Firebird (database server)

Firebird
Original author(s)Borland
Developer(s)Firebird Foundation
Initial release2000 (2000)
Stable release
5.0.2  / 12 February 2025 (12 February 2025)
Preview release
Firebird 5.0 Release Candidate 1 / 26.09.2023
Repository
Written inC++, C
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformIA-32, x86-64
TypeRDBMS
LicenseIPL, IDPL
Websitewww.firebirdsql.org

Firebird is an open-source SQL relational database management system that supports Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS and other Unix platforms. The database forked from Borland's open source edition of InterBase in 2000 but the code has been largely rewritten since Firebird 1.5.