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Lazarus are the class libraries for Free Pascal that emulate Delphi. Free Pascal is a GPL'd compiler that runs on Linux, Win32, OS/2, 68K and other OS's. Free Pascal is designed to be able to understand and compile programs written with the Delphi syntax, which is object-oriented. Lazarus is the part of the missing puzzle that will allow you to develop Delphi-like programs in all of the above platforms.

Unlike Java's "write once, run anywhere" motto, Lazarus and Free Pascal strive for "write once, compile anywhere". Since the exact same compiler is available on all of the above platforms you don't need to do any recoding to produce identical products for different platforms.

In short, Lazarus is a free RAD tool for Free Pascal using its Lazarus Component Library (LCL).

This IDE will eventually reach Delphi's full functionality.