After two years of development, 4D has publicly released Wakanda™, a new open source project aimed at the rapidly growing Web application market. It’s an end-to-end, integrated platform for the development and deployment of business web applications using nothing but JavaScript.

It’s not 4D

To be clear, Wakanda is not part of the regular 4D product line. It is its own product, independent of 4D v12. We will, of course, offer a bridge to connect the two products in order for interested 4D developers to interface with it. This project is directed at – in addition to our current developer community – bringing in an entirely new segment of developers. In fact, it even has its own web site, and a distinct R&D team dedicated to this effort. In addition, Wakanda will be open source, allowing an even greater number of developers to be fully involved in the platform's – and their own – future.

It’s about growth

The web application market is growing so fast that it’s impossible to ignore. 4D feels that with our experience and expertise in creating tools to develop business solutions, we have a lot to offer in this field. Wakanda is true to our philosophy of simplifying complex challenges for businesses, developers and users.

4D is sticking around

Wakanda will not replace 4D, and 4D developers can rest assured that we are moving ahead at full steam on the 4D product line. 4D v12 remains a priority, and there will continue to be new versions of 4D, which will remain at the heart of 4D's corporate strategy. Our objective is to integrate some of the innovations we make in the development of Wakanda into 4D, and vice versa.

Meet Wakanda

You’re invited to follow along with all the news and information about Wakanda’s development as it unfolds, and we want to know what you think of it all.

Even after over 25 years, we think you’ll still find us to be full of surprises.

Visit wakanda.org