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JetBrains IDE Plugin

Flexible Delphi: Delphi and Free Pascal in the IDE

Edit Delphi and Free Pascal code in a JetBrains IDE, with a form designer that links every event to its code. The plugin opens old Delphi projects with binary forms, and current Delphi code with generics, anonymous methods and inline variables. The parser is native, so no language server is needed.
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IntelliJ IDEA · CLion · PyCharm · WebStorm · PhpStorm · GoLand · Rider · + All JetBrains IDEs (2023.3 and newer)

Form designer
Component palette, canvas and Object Inspector
Binary DFM
Old forms open in the designer and save back as binary
MCP
Tools that give AI agents your code structure and forms

01

A Form Designer Inside the IDE

Design Delphi forms in a JetBrains IDE. The designer has a component palette with search, a canvas and an Object Inspector. The Structure panel lists every component of the form, and Layout and Visual properties sit in the inspector.
Form designer with the component palette, a Customers form on the canvas, the form structure and the Object Inspector for the selected Search button

02

Build a First Form

Pick a component from the palette, drop it on the form and set its properties. Double-click a component or an event to create the handler and jump to its code. The plugin links every event to its code.
A new form with a single Save button selected, the component palette on the left and the Object Inspector on the right

03

Code Completion

Complete members of your classes as you type. In the screenshot, completion after Shape. lists the methods Area, Create and Describe and the field FName. The parser is native, so no language server is needed.
Completion popup after Shape. in a Delphi program, listing Area, Create, Describe, FName and Name

04

Hover Docs for RTL and VCL

Hover a symbol to read its signature, parameters, return value and the unit it lives in. Docs come from /// XMLDoc comments and for 320 RTL and VCL symbols.
Hover documentation for the Format function with its parameters, return value, unit and an example

05

Compile and Debug

Set SDKs for Free Pascal, Lazarus and Delphi and click the compiler messages to jump to the code. The GDB debugger works with Free Pascal and Lazarus builds. Breakpoints, stepping and variable values show in the Debug tool window.
The debugger stopped at a breakpoint in a Delphi console program, with the List, Shape and Total variables shown

06

Switch Between Text and Design

Every form has a Text tab and a Design tab. Press F12 to move between a form and its code. The editor evaluates {$IFDEF} blocks with the project defines and greys out inactive code. It also reads old projects: text DFM, LFM and FMX files, and binary DFM files of older Delphi versions.
A Delphi unit with a query procedure, with the Text and Design tabs under the editor

Simple, Transparent Pricing

Start with a 30-day free trial. Purchase through JetBrains Marketplace.

Individual

For solo developers

$9.90/month

  • Form designer with Object Inspector
  • Delphi, Free Pascal, Turbo Pascal and ISO Pascal
  • Open and save binary DFM forms
  • Compile and debug Free Pascal and Lazarus
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TEAMS

Organization

For teams and companies

$24.90/month

  • Everything in Individual
  • Organization license for teams and companies
  • Purchase through JetBrains Marketplace
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Students, teachers & open source: Free for students, teachers and open source projects. Non-profits and startups get 50% off. Contact us to claim it. Report a bug or an idea and get 20% off the annual license, or one month free.

Bring Your Delphi Code Into a Modern IDE

Install Flexible Delphi from the JetBrains Marketplace and open a folder with .pas, .dpr or .dfm files. Flexible Delphi is an unofficial plugin. It is not affiliated with Embarcadero Technologies, the Free Pascal and Lazarus projects, or JetBrains.
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