Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

3recommend
1warn against
Feb 18, 2026first mention
Oct 19, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used forpascal developmentprogramming idedesktop application developmentapplication development

Why people recommend it

“Delphi (https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/features/delphi)”

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“This all culminated into Delphi, which had all that and offered drag-and-drop UI building.”

“I love Delphi. The best days of my life as a developer were spent using Delphi.”

“Delphi was magical. Nothing compares to Delphi's productivity.”

used Delphi 3 through 7, moved to web devon “Delphi is 31 years old – innovation timeline”

Caveats and dissent

“Whenever I looked into it, I ran into the insane conditions Embarcadero has for a license, so I never went back.”

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Who recommends it in their own words

From the makers not counted in the ranking

“I used to be the PM for the Delphi IDE (RAD Studio, C++Builder) and we did a UX refresh.”

former product manager of the Delphi IDEon “Photoshop's challenges with focus, pt. 2”

All comments 7

“Delphi (https://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi/features/delphi)”

“This all culminated into Delphi, which had all that and offered drag-and-drop UI building.”

“I used Delphi first and then tried Visual Basic”

“Whenever I looked into it, I ran into the insane conditions Embarcadero has for a license, so I never went back.”

“I love Delphi. The best days of my life as a developer were spent using Delphi.”

“Delphi was magical. Nothing compares to Delphi's productivity.”

used Delphi 3 through 7, moved to web devon “Delphi is 31 years old – innovation timeline”

Threads where it came up

Data: delphi.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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