Lazarus

Spec sheet

Product

Lazarus is a Delphi-compatible, cross-platform IDE for Free Pascal and rapid application development.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Privacy

The privacy policy says the project collects names and email addresses for its bug tracker, wiki, forum, and mailing lists, and deletes server logs after 14 days unless needed to investigate a server problem.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Support

The project directs general product, installation, coding, and feature questions to its forum or mailing lists, and directs bug reports and feature suggestions to the bug tracker.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Founded

1999Read 28 Sep 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Cross-platform projects

The site says projects can be copied to another platform and compiled there, and that the LCL supports cross-platform form design.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Downloads

The downloads page offers builds for Windows, Linux, and macOS, as well as source archives.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Editor and debugger

Features include a code editor with syntax highlighting and code completion, refactoring tools, and an integrated build system and debugger.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Extensibility

Lazarus supports third-party add-ons through its package system and lists database frameworks, reporting, charting, and networking libraries.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Form designer

It includes a drag-and-drop graphical form designer that integrates with code.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Licensing

The IDE is GPL licensed, and core libraries use LGPL with additional linking permission; the site says these allow commercial applications, while some extra packages have other licenses.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Output dependencies

The site says Lazarus can build native binaries without runtime dependencies, with GTK2 or QT dependencies possible for Linux/BSD applications and dependencies possible from add-on packages.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Project history

The about page says Lazarus started in February 1999 and was primarily founded by Cliff Baeseman, Shane Miller, and Michael A. Hess.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Security contact

For security-related issues, the contact page directs users to file a bug tracker report and enable the confidentiality option.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Supported systems

The site lists Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, and Raspberry Pi among the platforms Lazarus runs on.Read 9 Oct 2026 · lazarus-ide.org

Plans and prices

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