# FirebirdSQL/firebird

Firebird server, client and tools

Repository: https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/firebird
Homepage: https://firebirdsql.org
Language: C++
License Family: other
Topics: database, sql, firebird, firebirdsql, rdbms, relational-databases, dbms, relational-database
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:57:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 80, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3822, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 138, "gap_med": 0.5, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1446, forks 271 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.318133+00:00)

## What it is
Firebird is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) offering many ANSI SQL standard features, running on Linux, Windows, macOS, and Unix platforms. It provides high concurrency, strong performance, and powerful stored procedure and trigger support, with a lineage in production use since 1981.

## Use cases
- embed a lightweight SQL database in a desktop application
- self-host a relational database server on Linux or Windows
- run a production RDBMS with stored procedures and triggers
- migrate a legacy Interbase/Borland database to open source
- deploy a Firebird database with Docker
- use an ANSI SQL-compliant database with no licensing fees

## When to choose
- you need a free, no-license-fee RDBMS for commercial redistribution
- you want strong concurrency and stored procedure/trigger support in a compact server
- you maintain existing Firebird or Interbase databases
- you need a database that runs across Linux, Windows, and macOS

## When to avoid
- you need a large ecosystem of cloud-managed services and tooling like PostgreSQL or MySQL offer
- you require built-in horizontal scaling or replication out of the box
- your team depends on niche ORMs or drivers with first-class Firebird support

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: database
- domain: databases, backend, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: rdbms, firebird, stored-procedures, triggers, sql-database, embedded-database, sql, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- FirebirdSQL/firebird (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.318133+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:09.102953+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.318133+00:00, sha f31affbb778a)
  - homepage: https://firebirdsql.org (fetched 2026-08-29T11:46:03.924496+00:00, sha e7e9be755ec6)
  - site_page: https://firebirdsql.org/en/news/new-firebird-docker-images-and-update-for-1-step-firebird-linux-installation-scripts (fetched 2026-08-29T11:46:03.935500+00:00, sha 4744e60c3ca3)
  - site_page: https://firebirdsql.org/en/featured-products/book-detailed-new-features-of-firebird-5-2nd-edition (fetched 2026-08-29T11:46:03.939092+00:00, sha b01c7e0e9006)
  - site_page: https://firebirdsql.org/en/about-firebird (fetched 2026-08-29T11:46:03.941297+00:00, sha 6ba6e49a089a)
  - site_page: https://firebirdsql.org/en/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T11:46:03.943023+00:00, sha b9c88bbfdc48)
  - site_page: https://firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-rdbms (fetched 2026-08-29T11:46:03.933740+00:00, sha b9c88bbfdc48)
  - site_page: https://firebirdsql.org/en/news/firebird-5-0-4-4-0-7-and-3-0-14-sub-releases-are-available (fetched 2026-08-29T11:46:03.937397+00:00, sha f1fb69513f1d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.