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EmberWings
Quarterly Magazine about Firebird
EmberWings is an official publication of the Firebird Project, and is available for free, but with a 3-month delay for the general public. Regular Firebird Foundation donors get exclusive early access to every new edition upon release.
Beyond technical articles, instructions and tips, it contains interviews with noteworthy individuals, an overview of Firebird's development, information from the Firebird community, evaluations of compelling products, and a touch of thematic humor. All of this presented in a streamlined format with an aesthetically pleasing print-friendly layout.
Last issue: 2025/01 (March)
Latest FREE issue: 2024/04 (December)
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Firebird Book (2nd Edition)
The Firebird Book by Helen Borrie. The most comprehensive documentation (4 volumes) for Firebird RDBMS.
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Firelink plugin
Firelink plugin allows you to use odbc drivers to connect your Firebird database with other database servers. With Firelink data exchange between Firebird and a remote server has never been easier.
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Encryption plugin
Encyption plugin for Firebird 3.x and higher that is compatible with AES128 or AES256. The AES128 is considered to be a "business-grade security", whilst AES256 is "military".
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Trace plugin
Completely new trace plugin for Firebird that is optimized for machine processing of trace events.
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Firebird Database Backup
Tool for regular and comfortable backup of Firebird databases
- FBOpt The Database Migration and Optimization Tool
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IBReplicator
IBReplicator is a toolset for implementing and controlling database replication in all Firebird versions and InterBase versions 5.x and higher. It is software that integrates with your databases, allowing users to replicate data seamlessly and transparently between databases on both local and remote sites.
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FBUpkeep
Firebird server & database maintenance utility
Python library that provides a task executor engine, and a command-line tool to execute the tasks. Its primary purpose is to run maintenance tasks for Firebird servers and databases, but it could be easily extended to run other tasks of various types.