C++Builder is a popular rapid application development (RAD) environment produced by Borland for writing programs in the C plus plus. It bears close resemblance to Delphi programming language, and as a result many consider it to be a C++ version of Delphi. Most components developed in Delphi can be used in C++Builder with no modification, although the reverse is not true.

C++Builder includes tools that allow true drag-and-drop visual development, making programming easier by incorporating a WYSIWYG graphical user interface builder into its Integrated Development Environment.

Other popular visual RAD tools include Delphi_programming_language, JBuilder and C#Builder from Borland, and Visual Basic from Microsoft.

C++Builder originally targeted only the Microsoft Windows platform. Later versions incorporated Borland CLX, a cross-platform development visual component library that supports Windows and Linux.

In 2003 Borland introduced the successor to C++Builder, C++BuilderX, which was written using the same framework as JBuilder and bore little resemblance to either C++Builder or Delphi. This product was aimed at developing large programs for enterprises. However, it did not have much commercial success. As a result, Borland announced at the end of 2004 that the next version of C++Builder will be part of Delphi programming language.

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