Firebird Project is happy to announce general availability of Firebird 5.0.3, Firebird 4.0.6 and Firebird 3.0.13 sub-releases.
The latest issue of EmberWings – our official quarterly Firebird magazine – is here! The June 2025 issue (2025/2) has just been released for Firebird supporters, and it’s one of our most engaging issues yet.
Jaybird 6.0.2 and Jaybird 5.0.8 released with Firebird 5.0.3 inline blob support
We’re happy to announce that the March issue of EmberWings is now available for download! This edition features an interview with Jim Starkey - the creator of InterBase. Also, the December 2024 issue is now available to all readers.
The Firebird Docker images are now under the Firebird project
Ever wondered how to make Firebird talk to MySQL, PostgreSQL, or any other database through ODBC? Denis Simonov has crafted an excellent deep-dive into creating custom Provider plugins for Firebird that does exactly that. In this article you will find the coverage of implementation challenges encountered during the development of HQbird's MySQLEngine and ODBCEngine plugins, including architectural solutions for DBMS limitations.
我们很高兴看到越来越多的中国开发者发现 Firebird SQL！您对我们开源数据库日益增长的兴趣对我们意义重大。 我们希望听到您的声音 为了让 Firebird 更好地为您服务，我们希望得到您的反馈：
From April through June 2025, the Firebird database community has been highly active with significant developments across multiple areas. The release of EmberWings quarterly magazine's June 2025 issue highlights the ongoing engagement with the Firebird community, while certification programs continue expanding with new DBA-level professionals. Technical improvements have focused on infrastructure enhancements, including updated Linux installation scripts with OpenSuse 15 support and systemd migration for Firebird 2.5. The development ecosystem has seen major updates with Jaybird 6.0.2 and 5.0.8 releases providing support for upcoming Firebird 5.0.3 inline blobs and other improvements, while cloud deployment strategies and database recovery solutions have been emphasized through dedicated webinars and presentations.
Let's congratulate 2 new certified Firebird professionals who successfully passed the Firebird Certification exam for DBA Basic level.
The collection of 1-step Linux installation scripts for Firebird has been updated with two key improvements: added support for OpenSuse 15 and migrated Firebird 2.5 to use systemd.