factories.md)

* Source

  Proprietary

* Topics

  * [Legacy modernization](/software-factories/?tag=legacy-modernization)
  * [Enterprise](/software-factories/?tag=enterprise)
  * [Multi-agent systems](/software-factories/?tag=multi-agent)
  * [Testing & QA](/software-factories/?tag=testing)

* Listed

  September 2026

* Last verified

  October 2026

## Similar software factories

* ### [Blitzy](/software-factories/blitzy.md)
  [Enterprise platform where thousands of AI agents map a large codebase, then plan and write features, refactors and modernization.Engineering factories](/software-factories/blitzy.md)
* ### [Diffusion](/software-factories/diffusion.md)
  [Builds software factories for large enterprises, with its own coding agent and a hosted runtime for agent apps.Engineering factories](/software-factories/diffusion.md)
* ### [Agentic Software Factory](/software-factories/agentic-software-factory.md)
  [Open sourceOpen-source reference design for OpenShift AI where a chain of agents turns requirements into issues, code and reviewed pull requests.Engineering factories](/software-factories/agentic-software-factory.md)
* ### [AppFactor](/software-factories/appfactor.md)
  [Persistent AI agents that maintain and modernize a company's whole software estate, built for regulated enterprises.Engineering factories](/software-factories/appfactor.md)

[All engineering factories](/software-factories/category/engineering-factories.md)