For Free Pascal (which is used in Lazarus), you can use almost all of the native libraries (linked dynamically, and in many cases even statically). It is not as

For Free Pascal (which is used in Lazarus), you can use almost all of the native libraries (linked dynamically, and in many cases even statically). It is not as straightforward and easy as using _pip_ or _npm_, and maybe not as organised, but you can translate the headers to Pascal and get it working. You are not stuck with what comes with Lazarus or Free Pascal, or libraries that are exclusively written in Free Pascal.