What new features would you like to see in Delphi 13?

[jerik 0]

Support for the Linux-platform under Pro (and why not, even under CE).

I understand there are licensing issues going on with FMX for linux, but for webserver and console applications it should be fine I suppose.

[shineworld 86]

Import and ability to use common C++ DLL files (eg: OpenCV, VTK, OpenCascade, etc).
Actually I use Python4Delphi to get access to some features of these DLL but it is just a workaround.

[johnnydp 25]

On 1/2/2025 at 5:54 PM, Jason Nelson said:

4. Last I checked (which was a while ago), the 64-bit compiler was horribly unoptimized and if you look at the ASM generated, it constantly refetches the "self" pointer over and over and over when it could easily have put that in a register for reuse.  There's hardly any brains in the ASM about what's already in what register... I use delphi because I want it to be fast... and it just isn't fast anymore... in fact C# can be just as fast or faster in some scenarios.

yeah,, exactly, C# code is now in versions 8,9 and 10 preview just faster than Delphi. LOL

[chmichael 14]

CrossVCL should be awesome and Open Source RTL as C# has

Edited June 22 by chmichael

[Charlie Heaps 3]

* ARM for VCL.  (Admittedly this is cos I am stuck on VCL, but I know a lot of my users run my app on windows VMs on Macs and having ARM for VCL would help the app to run faster). MS does also seem to be gradually beefing up Windows on ARM.
* A help system that actually works and has more examples,  Maybe help systems are a bit old fashioned though but I could imagine something that perhaps integrates chat and AI and finally properly integrates Embarcadero and 3rd party help content. (I know of course that this won't happen!)
* An IDE that is more responsive and easier to use (Embarcadero should try to learn lessons from VS Codes IDE). I find the Delphi toolbar icons more or less incomprehensible also.  Not sure a Ribbon is the answer, but at least the toolbar could be much better designed. 

[ToddFrankson 10]

Ship Delphi with a webserver that can be used to debug CGI and DLLs with ease.

[GabrielMoraru 40]

1. Better support for web technologies.

2. Support for scientific research (in other languages you can find FREE 3rd party libraries).

3. Better compiler with modern ASM code.

4.... and of course, modern/stable IDE (maybe with some AI capabilities embedded).🙂

[Rollo62 595]

On 8/12/2025 at 8:45 PM, GabrielMoraru said:

1. Better support for web technologies.

Yes, very interesting thought.
I would fully agree, but I have only the question "... but how ... ?".

If this only means to have a full fledged HTML, JS, CSS, Markdown Editor page in the IDE,
I should be realistic and must propose to better switch to VsCode instead.
Or do you have other "web technology" thoughts in mind, more under the hood?

And yes, at least a full fledged WYSIWYG Markdown editor page would be a great improvement in the IDE, as well as maybe accompanied Markdown access components, but there were more important topics first, IMHO.
 

[Gord P 17]

Sadly I think the new release will be an over emphasis on AI with not enough effort spent on everything else listed above.

[dummzeuch 1668]

59 minutes ago, Gord P said:

Sadly I think the new release will be an over emphasis on AI with not enough effort spent on everything else listed above.

AI will feature prominently in the release announcement, that's for sure, but from what we have seen in Marco Cantu's blog posts so far there is definitely more.

[ToddFrankson 10]

1 hour ago, Gord P said:

Sadly I think the new release will be an over emphasis on AI with not enough effort spent on everything else listed above.

Me as well....

 

AI isn't even on my list.

 

I'd love the IDE to offer to change "all" android icons at once, not have to do 32 bit then 64 bit.

I'd love a built in web server to debug ISAPI and CGI apps without having to buy or learn a webserver software

I'd love a more flexible Project->Options->Version info to edit Android Manifests and  IOS files....

I'd love an IDE that is rock solid stable.

I'd love an IDE install that doesn't make me waste 1/2 a day installing all the Get it packages I already had installed before the upgrade.....

 

My list could go on  and on, and AI still wouldn't be on it

 

[corneliusdavid 253]

24 minutes ago, ToddFrankson said:

I'd love a built in web server to debug ISAPI and CGI apps without having to buy or learn a webserver software

You can create a CGI application as a VCL Program that listens for web requests as if it was running under IIS--makes it very easy to debug (see attached image).

24 minutes ago, ToddFrankson said:

I'd love an IDE install that doesn't make me waste 1/2 a day installing all the Get it packages I already had installed before the upgrade.....

Maybe this will help: https://github.com/corneliusdavid/AutoGetIt

Edited 15 hours ago by corneliusdavid