Dext
Dext - Modern Full Stack Framework for Delphi
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No install snippet on purpose. A working MCP config is a command, its arguments and an environment block — the last two are where API keys live, so this catalogue never stores them and cannot publish them. Follow the link above for the authors' own instructions.
Lê em português? Este README está em inglês. A versão completa em português — com os mesmos exemplos, o livro e o mapa de features — está em README.pt-br.md. Se o português for mais confortável, clique e leia o documento inteiro por lá, em vez de passar o olho num atalho.
Dext Framework 1.0
Native full-stack for Delphi.
The Delphi compiler was never the bottleneck. The missing piece was the infrastructure.
For years, a modern Object Pascal backend meant stitching a dozen libraries: one for DI, one for HTTP, one for ORM, one for tests. Each with its own dialect. None of them slept in the same house.
Dext 1.0 is that infrastructure. One ecosystem — dependency injection, ORM, web pipeline, telemetry, and testing — compiled native. No JIT. No cold start. No patchwork.
"Simplicity is Complicated." — Rob Pike
A Minimal API fits on one screen because the engine underneath does not. UTF-8 JSON, DI, binding, validation, Direct-to-JSON: the ceremony lives in the framework.
"Make what is right easy and what is wrong difficult." — Steve "Ardalis" Smith
Reading a catalog is an entity. Changing the world is a command with a rule. The test is born in the constructor. With Dext, the right path is the short one.
And it is Apache 2.0: free for the twenty-year ERP and for the product that does not have a name yet.
Why this matters now
If the team is glancing at C# because “Delphi has no industry-standard stack,” Dext closes that gap without rewriting the system.
Functional parity with ASP.NET Core and Entity Framework Core, in the language you already ship, plus what the managed runtime does not give away: a native binary, a small memory footprint, instant startup.
- Dext vs .NET: architecture — modern patterns on a native compiler.
- Feature-by-feature matrix — 60+ items side by side.
- ORM capabilities — DbContext, change tracking, JSON, lazy/eager.
- Enterprise licensing — why Apache 2.0 is safe for commercial use.
The book
This is not a feature catalog. It is a real corporate product — Dext Faturamento — built from scratch across five labs: Minimal APIs, persistence, multi-tenant SaaS, JWT, jobs, Redis, Hubs, Docker, gRPC, and tools for AI agents. The model stays yours. The agent does not get to invent SQL.
🇺🇸 English edition
Professional Web Development with Delphi and Dext Framework — Cesar Romero, 1st edition, 2026. ISBN 978-65-02-38868-6.
- Paperback (Amazon): amazon.com/dp/650238868X
- Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B0HKNZR9FW
- Lab source: github.com/dotpas/book-dext-web
🇧🇷 Portuguese edition
Desenvolvimento Web Profissional com Delphi e Dext Framework — Cesar Romero, 1st edition, 2026. ISBN 978-65-02-32503-2.
- Print in Brazil (UICLAP): loja.uiclap.com/titulo/ua197387
- Paperback on Amazon: amazon.com/dp/6502325033
- Kindle (Brazil): amazon.com.br/dp/B0HGYTSYYY
- Kindle (global): amazon.com/dp/B0HGYTSYYY
- Lab source: github.com/dotpas/book-dext-web
Where to go after this README
The README is the taste. The map lives under Docs.
From the project's README.