Our promise
Empowering everyone to build software
Qodly aims to remove barriers to software development and enable anyone, regardless of their coding ability, to create groundbreaking applications. Underneath its seamless veneer is our powerful 4D technology, which has been fueling businesses for decades.
Our product history
For more than 35 years, we’ve been influencing the end-to-end hybrid low-code platform with our innovations. We provide a unique IDE to help you master even the most complex business applications.
4D technology timeline
2023
2021
4D for Android
2020
4D for iOS
2018
ORDA (Object Relational Data Access Layer)
2018
Integrated business object REST server
2016
64 bit desktop clients
2015
Preemptive programming language
2015
Preemptive web server
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2012
2012
4D Morocco
2012
64 bit database server
2009
Preemptive database server
2004
First IDE (enabling the creation of C/S, web, or SOA apps without the need for code modification)
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2002
2002
4D Australia
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1999
1999
4D Japan
1995
First integrated dynamic app partitioning system
1995
First Cross platform for both Mac OS and Windows
1992
First integrated client/server
solution in the database industry.
1988
1987
1987
First 32 bit relational data base system
1985
First Graphical RDBMS invented by 4D Inc., with a fully graphical model editor, complete with graphical tools to design business applications
1984