Communities

Network with like-minded individuals through the available mainframe communities.

The list below highlights several mainframe-related communities. With the exception of the Open Mainframe Project, neither this project nor Open Mainframe Project reviews, maintains, or endorses any one of these communities.

Title	Description
SHARE	The primary user-group for anything mainframe related in the USA
IDUG	The hub for Db2 professionals all over the world
Open Mainframe Project	Gathering open source in the mainframes
IBM Z and LinuxONE Community	Rich community for IBM Z users to exchange ideas and connect with
WAVEZ	A user-group focused entirely on supporting aspiring mainframers and early-in-career professionals (0 to 7 years of experience)
GSUK	The primary user-group for anything mainframe related in the United Kingdom
GSNL	The primary user-group for anything mainframe related in the Netherlands
GSE Nordic	The primary user-group for anything mainframe related in the Nordic regions (Sweden, Finland, Norway)