Delphi is a very viable development option, and to demonstrate that I’m dedicating this page to showcase modern applications written in Delphi/Pascal.

As I stumble upon applications I’ll add them to this post. Please feel free to add a comment if you’d like to bring an application to my attention.

The very first application is called KisKis.

FL Studio for Mac was recently released:

“For native development, Delphi is my first choice.”
– Jean-Marie Cannie, CTO and Founder

EarMaster is an ear training and music theory software:

Before TypeScript there was Smart Pascal. Smart Pascal is used in Smart Mobile Studio, and Quartex Component’s cloud Web OS:

Knights Province, a strategy game, from the same guys who developed Knights and Merchants remake using Delphi:

“To me Pascal seems like a good compromise between higher level language features and performance.” – Lewin from KaM

Expresii an ink painting/calligraphy application:

Ultibo – bare metal development environment for Raspberry Pi

“Ultibo is written entirely in Free Pascal and is designed to act as a unikernel or a kernel in a run time library…we decided on Free Pascal because it is powerful, flexible and offers the range of features needed to create Ultibo. If you’ve never tried Pascal give it a go, you might be surprised.” – Ultibo FAQ

FrameForge – Desktop Previs & Storyboad Software

Stone Quest – An open world game

“I work 99% in Delphi… I am working on my own 3d engine. This means, I also create physic and all the other stuff on my own.” – Nick Pützer from his patreon page.

Rain in Denmark – up to date information on rain in parts of Denmark

Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg – World’s largest model railroad:

Delphi is the most popular development tool at our office…With Delphi as the primary development tool, we can cover all the diverse requirements at Wonderland.
– Daniel Wolf, Software Developer

3D Train Studio – model train simulation software

Petra – Convert sketch app drawings into code:

“[Delphi is a] recipe of a great programming language plus RAD IDE plus ecosystem of third-party frameworks and components plus passionate community of supportive developers. All combined to enable developers to target multiple platforms from one code base, natively and beautifully.” – Petra developer Nader

Niagara Falls Lighting – The new light system

DecSoft’s App Builder – complete visual development environment

“I am a Delphi developer from years ago, and, certainly I also recommend Delphi in order to develop software for Windows and other platforms too.”
– David Esperalta, developer of App Builder

Rise of Legions – High pace 1v1 combat game

Beyond Compare – File compare, diff and merge tool

“I think Delphi is still the best tool for developing a native Windows application quickly. It’s very easy to mock up interfaces and then fill them in with code. The resulting exes don’t have any external dependencies, which makes redistributing them easy.” – Craig Peterson of BeyondCompare

Altium Designer – CAD system for electronic products, including 3D modeling (15 000 000 loc)

Vancouver Olympic Rings – Lighting of the 2010 Winter Olympics

“The Orings were without doubt a great success. Without the support of the Delphi community it may not have worked as well as it did.” – John Dammeyer

Macaos Software AS – Software tools for quickly moving a printed circuit board design into a finished product: panelization, solder paste stencil, component assembly, depanelization, test fixture, documentation and more.

Briskbard – Integrated web browser for Windows

“..what I like most about Delphi is its speed. Simply put, Delphi is a Formula 1 car in the IDE race….Delphi 10.2 can also be used to create cross-platform applications and includes countless new features that makes it one of the best IDEs in the market. Delphi is easy to learn, can create applications quickly and anyone can start using it thanks to the 100% discount in Delphi Starter Edition.” – Salvador Díaz Fau

ERP Sirius – Businesses process management tools for SMEs and enterprise size businesses

Blast-off – A hardcore jumper/runner/shmup game

“We write the code in Delphi 10.1 at the moment…We have been working in Delphi for a long time and this tool is convenient for us…Delphi will be great again!” – Ilya Prohodtsev

Glass House Software, Ltd. – Line of CAD/CAM software

Coca-Cola’s 3D Sign – New Times Square Sign

“The software that controls this is written in Delphi and using some of my VideoLab components :-)” – Boian Mitov of Mitov Software

FCS Express De Novo Software – Leading software for Flow Cytometry data analysis used in Clinical and Research laboratories around the world.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer – Electronic artist, develops interactive installations that are at the intersection of architecture and performance art.

More excellent software

Aimp – Music Player for Windows

BeePos – Point of Sale System

CollectorZ.com – Database software for movies, books, music, comics and video games.

Disgen – Superb genealogical research program

EntityDAC – ORM for Delphi

HeidiSQL – Database administration tool for MySQL, MariaDB, MS SQL Server and PostgreSQL

Inno Setup – Free installer for Windows

Lazarus IDE – Delphi compatible cross-platform IDE

Mitov Sofware – Specialized high performance software and Data Flow solutions

MobaXterm – Enhanced terminal for Windows with X11 server, tabbed SSH client, network tools and much more

My Visual Database – Create Windows application databases.

PeaZip – File compression and encryption software

PRTG – Monitor all systems, devices, traffic and applications of your IT infrastructure

Rad Server – The perfect backend for Delphi and C++ Builder Apps

rdpwrap – enable Remote Desktop Host support and concurrent RDP sessions

Sch Forms – Student information management software

Soldat – A unique 2D (side-view) multiplayer action game coded in the Delphi programming language using the JEDI libraries. The team is updating it and hoping for a Steam release soon.

Spybot Search & Destroy – Anti-Malware and Anti-Virus Software

Toad for Oracle – Database administration tool

Total Commander – Windows file manager

Toto Video Downloader – Download video and audio files from popular sites

WhereOnTheMap – Locate friends and family members

Winff – Cross-Platform ffmpeg frontend

WinSCP – FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, WebDAV and S3 client for Windows